Nadia Ayari represented by Selma Feriani

Nadia Ayari Teeth III, 2025 Oil on linen 71.1h x 94.6w cm 28h x 37.25w in 

Courtesy of Selma Feriani Gallery and the artist

Nadia Ayari is a Tunisian American painter known for her distinctively textured paintings that balance abstraction and figuration while exploring themes of survival. Employing a set of protagonists inspired by the flora of her native North Africa, she creates compositions that are visual representations of our Anthropocene condition. She renders these scenes in thick, methodically applied oil-paint to give the characters and the plastic space they inhabit substantial skin, making them physically relatable.  

Ayari’s work has been shown in several internationally renowned institutions and biennials, including MoMA PS1, New York, US; Saatchi Gallery, London, UK; Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden, Marrakech, Morocco; State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece; American University Museum, DC, US; 12th Cairo Biennial, Cairo, Egypt; 3rd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Her work can be found in many collections such as the Collection Pinault, Paris, France; the Dalloul Art Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon; The X Museum, Beijing, China; The Salamoun Collection, Dubai, UAE; The Kamel Lazaar Foundation, Tunis, Tunisia; The Scantland Collection, Columbus, Ohio; Fundación Medianoche, Grenada, Spain; Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden, Marrakesh, Morocco; Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE; State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece; Saatchi Collection, London, UK.

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