BACHIR TAYACHI (b.1995)

A young visual artist, photographer, and filmmaker, born in 1995 in Tunis, where he works and lives. He studied architecture at the École Nationale d'Architecture et d'Urbanisme in Tunis.

Through video, photography, installation, and drawing, he attempts to capture the ordinary and transform it into the extraordinary, preserving the raw aspect of the emotions felt yesterday and today.


︎ @bachir_tayachi
︎ tayachibachir.com

His work has been presented in various exhibitions such as Summer fling (Galerie Aicha Gorgi, Tunis, 2021), The Wait (Investec Cape Town Art Fair, 2022), Injurier le Soleil (32bis, Tunis, 2022), La Fabrique (Jaou, Tunis, 2022), and Borderless (Cairo Photo Week, 2023). It has also been featured in Nowness and Vogue Arabia (2021).

In 2022, he directed Black Little Sheep, a short film presented at Khatawat Ciné Par'Court in Tunis.

2023
︎Borderless - Cairo photo week - curated by Amr Ezzeldinn (Thick skin, photography)


2022
︎La Fabrique, a collective diary - Jaou festival - curated by Simon Njami
Have a seat, video installation

︎Injurier le Soleil - 32Bis - curated by Camille Lévy Sarfati
Anesthesia, video installation

︎Cape town art fair Investec
The wait , photography exhibition, curated by Aicha Gorgi

︎Ciné Par’Court “KHATAWAT”
Little Black Sheep, short film (12 min) - special mention from the jury

2021
︎Hero, photography, cover of Vogue Man Arabia, September issue
︎Summer fling, group show, Aicha Gorgi Gallery, Tunis
︎Bado, video (12 min), Hiya live sessions with musician Badiaa Bouhrizi
︎Us, campaign photoshoot for Fashion Trust Arabia


2020
︎Roses - video clip for Benjemy
︎MAI - 2D Animation video clip for Koast


2019
︎When do we get to see the kiss, video installation, Sea Djerba festival
︎Thunder, video installation, Les Dunes électroniques