KAIS DHIFI

Born in 1980.
Lives and works in Tunis.

Through sculptural narratives, Kaïs Dhifi explores the threshold between myth and fiction, revealing the remnants of an imagined, forgotten, or yet-to-come Mediterranean territory.

He creates engraved, assembled, or constructed metallic structures and artifacts that evoke relics of a possible future. Influenced by archaeology, vernacular technology, and fantastical realism, he develops Metalia, a speculative universe where vision and memory intertwine.

Using matter as his language, each of his works serves as a vehicle toward a complex narrative. At the crossroads of traditions and a techno-global imagination, his work proposes a poetic counter-mythology of the contemporary world in mutation.

Solo Exhibitions

Les Enfants du Soleil, Boucan, Brussels (Belgium), 2024
Spooky Parade, Bhar Lazreg, Tunis (Tunisia), 2023
Flesh+Carbon, Yosr Ben Ammar Gallery, Bhar Lazreg, Tunis (Tunisia), 2022
City of Poets, Carthage (Tunisia), 2020

Group Exhibitions

La Mythologie des Bordures, Ateliers Jeanne Barret, Marseille (France), 2025
UNIVERSALISM, Yosr Ben Ammar Gallery, Bhar Lazreg, Tunis (Tunisia), 2024
Backbone, Carbon 12, Dubai (UAE), 2024
Posterita, Villa Bambi, Marseille (France), 2024
L’extase d’être vivant, Yosr Ben Ammar Gallery, Bhar Lazreg, Tunis (Tunisia), 2023
Marcations, Magma Maria, Offenbach am Main (Germany), 2023
Paroli, Definition of Done, Cologne (Germany), 2023
Cyclical, Bhar Lazreg, Tunis (Tunisia), 2022
Daily Cat Essen, Ruttkowski;68, Paris (France), 2021

Residencies and Awards