KAÏS DHIFI (B.1980)

Mystic Harbour, Aluminium, pre-lacquered steel, blind rivets, Triptych 100x100x4cm x3, 2026

Fortune Parlour, Aluminium, pre-lacquered steel, blind rivets, 180x140x4cm, 2026

King Lizard, Aluminium, pre-lacquered steel, blind rivets, 140x180x4cm, 2026

Kibza, Aluminium, pre-lacquered steel, blind rivets, 140x100x4cm, 2026

Blue Lagoon, Aluminium, pre-lacquered steel, blind rivets, 65x50x4cm, 2026

Floating Totem, Aluminium, pre-lacquered steel, blind rivets, 65x50x4cm, 2026

Altar, Aluminium, pre-lacquered steel, blind rivets, 65x50x4cm, 2026

Antegonia, Mirror-polished stainless steel, pre-lacquered steel, aluminium, blind rivets, 65x110x4cm, 2026

Sun Icon, Mirror-polished stainless steel, aluminium, blind rivets, 40x50x4cm, 2026

Star Icon, Mirror-polished stainless steel, aluminium, blind rivets, 40x50x4cm, 2026

Moon Icon, Mirror-polished stainless steel, aluminium, blind rivets, 40x50x4cm, 2026

Portable Shrine, pre-lacquered steel and blind rivets, Ø40cm, 2026

Kais Dhifi, Magic Mountain High, 200x150cm, 2022

Kais Dhifi, Hand of the D, 150x200cm, 2022

Kais Dhifi, Food for Gods and Djinns too, 75x100cm, 2022

Kais Dhifi, Enter the Dragon, 100x150cm, 2022

Kais Dhifi, Peculiar Parallel Pisces, 130x150cm, 2022

Kais Dhifi, A Map is not the Territory, 150x100cm, 2022

At the border of myth and fiction, Kaïs develops a sculptural practice revealing the vestiges of an imagined, forgotten or future territory.

Influenced by archaeology, vernacular techniques and a certain fantastic realism, he creates metal structures and engraved, assembled or built artifacts, which emerge from a speculative memory within his universe, Metalia, a poetic cartography where narrative and memory intertwine.

Making material an evocative language, Kaïs transforms his sculptures into narrative vectors, situated at the crossroads of Mediterranean traditions and a techno-global imaginary, proposing a counter-mythology of the contemporary world in motion.

Presented in numerous international exhibitions, his works have been shown in Tunisia, France, Burkina Faso and the United Arab Emirates.

︎ @kaisdhifi
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Solo Exhibitions
︎︎︎2026 · Portable Shrine, Yosr Ben Ammar Gallery, Bhar Lazreg, Tunis, Tunisia
︎︎︎2023 · Spooky Parade, Bhar Lazreg, Tunis, Tunisia
︎︎︎2022 · Flesh+Carbon, Galerie Yosr Ben Ammar, Bhar Lazreg, Tunisia
︎︎︎2020 · City of Poets, Carthage, Tunisia

Group Exhibitions
︎︎︎2025 · BISO Biennale Internationale de Sculpture de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
︎︎︎2025 · Horse Power, Anglesio Moto Studio, Paris, France
︎︎︎2025 · Résonances Archaïques, Galerie La La Lande, Paris, France
︎︎︎2025 · Parcours / مسارات, Institut français de Tunisie, Tunis, Tunisia
︎︎︎2025 · La Mythologie des Bordures, Ateliers Jeanne Barret, Marseille, France
︎︎︎2024 · UNIVERSALISM, Galerie Yosr Ben Ammar, Bhar Lazreg, Tunisia
︎︎︎2024 · Backbone, Carbon 12, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
︎︎︎2024 · Posterita, Villa Bambi, Marseille, France
︎︎︎2023 · L'extase d'être vivant, Galerie Yosr Ben Ammar, Bhar Lazreg, Tunisia
︎︎︎2023 · Marcations, Magma Maria, Offenbach am Main, Germany
︎︎︎2023 · Paroli, Definition of Done, Cologne, Germany
︎︎︎2022 · Cyclical, Bhar Lazreg, Tunis, Tunisia
︎︎︎2021 · Daily Cat Essen, Ruttkowski;68, Paris, France

Public Installations
︎︎︎2025 · Metalia Shelter (Dune), undisclosed location, Tunisian desert
︎︎︎2025 · Metalia Sound System, PAC – Provence Art Contemporain, Marseille, France
︎︎︎2024 · Metalia Sound System, Fête des Lumières, Lyon, France
︎︎︎2024 · Metalia Sound System, Lumières Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc, France
︎︎︎2024 · Metalia Sound System, Festival Pléiades, Saint-Étienne, France
︎︎︎2020 · City of Poets, ephemeral installation, Carthage, Tunisia

Fairs
︎︎︎2025 · Abu Dhabi Art Fair, Galerie La La Lande, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
︎︎︎2025 · Art-o-rama, Galerie La La Lande, Marseille, France
︎︎︎2024 · Art Week Riyadh, Galerie La La Lande, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Awards
︎︎︎2025 · Laureate, Fonds Elyssa, Institut Français de Tunisie, Tunis, Tunisia

Residencies
︎︎︎2025 · BISO Biennale Internationale de Sculpture de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
︎︎︎2025 · Tilal Utique, Tunisia
︎︎︎2024 · Artist in residence, Ateliers Jeanne Barret, Marseille, France
︎︎︎2023 · Invited artist, Ateliers Jeanne Barret, Marseille, France

Publications
︎︎︎2021 · The Same Moon Above Us, London, United Kingdom
︎︎︎2020 · City of Poets, Local Groupe, Tunis, Tunisia

Press
︎︎︎ 2025 · Naso Art Journal, "Kaïs Dhifi, On Forging Myths in Metal"
︎︎︎ 2025 · Afrique Magazine, "BISO 2025: Culture on the front line" by Shiran Ben Abderrazak
︎︎︎2025 · Lefaso.net, "4th International Biennale of Sculpture of Ouagadougou: A diplomatic immersion at the heart of African creation"
︎︎︎2025 · Diptyk, "BISO: Art as the last frontier" by Shiran Ben Abderrazak
︎︎︎2025 · Architectural Digest Middle East, "Collective Vision" by Aidan Imanova
︎︎︎2022 · La Presse Tunisie, "B7L9 Art Station: Meeting Kaïs Dhifi" by Alya Hamza
︎︎︎2020 · Nawaat, "Photography: City Of Poets by Kaïs Dhifi, Third-Landscapes" by Adnen Jdey