TOM EGOUMENIDES (B.1986)

Visual artist and designer based in Tunis. 

His work is situated at the intersection of sculpture and social design, with a sensitive approach aiming to rethink and poetize ordinary and discarded materials.

His artistic approach consists of reimagining the urban environment as a vast reservoir of materials and narratives, a sort of "material library". By finely weaving and remodeling these heterogeneous material layers, he redefines our man-made world.


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In 2021, during a residency for the Dream City festival in Tunis, he initiated the project Rascal, an ephemeral design and research laboratory focused on upcycling. His remarkable work caught the attention of the Triennale d’Architecture de Sharjah in 2023, where he presented his installation The Ship of Theseus.

In 2024, he inaugurated his first solo exhibition at the Galerie Yosr Ben Ammar in Tunis, titled Meta Morphée. His singular approach to design earned him a nomination for the Prix du Design de l’Institut du Monde Arabe in the same year.

He has also recently completed a three-month residency at the Misk Art Institute in Riyadh, where he deepened his research around materiality and obsolescence.

Art Frame | Interview with Thomas Egoumenides
24/05/2024 - Emna Lakhoua

Design Boom | Tom Egoumenides valorizes waste, reviving discarded plastic and spools as functional objects
22/02/2023 - Ravail Khan

AD Middle East | Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2023 To Explore The Transformative Power of Design
17/10/2023 - Iain Akerman

Dezeen |  Preview day from Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2023 10/11/2023 - Rupert Bickersteth

Dezeen |  Twelve "very obviously" architectural installations at the Sharjah Architecture Triennial
16/11/2023 - Tom Ravenscroft