Tarek Ben Yakhlef

Tarek Ben yakhlef aka Tarek is a French multidisciplinary artist. He discovered very early the graffiti in eighties and became an active member of the Parisian scene. But quite fast the camera take place in his hands instead of spray can transforming him in the number one witness of French graffiti. At 19 years old only he is the author of a book on graffiti in France that still nowadays is considered as the reference. Through the years he developed his art on other media such as comics where he is successful, but spray can are never far away. And like this he can still continue to bring to life on the walls of cities his fantastic and colourful universe.

Paris-Sorbonne University (Arabic)
Tunis University (Arabic)
Université Paris 1 - Panthéon Sorbonne (History)
Université Paris 1 - Panthéon Sorbonne (History of art)
Ecole Pratique des Hautes études (Philosophy)

Main exhibitions since 1992:
Galerie Philippe Gelot / Paris, 2023
Taxie gallery / Paris, 2022
Galerie Atelier 17 / Moulins, 2022
SEL / Sèvres, 2021
Superposition / Lyon, 2021
Day2Day Gallery - Collioure, 2021
Galerie Art-Pad / Antony, 2021
59 Rivoli Galerie / Paris, 2021
Atelier Noir Noir / Rennes, 2021
Art shopping au Carrousel / Le Louvre - Paris, 2021
Kykart galerie / Maisons-Alfort, 2020
Galerie des Terreaux / Lyon, 2020
Espace Berthelot / Lyon, 2020
Gran Caffé de Martini / New-York, 2019
No Galerie / Rennes, 2019
Théâtre Royal / Marrakech, 2019
Platforms Project / Athènes, 2019
Galerie Terrain-Vagh / Paris 6e, 2019
L’app’art #4 / Paris 10e, 2018
Galerie Lehalle / Paris 8e, 2018
Espace culturel Passe Ouest / Plœmeur, 2018
Salon d’art contemporain de St-Sulpice / Paris 6e, 2018
Médiathèque A. Malraux / Chauny, 2018
Crowne Plaza / Neuilly-sur-Seine, 2018
Galerie Simon&Roth / Paris 3e, 2017
Galerie Calvanostra / Caen, 2017
L’œil ouvert / Paris 10e, 2015, 2017 et 2018
Galerie Daki / Sao Paulo, 2017
Galerie Carole Kvasnevski / Paris 17e, 2016 et 2017
Sub Galeria / Sao Paulo, 2017
Galerie Agnès B. / Paris 2e, 2017
Galerie Superposition / Lyon, 2017
Galerie Martine Ehmer/ Bruxelles, 2017
Atelier 17 / Moulins, 2015, 2016, 2017 et 2018
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