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Tarek Bio English Version
Tarek Bio English Version
Tarek Bio English Version
#Bio
Graduate of the Sorbonne (University Paris I) in medieval history and art history, Tarek
released Paris Tonkar in 1991 at the age of 19 years: the first art book published in Europe
dedicated to Spraycan art in Paris. It has become a reference for all urban art lovers as well
as for Hip-hop specialists. He has exhibited his first paintings in 1992 in the Espace Chapon at
the great exhibition Paris Graffiti, a significant event because the magazine 1Tox was
presented the same time. He helped organize this exhibition and launch of the magazine:
graffiti art knows his moment of glory during this period.
Tarek chose to break away from that environment to better concentrate on his studies and
writing of his master devoted to the Neo-Platonists in Baghdad during the golden age of the
Abbasids. He studied Arabic at the Bourguiba Institute in Tunis from 1992 to 1993, while
making numerous photo reports. Tarek has lived in Damascus between 1995 and 1997,
where he taught French and has given conferences at the French Cultural Centre (Damascus
and Aleppo) and the School of Fine Arts in Latakia. His photographic work is exposed to
Latakia and Damascus, then in France in many places including the Syrian Cultural Center in
Paris and various cultural areas in the provinces.
Since 1999, Tarek has written more than sixty albums; he has worked with several publishers
and he has won many awards including the Saint-Michel for Best Screenplay in 2007 for Sir
Arthur Benton. That same year, his work on this series has been exhibited at the Caens
Memorial for four months: it was the first time a comic was well highlighted in a place for
history and memory. His comics for young people are regularly used in schools since 2004.
He regularly gives conferences on comics, history and contemporary art.
In 2009, he participated in a symposium on the Cold War in Caens Memorial by presenting
his work on propaganda and Comics during this period.
Vincent Pompetti to the drawing (scheduled in Tartamudo publishing); the following of the
Blateman et Bobines comic book with Vhenin and a short film script.
The anniversary edition of Paris Tonkar is announced for September 2016.
#Contact
Web: www.tarek-bd.fr
Email: elzar58@hotmail.com
Phone: +33 (0)6 72 12 37 94
#Collections
My paintings and volumes have integrated collections of many art lovers worldwide.
Africa: Tunisia, Morocco
Asia: Japan, South Korea, Palestine
America: USA, Canada
Europe: France, England, Belgium, Switzerland, Andorra, Spain, Ibiza, Greece, Italy
Oceania: Australia
My paintings have integrated the collections of museum, cities and companies.
France: Viltas (Moulins), Ville de Guret, Croix-Rouge Franaise (Paris), Ad Tatum (Paris),
Monin (Bourges)
Belgium: Museum Shoes or no Shoes
Tunisia: Havas Worldwide (Tunis)
#Exhibitions
painting [solo exhibition]
painting [group exhibition]
photography [solo exhibition]
comic book [group exhibition]
urban art [performance]
La fabrique des images #2 la galerie Philippe Gelot / Paris, 2016 [live painting]
Les artistes de Newartys au 59 Rivoli / Paris, 2016 [live painting]
La fabrique des images la galerie Philippe Gelot / Paris, 2015 [live painting]
Dept art gallery / Athnes, 2015 [live painting]
Collage / Athnes, 2015
Collage Hacking lectoral / Paris, 2015
Parcours Aucwin la galerie K / Le Mans, 2015 [live painting]
Exposition On a tous besoin dun mur / Mantes-la-Jolie, 2015 [live painting]
Manufacture 111 / Paris, 2015 [live painting]
Les Frigos / Paris, 2015
Canal Saint-Martin / Rennes, 2015
Galerie Knafo / Paris, 2015 [live painting]
Galerie Lil ouvert / Paris, 2015 [live painting]
Parcours Aucwin / Saint-Denis, 2015
Galerie Amarrage / Saint-Ouen, 2015 [live painting]
Secret Walls / Paris, 2015 [live painting]
Pimp my Clink / Nantes, 2014
Monin ultimate cup / Paris, 2014 [live painting]
Ateliers peinture avec des jeunes / Creil, 2014
Galerie One eye open / New York, 2014 [live painting]
Collage Williamsburg / Brooklyn, 2014
Collage Rue de Verneuil / Paris, 2014
Collage aux Frigos / Paris, 2014
Les jardins suspendus / Marseille, 2014 [live painting]
Urban Culture / Guret, 2014 [live painting]
The Art Fabric / Worldwide since 2013
Rue stick #5 / Puteaux, 2013
Rue stick sauvage #5 / Paris, 2013
Festival Street art / Athnes, 2013
Cubik painting, Galerie Collectie / Paris, 2013 [live painting]
Vlo Cubik, Galerie Collectie / Paris, 2013 [live painting]
Collage Rue de Verneuil / Paris, 2012
Collage galit des droits / Paris, 2012
Mur Rve et Utopie / Brest, 2012
Galerie phmre / Paris, 2012 [live painting]
Mairie du IIIe / Paris, 2012 [live painting]
Dcoration du Lyce Rodin / Paris, 2012
auctions
#Bibliography + publications about my work
comic book for adult
comic book for children
book projects with children
art book
comic book for institutional organizations
Hajim / Ludendo + FFK
La parit homme-femme / Mutualit franaise
Solidaribulles n10 / Secours Populaire Franais
press
Publications [subject]
Paris Tonkar, 4 ans de graffiti (1987-1991), Florent Massot ditions, 1991 [painting]
Paris Characters, wild war, 2004 [painting]
Le scnario de bande dessine, Liconograf ditions, 2005 [bd]
Numro spcial des Cls de lactualit consacr la Shoah, 2006 [bd]
A. Poulet-Malassis, diteur alenonnais davant-garde, Ville dAlenon diteur, 2007 [bd]
A. Poulet-Malassis et C. Baudelaire, 150 dditions des Fleurs du mal, Ville dAlenon diteur, 2007 [bd]
La grande guerre dans la bande dessine ; de 1914 aujourdhui, Historial de la Grande Guerre, 2009 [bd]
Re-examining the Holocaust through Literature, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009 [bd]
Le tag en Corse, LHarmattan, 2010 [paris tonkar]
Catalogue exposition Venus Project Lyon, Galerie Spacejunk, 2010 [painting]
Paris city graffiti, Da Real, 2011 [painting]
Descente interdite, Alternatives, 2011 [paris tonkar]
Photograffities dexpression Murales (vol. 1), Collectif des 12 singes, 2011 [paris tonkar]
Traits rsistants, la rsistance dans la bande dessine de 1944 nos jours, Libel, 2011 [bd]
Graffiti, une histoire en images, Eyrolles, 2011 [paris tonkar]
Catalogue exposition Venus II, Galerie Spacejunk Lyon, 2011 [painting]
Paris pochoirs, Alternatives, 2012 [paris tonkar]
Catalogue exposition Venus III, Galerie Spacejunk Lyon, 2012 [painting]
Lart urbain, du graffiti au street art, Gallimard (coll. la dcouverte), 2012 [paris tonkar]
Edgar Allan Poe in Context, Cambridge University Press, 2012 [bd]
Shoah et bande dessine, LHarmattan, 2012 [bd]
Catalogue exposition Mtissages, Muse des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, 2013 [painting]
Street art, mode demploi, Flammarion, 2013 [paris tonkar]
Priphrique, Terre promise, hArtpon ditions, 2013 [painting]
Crimes of minds, Critres ditions, 2013 [painting]
Certifi(e)s Hip Hop, ditions de la Reinette, 2013 [paris tonkar]
Catalogue exposition Venus IV, Galerie Spacejunk Lyon, 2013 [painting]
Catalogue vente aux enchres Chochon, Drouot, 2013 [painting]
Catalogue ArtyBike Artcurial, 2013 [painting]
Mmoire ouvrire, Aro ditions, 2014 [painting]
Tumulte Gaulois, Page, 2014 [bd]
Catalogue vente aux enchres Abomey-Paris-Abomey avec Artcurial, 2014 [painting]
Catalogue exposition Venus V, Galerie Spacejunk Lyon, 2014 [painting]
Livre sur lexposition 1m2, Elabo, 2014 [painting]
Graffiti gnral, D. Carr diteur, 2014 [painting]
Catalogue vente aux enchres Avoha avec Projets Plus actions, 2015 [painting]
Catalogue du festival AVC, 2015 [painting]
tat des Lieux du graffiti au street art, ditions Carpentier, 2015 [painting]
La seconde guerre mondiale dans la bande dessine, PLG, 2015 [bd]
Parcours Aucwin, 2016 [painting]
Documentary
Smells like Hip Hop, Silex film, 2012 [paris tonkar]
Turcos, making-off, Pegasus and Co, 2012 [bd]
Writers, 20 ans de graffiti, Rsistance films, 2004 [paris tonkar]
Graffiti Paris, Zaec, 1992 [paris tonkar]
TV
Parcours Aucwin la Galerie K, nov. 2015, France 3 [painting]
Parcours Aucwin la Galerie K, nov. 2015, Ouest France TV [painting]
La boite films, 2015, Newsart Today TV [painting]
Le street art sinvite dans les galeries, 2015, France 3 [painting]
La nouvelle dition (11 nov. 2014), Canal+ [bd]
Reportage Tlmatin sur Sir Arthur Benton, mars 2008, France 2 [bd]
Un monde de bulles, juin 2012, chane LCP [painting]
Station Colombia, mars 2012, TV Rennes 3 [painting]
La vraie histoire, juillet 2012, M6 [bd]
Saint-Malo, lhrone de BD, octobre 2012, France 3 Bretagne [bd]