Djamel Tatah

Born in 1959 in Saint Chamond (FR). Lives and works in Montpellier (FR).

Djamel Tatah’s refined paintings reveal the way in which humanity can assert itself as a presence in the world. From reality, ordinary life and world events, the artist paints life-size figures which seem to be suspended in time, set in unspecified places and caught up in a world of silence. Reinterpreting solitude as virtue, Tatah intends to surpass reality, experimenting with colour, light and line to explore his feelings of being part of the world.

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Born in 1959, the Franco-Algerian artist studied in France at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Saint-Etienne from 1981 to 1986. He has taught at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris since 2008. He lives and works in Montpellier.

Tatah has presented his works throughout France and the world over, including Salamanca Arts Centre (Spain 2002), Guangdong Museum of Art (China 2005), MAMAC Nice and Château de Chambord (France 2009-2011), Villa Medici (Italy 2010), Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Algier (Algeria 2013), Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul (France 2013-2014), Modern and Contemporary Art Museum of Saint-Etienne Métropole (France 2014), Lambert Collection in Avignon (France 2017-2018), Berggruen Museum in Berlin (Germany 2021), Fabre Museum in Montpellier (France 2022-2023).

Tatah’s work is included in prominent private and public collections such as Barjeel Art Foundation (UAE), The British Museum (UK), Musée National d’Art Moderne Centre Georges Pompidou, MAACAL (Marrakech), Maeght Foundation, Lambert Collection, Modern and Contemporary Art Museum in Saint-Etienne Métropole (France).

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Gallery Contact

Agathe Schneider
a.schneider@galeriepoggi.com

Works

Djamel Tatah, "La Répétition", Centre Pompidou Metz, 2022

Djamel Tatah, Galerie Poggi, 2023

"New Works", Solo Show, Exhibition view

Djamel Tatah, Sans titre (Inv. 22003), 2022

Oil and wax on canvas, 220 x 200 cm, Courtesy Galerie Poggi, Paris © Franck Couvreur

Djamel Tatah, Sans titre (Inv. 20007), 2020

Oil and wax on canvas, 200 x 250 cm, Courtesy Galerie Poggi, Paris © Franck Couvreur

Djamel Tatah, Sans titre (Inv. 22014), 2022

Oil and wax on canvas, 80 x 60 cm, Courtesy Galerie Poggi, Paris © Franck Couvreur

Djamel Tatah, Musée Fabre, Montpellier, 2022

Solo Show", Le Théâtre du Silence", Exhibition View

Djamel Tatah, Sans titre (Inv. 16009), 2016

Signed and dated on the back, Oil and wax on canvas, 220 x 200 cm

Djamel Tatah, Musée Fabre, Montpellier, 2022

Solo Show", Le Théâtre du Silence", Exhibition View

Djamel Tatah, Sans titre (Inv. 20003), 2020

Oil and wax on canvas, 200 x 200 cm, Courtesy Galerie Poggi, Paris © Franck Couvreur

Djamel Tatah, Sans titre (Inv. 20004), 2020

Oil and wax on canvas, 200 x 200 cm, Courtesy Galerie Poggi, Paris © Franck Couvreur

Djamel Tatah, Sans titre (Inv. 20005), 2020

Oil and wax on canvas, 200 x 200 cm, Courtesy Galerie Poggi, Paris © Franck Couvreur

Djamel Tatah, Sans titre (Inv. 20011), 2020

Oil and wax on canvas, 100 x 100 cm, Courtesy Galerie Poggi, Paris © Franck Couvreur

Djamel Tatah, Sans titre (Inv. 21006) , 2021

Oil and wax on canvas, 200 x 300 cm, Courtesy Galerie Poggi, Paris © Franck Couvreur

Djamel Tatah, Sans titre (Inv. 22002), 2022

Oil and wax on canvas, Triptych, 3* (250 x 200 cm), Courtesy Galerie Poggi, Paris © Franck Couvreur

Djamel Tatah, Musée Fabre, Montpellier, 2022

Solo Show", Le Théâtre du Silence", Exhibition View

Djamel Tatah, Sans titre (Inv. 20001), 2020

Oil and wax on canvas, 100 x 160 cm

Djamel Tatah, Musée Fabre, Montpellier, 2022

Solo Show", Le Théâtre du Silence", Exhibition View

Djamel Tatah, Sans titre (Inv. 20017), 2020

Oil and wax on canvas, 100 x 100 cm

Djamel Tatah, ARCOmadrid 2022

Galerie Poggi Booth

Djamel Tatah, Sans Titre (Inv. 16006), 2016

Signed and dated on the back, Diptych, Oil paint and wax on canvas, 500 x 200 cm

Djamel Tatah, Untitled (Inv. 16001), 2016

Signed and dated on the back, Oil paint and wax on canvas, 300 x 200 cm

Djamel Tatah, Musée Fabre, Montpellier, 2022

Solo Show", Le Théâtre du Silence", Exhibition View

Djamel Tatah, Sans titre (Inv. 21010), 2021

Oil and wax on canvas, Diptych, 2* (200 x 220 cm), Courtesy Galerie Poggi, Paris © Franck Couvreur

Djamel Tatah, "Double Je", MAMC + Saint-Etienne, 2021

Exhibition view

Djamel Tatah, Sans titre (Inv. 18012), 2018

Signed and dated on the back, Oil and wax on canvas, 160 x 160 cm

Djamel Tatah, Persona Grata, Mac Val, 2018

Exhibition view, © Ph. Lebruman

Djamel Tatah, Sans Titre (Inv. 16005), 2016

Huile et cire sur toile, 200 x 300 cm

Djamel Tatah, Sans titre (Inv. 22011), 2022

Oil and wax on canvas, 70 x 70 cm, Courtesy Galerie Poggi, Paris © Franck Couvreur

Djamel Tatah, Sans Titre (Inv. 16002), 2016

Oil painting and wax on canvas, 180 x 160 cm - Courtesy Galerie Poggi, Paris

Djamel Tatah, Musée Fabre, Montpellier, 2022

Solo Show", Le Théâtre du Silence", Exhibition View

Djamel Tatah, Untitled (Inv. 16021), 2016

Signed, titled and dated on the back, Diptych, oil and wax on canvas, 70 x 140 cm

Djamel Tatah, Sans titre (Inv.16014), 2016

Oil and wax on canvas, 200 x 200 cm

Djamel Tatah, "Vois-là...", Galerie Poggi, 2019

Exhibition view

Djamel Tatah, Sans titre (Inv. 21009), 2021

Oil and wax on canvas, Diptych, 2* (200 x 220 cm), Courtesy Galerie Poggi, Paris © Franck Couvreur

Djamel Tatah, Sans titre (Inv. 20013)

Oil and wax on canvas, 70 x 70 cm

Djamel Tatah, Collection Lambert, Avignon, 2018

Exhibition view

Djamel Tatah, Sans titre (Inv. 16031), 2016

Oil and wax on canvas, 60 x 80 cm

Djamel Tatah, Collection Lambert, Avignon, 2018

Exhibition view

Djamel Tatah, Sans Titre (Inv. 16020), 2016

Signed, titled and dated on the back, Oil and wax on canvas, 100 x 120 cm

Djamel Tatah, Sans Titre (Inv. 16003), 2016

Signed and dated on the back, Oil paint and wax on canvas, 220 x 200 cm

Djamel Tatah, Sans Titre (Inv. 16011),

Oil and wax on canvas, 80 x 60 cm

Djamel Tatah, Collection Lambert, Avignon, 2018

Exhibition view

Djamel Tatah, Sans titre (Inv. 18014), 2018

Signed, titled and dated on the back, Oil and wax on canvas, 200 x 200 cm

Djamel Tatah, Sans titre (Inv. 16033), 2016

Signed, titled and dated on the back, Diptych, oil and wax on canvas, 100 x 200 cm

Djamel Tatah, Collection Lambert, Avignon, 2018

Exhibition view

Djamel Tatah, Sans titre (Inv. 21005), 2021

Oil and wax on canvas, 160 x 160 cm

Djamel Tatah, Sans titre (Inv. 21002), 2021

Oil and wax on canvas, 200 x 300 cm

Djamel Tatah, Musée Fabre, Montpellier, 2022

Solo Show, "Le Théâtre du Silence", Exhibition View

Djamel Tatah, Sans Titre (Inv. 16025), 2016

Oil and wax on canvas, 200 x 200 cm

” My painting is silent. Imposing silence in the face of the world’s noise is, in some ways, adopting a political position. It encourages us to step back and carefully observe our relationship to others and to society.”