TAHER JAOUI
ABOUT
(b. 1978, Tunisia)
Taher Jaoui is a French artist of Tunisian origin who undertakes captivating and laborious work with the intention of continuing the legacy of the abstract expressionist movement of the 1950s and 60s. His paintings are rich assemblages of layered forms, vibrant colors, expressive gestures, signs, and mathematical formulas, reflecting his own background in finance and computer science. His artistic practice is influenced by African primitive art, graffiti, glitch art, and the COBRA movement.
He has participated in numerous top-tier international fairs such as Scope, Context, and KIAF. He is currently represented by esteemed galleries including Guy Hepner (New York), Galerie Saltiel (Paris, Aix-en-Provence), Mees-Van De Wiele Galerie (Gent), Corridor Contemporary (Tel Aviv/Philadelphia), Bender Gallery (Asheville), All About Art Gallery (Singapore), The LT Gallery (Beirut), and Srisasanti Syndicate (Yogyakarta).
FEATURED ARTWORKS
Hamster in the closet | Taher Jaoui
2018 | 118 x 157 cm | Oil on canvas
Taking the power bag | Taher Jaoui
2022 | 145 x 165 cm | Mixed technique on canvas
Blue Sky | Taher Jaoui
2023 | 120 x 170 cm | Oil on canvas
Love layers | Taher Jaoui
2021 | 80 x 110 cm | Oil on linen
Love on the run | Taher Jaoui
2024 | 219 x 119 cm | Oil and acrylic on canvas
Blue Toad | Taher Jaoui
2021 | 153 x 109 cm | Mixed technique on canvas
CURRENT EXHIBITION
INQUIRIES ABOUT THIS ARTIST
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PAST EXHIBITIONS
CHROMATIC STRUCTURES
December 2025 - March 2026
Chromatic Structures presents Taher Jaoui’s painting as a system where color stops decorating and starts building the image. On “all-over” surfaces, the artist combines automatism, improvisation, and layered media—oil, enamel, spray, charcoal—to turn apparent chaos into controlled entropy. His lexicon—ovals, grids, X-forms, and symbols—acts like a grammar that distributes weight, opens depth, and sets the reading rhythm.
POWERFULL
February 2024 - September 2024
In Powerfull, Taher Jaoui unleashes a chromatic explosion where chaos and structure coexist in constant tension. Fusing urban art, comic aesthetics, and neo-expressionism, his layered canvases burst with gestural energy and saturated color. There are no borders—only spontaneous marks, raw emotion, and underlying order.
Drawing from abstract expressionism, art brut, and even digital glitch, Jaoui creates visual systems where symbols, geometry, and texture form a language of instinct and control. It’s a visceral celebration of painting as both impulse and precision, where color becomes a transformative experience.
PICTORIAL INSTINCT
June 2022 - November 2022
This exhibition brought together the works of Xavi Ceerre, Taher Jaoui, and Xavi García in an exhibition that celebrated the raw energy of contemporary painting.
Far from conceptual detachment or formal restraint, this group show explored the emotional and instinctual impulses behind artistic creation —from gestural abstraction and rhythmic composition to the expressive power of color and form. Through different approaches, each artist channeled an urgent, intuitive relationship with the medium, inviting viewers to engage with painting not as image, but as action, decision, and presence.
EVENTS
ENEAS
June 2025
Madrid, Spain
ENEAS was a one-night collective exhibition curated by Saisho in collaboration with Eneaverso.
Held in Madrid, it brought together 21 contemporary artists and over 600 guests—including collectors, curators, and critics—in a multisensory journey through eight levels of artistic experimentation: from composition and material to light, texture, and technique. Inspired by the myth of Aeneas and structured around curatorial criteria rather than trends, ENEAS marked a new approach to experiencing and valuing contemporary art.
