Biography

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Biography : 


Jihen (she/her) interdisciplinary artist and design investigation researcher, from Tunis, living and working in Montreal.


                                                                        Hello,

i'm interesting in the interplanetary concepts, science fiction approaches, questioning the enigmatic functional of systems and machines, “how satellite orbit the earth?”.

I'm working in the intersection between arts, science, and new media.


In my practices,  i'm exploring the vibratory order phenomena, as a form of co-creation material. I'm working with electronics, code, data, and molecule, to create installation and devices, that able to re-imaging new aesthetics forms, for speculating and shaping the future.

I'm considering myself in my practice as a form of Satellite- investigator, trying to naviguate the complexity of the environnement.

I'm engaged in the maker movement (DIY and DIWO), and the open-source community. Part of my projects consists of collaboration, and experimenting in different open labs, makerspace, bio and science labs.

My artistic approach inspires from Simondon, Whitehead, Latour, Gabrys theories,
The Bauhaus approach based on new engagement, process learning, materiality and interdisciplinary between art and design.

https://hackaday.io/Jihen



EDUCATIONS : 

2021: Master Visual and Media Arts. UQAM. / Ongoing 
2018: Master Visual arts and design. ISBAS.Tunis.
2015: Bachelor Fine Arts. ISBAS, Tunis

EXHIBITIONS:


2022:

“Site Sensing 0.1”, Group Exhibition : SAINTE CATHERINE - SAINT DENIS 45.513338° / -73.557760° , CDEX- UQAM, Montréal, QC, Canada


2021 :

“Wet and Dry Lab”, Group Exhibition “ Hors-D'oeuvre”, CDEX-UQAM, Montréal, QC, Canada

Talking House , Site specific exhibition 1+1=3, Art space Gepäckausgabe, Glarus Switzerland.

Co-existence Mechanical, Group Exhibition, Shake Résidence Nomades - Brussels, Belgium.

-Co-existence Mechanical Group Exhibiton “ Tunis Centre Ville X Patrimoini '' Curated : Raoul Cyril, Goethe institute , Tunis.

2018:

'' Frequency Array” - “ Print Data'' Exhibition : Media Art Festival –Young Masters Award. Netherlands,

Artist in Residency Exhibition : Frequency Array, Kedi Art Gallery, Turkey, 

2017:

SEE Djerba : Public - Parcours, Residency public Exhibition, Djerba - Tunisia.

2016:

TREFLE : Group Exhibition, Elbirou Art Gallery, Sousse, Tunisia.



PRIZES, GRANT AND NOMINATION :

2023 : 
Laureate. MÉDIAN - Chaire de recherche du Canada en arts écotechnologies.

2021 :

Bourse Pierre Ayot, Fondation UQAM, Montréal QC,Canada.

Exceptional Grant, Culture Resource, Beirut, Lebanon

2020:

Digital Manufacturing Art Prize - Project Selection, Quarantasettezeroquattro, Gorizia, Italy.

Project Fund Prize, Gepaeckausgabe, Glarus, Switzerland.

Relance Grant for Culture, Ministry of Culture, Tunis, Tunisia.


2019:

Excellence Grant for culture professions in the Mediterranean, Mucem – Marseille. France.

Laureate Artist in Residency Prize- Shakes nomades residency - Tunis / Belgium.


2018:

Nomination Young Masters award - Leeuwarden, Netherlands.



OTHER EXPERIENCES :
2022 - Ongoing : Research Artist, CIRMMT, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music, Media, and Technology McGill.
2022 : Update sensors Station Climatiques. MÉDIAN - Chaire de recherche du Canada en arts écotechnologies. 
2021: Artist researcher in kinetic design - Research material for conceiving and testing soft robots.  FABLAB LAC, Tunis.
2018-2020 : Artist researcher and maker, MakerLab. Tunis.
2017 : Intern research , Le Cube centre de création numérique. Paris.