Amel Bennys

Amel Bennys was born in Tunis in 1970. She lives and works between Tunis and Paris.
An abstract painter and sculptor, Bennys uses colour as equally a structure as a three-dimensional object in space. Layered textures and pigments define much of her work. This exploration of texture and material gives way to the visual knowledge of form through coloration. For the artist, colour becomes a point of departure in exploring the depths of architectural form. In her paintings one can note the manner in which colour acts as a constructive tool: the purity of pigment stands flat on the canvas and thus become a structure in and of itself.  Bennysʼ paintings are lyrical and exist as a natural and fluid extension of sculptural figuration. Bennysʼ practice exists within the realm of incessant layering of flat pigments, the “tableau” becomes the art object as a three-dimensional structure.
Bennys’ work has been shown in international group exhibitions and solo show and she has received numerous awards including:Villa Medicis “Hors les Murs”, “Les Etoiles de la Peinture”prize, which resulted in an exhibition at the Maeght Galleries, Montrouge and Barcelone. In 2012, she has been invited by the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation (Bethany, CT). Her work is in prestigious public and private collections including: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, U.S.A ; Agnès B.; Alain Bonfand ; Kamel Lazaar Foundation, Tunis, Tunisia ; Ministry of Culture collection,  Tunis, Tunisia; Frédéric Mitterand (former Minister of Culture) collection, Paris, France; Foreign Ministry of France collection, Paris, France; Intervest Development Corp collection, New York, U.S.A.