List of Tunisian artists

The following list of Tunisian artists (in alphabetical order by last name) includes artists of various genres, who are notable and are either born in Tunisia, of Tunisian descent or who produce works that are primarily about Tunisia.

  • Ammar Farhat (1911–1987), painter; members of the School of Tunis
  • Safia Farhat (1924–2004), designer, painter, ceramicist, upholstery, decorative artist; pioneer of visual arts in Tunisia
  • Nadia Kaabi-Linke (born 1978), installation artist; she is of Ukrainian and Tunisian heritage and lives in Berlin
  • Mouna Karray (born 1970), photographer, video artist
  • Hédi Khayachi (1882–1948), painter; official portraitist of the Husainid court
  • Sabiha Al Khemir (born 1959), illustrator, writer
  • Nadia Khiari (born 1973), cartoonist, painter, graffiti artist, art teacher
  • Paul Klee (1879–1940), Swiss-German painter; visited Tunisia in 1914 and left a lasting impression
  • August Macke (1887–1914), German painter; visited Tunisia in 1914 and left a lasting impression
  • Nja Mahdaoui (born 1937), calligrapher, graphic artist
  • Khookha McQueer (born 1987), photographer, drag artist, first trans women known to the general public in Tunisia
  • Hatem El Mekki (1918–2003), painter
  • Leïla Menchari (1927–2020), fashion designer, interior decorator
  • Louis Moilliet (1880–1962), Swiss painter and stained glass designer; visited Tunisia in 1914 and left a lasting impression
  • Mourad Salem (born 1956), painter; of French and Tunisian-Turkish heritage and lives in Paris
  • Mahmoud Sehili (1931–2015), painter
  • Aïcha Snoussi (born 1989), printmaker, and drawer; queer and lives in Paris
  • Mahmoud Tounsi (1944–2001), author, painter
  • Hedi Turki (1922–2019), Tunisian abstract painter of Turkish heritage
  • Yahia Turki (1903–1969), Tunisian painter of Turkish and Djerbian heritage; described as the "father of Tunisian painting"
  • Zoubeir Turki (1924–2009), Tunisian painter and sculptor of Turkish heritage
  • Alexandre Roubtzoff (1884–1949), Russian-born French painter who specialized in Orientalist scenes; he lived in Tunisia most of his life

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