Rafram Chaddad (b. 1976, Djerba, Tunisia)
Based in Tunis

Rafram Chaddad is a multidisciplinary artist working across installation, film, photography, and socially engaged practice. His work engages questions of migration, memory, material culture, and belonging, operating between personal narrative and broader socio-political structures.

Selected Solo Exhibitions
B7L9, Tunis ; Mucem Museum, Marseille ; Maximilian Forum, Munich

Selected Group Exhibitions & Institutions
Kunst im Tunnel, Düsseldorf ; Kunstraum, New York ; ArteEast Foundation, New York ; Halle 14, Leipzig ; Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella ; Kayu Lucie Fontaine, Bali

Publications
The Good Seven Years (2023), artist’s book including a biographical essay by Dr. Yigal Nizri

Academic Engagement
Guest Critic, MFA Program, Columbia University, 2021

Olive Smoke, 2023 Traditionally, kosher ink used for holy writings in Judaism was made from a pigment extracted from the smoke of olive oil candles, mixed with almond resin. This ink, known as oli (2).jpg
Olive Smoke, 2023 Glass bottle, water, olive oil, cotton, gramophone horn, smoke machine, variable dimensions