Hédy Gobaa

Hédy Gobaa considers his paintings as a hypothesis of reality, which question our relationship to culture, habitats, intimacy and immigration. By linking them to the digital technological sphere, his work revives the doubts that Richter and Hyperrealism raise about history and the question of the sensible. Gobaa holds a PHD in art studies and practices at the Université du Québec à Montréal (2018) and a Masters in visual arts, art sciences, living and image arts at the Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (2011). He grew up in Tunisia, studied in France, then returned to live in Tunisia — a country he finally left for good two years after the Arab Spring. Gobaa has lived and worked in Montreal since 2013. He has exhibited extensively in Tunisia and at Art-Mûr in Montreal, for solo and group shows. He was part of the 2022 residency at the Baie-Saint-Paul Symposium.