Spotlight Q and A with Taher Jaoui (510 Words 3 min. Read )
1. Having exhibited all around the world, where is your next target country?
My next destination will be Tunis, where I’ll be working on an ambitious and inspiring project with @lamiabousninagallery — a museum-like exhibition that I’m truly looking forward to.
In parallel, I am thrilled to announce my upcoming solo show with S Gallery in Madrid (@sgallery_art).
These are the two major projects on the horizon before the end of the year, and I can’t wait to share more with you soon.
2. Your book, a ten year retrospective, has recently been published. Congratulations on that. How has the feedback been, and will we have to wait 10 more years to see a second book?
Thank you so much — it has truly been a journey. I feel proud and blessed by all the achievements so far. Together with my team, we learned a great deal from this experience of publishing a book, and we are very happy with the final result.
The book itself is also a piece of artwork, and we are ensuring it remains unique, with limited copies available for our galleries and collectors.
Looking ahead, my goal is to publish a new book every year or so, and I am also considering creating special editions dedicated to specific series or individual projects.
3. Your style of painting is distinctive, with a heavy, almost mathematical influence. Where does that influence come from?
I am a former computer science engineer with a lifelong passion for mathematics. My mother, a mathematics teacher, greatly influenced this path, and since childhood, formulas and symbols have felt like a natural and almost subconscious language to me.
In my artistic practice, the use of mathematics emerged spontaneously and has now become my personal signature. Today, I continue to explore and deepen the role of mathematics in the composition of my paintings
4- What are you more comfortable with, being a painter or being a sculptor, and did you see any difference in the way art lovers approached your different forms of art?
I’m comfortable with both processes, but I feel more like a pure painter at heart.
Painting still feels to me like the most fluid and intuitive way to create. Art lovers are also more familiar with my paintings, especially the abstract colorful series. I believe they remain curious to discover new series and new ways for me to express my art.
5. We know you have been generous with the Lebanese market, having exhibited there more than once. When can we see you exhibiting there again?
I am deeply grateful to the Lebanese art community as a whole. Over the years, I have had the privilege of working on significant projects with Simon Mhanna and with Opera Gallery.
Lebanese collectors form one of the largest communities that believed in my work from the very beginning, and I remain sincerely thankful for their trust and support.
Looking ahead, we are preparing an exciting solo show with Opera Gallery Beirut in 2026.
