Algerian French artist Samta Benyahia lives and works in Paris. Benyahia uses Arab Andalusian geometrical patterns and rosaces - called fatima (also the name of Muhammad's daughter) in Arabic - to explore ideas of contrast such as light/shade, female/male, inside/outside. Here she also shows four large-scale photographs Visages de Rencontres (2000) and new sculpture. She has been given a number of solo shows internationally, among them, at the Institut Français (Alexandria, Egypt, 2003); Spacex Gallery (Exeter, UK, 2001-2); La Corte Arte Contemporanea (Florence, Italy, 2000); and Art in General (New York, 1996).
Samta Benyahia
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