2009–2025
Archive / Stories
The people, places and moments behind the paintings. Original accounts by Nejib Ghanmi.
Figure Crying Gold
A figure in blue sheds gold tears against a red ground.
Albatross
A solitary figure holds its place within a pale, unsettled space.
Gramma's Courtyard (Dar Mima)
Ghanmi’s father rests beneath the fig tree in his grandmother’s courtyard in Béja.
Mimosa
The colours of Tabarka, Tunisia, recalled through walks with his wife and the view from Hotel Les Mimosas.
Africa Blue
A small painting recalling a journey to Kenya with Karolina: a proposal in the Mara, a blue stone from Mombasa, and an evening at Diani Beach.
Caroline Collett
A painting dedicated to Caroline Collett, whose honesty, encouragement and belief have sustained Ghanmi’s practice.
To the Whittons
Memories of Lancaster and the Lake District gather in a painting dedicated to the Whittons.
Old Friends and a Lady With Two Hearts
A commissioned painting of an evening at La Closerie, Tunis, with Sofyen Habibi, his wife Mariem and Khaled Jnifen.
Les Huit Soldats (The Eight Soldiers)
Painted on 29 July 2013 in response to the killing of eight Tunisian soldiers.
Anatomy of a Model
Painted during a period of personal upheaval in 2010.
Tibeteen
A portrait made in memory of a young woman Ghanmi met in Lancaster.
Paintings, photographs
and earlier projects.
Ultio — From canvas to clothes
Exhibitions & recorded conversations