Collection: Raouf Karray

Raouf Karray was born in 1951 in Sfax, Tunisia. His father was a furniture maker and his mother worked with embroidery, both of which inspired Karray's early sense of art. He grew up playing in the orchard near his house, observing the fruit growing on the vines, the soil, and the horizon line. In 1969 he embarked on a world tour that lasted eight years and in 1977 he established himself in Italy for a period of five years. In Italy he taught graphic arts, worked as a stage designer, produced illustrations for a newspaper, and made television commercials and posters. He has participated in numerous art events and exhibitions in Tunisia and abroad since 1995. He has exhibited several times at the Palace of the Popes in Avignon and the Institute of the Arab World in Paris. In 2012 he was awarded the KITABI prize for the best children's books in Arabic. His work is motivated by the sense that a society is nourished when children are cared for.