Tarek Atoui is an artist and electroacoustic composer, working within the realm of sound performance and composition.

He engineers complex and inventive instruments as well as arranges and curates interventions, concerts, performances, and workshops. His work often revolves around large-scale, collaborative performances that develop from extensive research into music history and instrumentation, while exploring new methods of production. Using custom-built electronic instruments and computers, Atoui references current social and political realities, revealing music and new technologies as powerful aspects of expression and identity. Education and social connection are integral aspects of Atoui’s practice.

He has exhibited at numerous major institutions such as MCA, Sydney (2023); MUDAM, Luxembourg (2022); Fondation Serralves, Porto (2022); The Contemporary Austin, Austin, Texas (2022); the FLAG Art Foundation, New York (2022); the Fridericianum, Kassel (2020); Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah (2020); NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore (2018); Fondation Serralves, Porto (2018); Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels (2017); Bergen Assembly (2016; Tate