Ceet Fouad

CEET Fouad is a graffiti artist born in 1971 in Oran, Algeria, of Moroccan descent, who moved to Toulouse in 1978.

He began painting in the 1980s and gradually built his work around his chicken figures.

Now based in southern China, CEET began drawing these chickens spontaneously when he arrived in China: not speaking Mandarin, he used them as a means of visual communication. These quick sketches made in restaurants gradually became a central motif of his work, which he then developed through graffiti, paintings and sculptures.

For the artist, the chicken is a humorous and symbolic figure. A mass-consumed, industrialised animal, it becomes a symbol of overconsumption and the loss of individuality.

With bright colours and playful compositions, CEET gives this ordinary character a human, narrative dimension that makes it a metaphor for society today.

His work, which mixes humour and social critique, has been exhibited in many cities, including New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei and Marrakech.