Ceet Fouad
CEET Fouad (pronounced “see-tee”), born in 1971 in Oran, Algeria, and of Moroccan descent, moved to Toulouse, France, in 1978.Part of the second generation of graffiti writers worldwide, he began painting in the 1980s and gradually built a highly recognisable world around his celebrated chicken figures.Now based in H…
CEET Fouad (pronounced “see-tee”), born in 1971 in Oran, Algeria, and of Moroccan descent, moved to Toulouse, France, in 1978.
Part of the second generation of graffiti writers worldwide, he began painting in the 1980s and gradually built a highly recognisable world around his celebrated chicken figures.
Now based in Hong Kong, 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 went on to develop through graffiti, paintings, sculptures, toys and monumental inflatable installations.
For the artist, the chicken is both a humorous and a symbolic figure. Mass-consumed and industrialised, it becomes a symbol of overconsumption, of lost individuality and of the contemporary condition.
Through vivid colours and playful compositions, CEET restores a human, narrative dimension to this ordinary character, turning it into a universal metaphor for society today.
His work, blending humour, tenderness and social critique, has been exhibited in many cities internationally — including New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, London, Taipei and Marrakech — making him a recognised figure of contemporary urban art.
Part of the second generation of graffiti writers worldwide, he began painting in the 1980s and gradually built a highly recognisable world around his celebrated chicken figures.
Now based in Hong Kong, 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 went on to develop through graffiti, paintings, sculptures, toys and monumental inflatable installations.
For the artist, the chicken is both a humorous and a symbolic figure. Mass-consumed and industrialised, it becomes a symbol of overconsumption, of lost individuality and of the contemporary condition.
Through vivid colours and playful compositions, CEET restores a human, narrative dimension to this ordinary character, turning it into a universal metaphor for society today.
His work, blending humour, tenderness and social critique, has been exhibited in many cities internationally — including New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, London, Taipei and Marrakech — making him a recognised figure of contemporary urban art.
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