Photo credit: Sylvie Moreau – France, 2020
BIOGRAPHY // BIOGRAPHIE
Zabou is a French street artist based in London. She travels and paints realistic murals, making the world a more colourful place, one wall at a time.
Zabou takes photographs of her subjects, focusing on their expression and emotions. Working mostly with spray paint, she transforms them into striking large-scale black and white portraits with colourful backgrounds. She likes to push visual and spatial boundaries, sometimes creating playful pieces.
Her artistic world revolves around both contemporary and universal topics, and explores what makes us humans: hope, love, fears, art, nature, and many more. She finds inspiration in the everyday life, but also in the history and the surroundings of where she paints.
Zabou takes part in festivals and art projects all around the world, from Europe and Asia to America. Beyond her travels, her accomplishments also include speaking at events, featuring in specialist books and magazines, as well as being asked to exhibit her work multiple times at Saatchi Gallery in London. In March 2022, the gallery presented ‘In Their Eyes’, the artist’s first solo exhibition.
Zabou est une street artiste française établie à Londres. A travers ses voyages, elle peint des fresques réalistes et colore le monde, petit à petit, un mur à la fois.
Zabou photographie ses sujets, mettant l’accent sur leur expression et leurs émotions. Travaillant principalement avec la peinture en bombe, elle les transforme en portraits saisissants en noir et blanc souvent entourés de vives couleurs. Elle aime repousser les limites visuelles et spatiales, créant parfois de véritables trompe-l’œil.
Son univers artistique parle de sujets à la fois contemporains et universels, et explore ce qui nous rend humain : l’espoir, l’amour, nos peurs, l’art, la nature et bien d’autres. Elle trouve l’inspiration dans la vie de tous les jours, mais aussi dans l’histoire et le lieu où elle peint.
Zabou participe à des festivals et des projets artistiques dans le monde entier, de l’Europe à l’Asie en passant par l’Amérique. En plus de ses voyages, elle a également participé à des conférences, à des publications dans des livres et magazines spécialisés et à de multiples expositions à la Saatchi Gallery à Londres. En Mars 2022, la galerie a présenté ‘In Their Eyes’, la première exposition personnelle de l’artiste.
PROJECTS // PROJETS
2023
- New events coming soon!
- JUNE 2023: ‘Mural Fest Tirana’ Festival — Tirana, Albania
- MAY 2023: Mural — Athienou, Cyprus
- MAY 2023: Mural — London, UK
- APRIL 2023: (Postponed) Hit The North Festival — Belfast, UK
2022
- NOVEMBER 2022: Mural — Saint-Quentin, France
- OCTOBER 2022: Tipp Town Mural Festival — Tipperary, Ireland
- SEPTEMBER 2022: ‘Mural Fest Tirana’ Festival — Tirana, Albania
- AUGUST 2022: ‘Waterford Walls’ Festival — Waterford, Ireland
- AUGUST 2022: ‘Anseo’ Festival — Dùn Laoghaire, Ireland
- JULY 2022: ‘Mur de Bourges’ Mural — Bourges, France
- JULY 2022: Mural — Wilhelmshaven, Germany
- JUNE 2022: Festival — Laon, France
- MAY 2022: Mural — Coventry, UK
- MAY 2022: ‘Upfest’ Festival — Bristol, UK
- APRIL 2022: Mural — Saumur, France
- APRIL 2022: Mural — Rheine, Germany
- MARCH 2022: Mural — Kirkby-in-Ashfield, UK
- MARCH 2022: Solo exhibition — Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2021
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- OCTOBER 2021: ‘Graffitea’ Festival — Cheste, Spain
- OCTOBER 2021: ‘Waterford Walls’ Festival — Waterford, Ireland
- SEPTEMBER 2021: ‘BANK!’ Festival — Gunnebo, Sweden
- SEPTEMBER 2021: Mural — Bayreuth, Germany
- JULY 2021: ‘Plein Champs Off’ Festival — Le Mans, France
- JUNE 2021: ‘MuralFest’ Festival — Ferizaj, Kosovo
- MAY 2021: ‘Artwalk’ Festival — Patras, Greece
- APRIL 2021: Mural — Lincoln, UK
- MARCH 2021: Mural — Paris, France
2020
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- OCTOBER 2020: ‘London Mural’ Festival — London, UK
- SEPTEMBER 2020: ‘Ceci N’est Pas Un Tag’ Festival — Saint-Quentin, France
- SEPTEMBER 2020: Mural Painting — Kirkcudbright, Scotland
- AUGUST 2020: ‘Gargar’ Festival — Penelles, Spain
- AUGUST 2020: Mural Painting — Saumur, France
- JULY 2020: ‘Stornara’ Festival — Stornara, Italy
- JAN/MARCH 2020: Mural painting — Paris, France
2019
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- SEPTEMBER 2019: ‘Festigraffiti’ Festival — Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- SEPTEMBER 2019: ‘Eternelles Crapules’ Festival — Moutiers, France
- SEPTEMBER 2019: ‘Cheltenham Paint Festival’ — Cheltenham, UK
- JULY 2019: Mural — Würzburg, Germany
- JULY 2019: Mural — Cerignola, Italy
- JUNE 2019: ‘Vukovart’ Festival — Vukovar, Croatia
- MAY 2019: Mural — Saumur, France
- MAY 2019: ‘Graffitibuey’ Festival — Garcibuey, Spain
- MAY 2019: ‘Street Life’ Festival — Limassol, Cyprus
- FEBRUARY 2019: Mural — Saint-Etienne, France
2018
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- OCTOBER 2018: Mural — Beeston, UK
- SEPTEMBER 2018: ‘Hands Off The Wall’ Festival — Vienna, Austria
- SEPTEMBER 2018: ‘Sea Walls Bali’ Festival — Bali, Indonesia
- AUGUST 2018: ‘Stramurales’ Festival — Stornata, Italy
- JULY 2018: ‘Upfest’ Festival — Bristol, UK
- JULY 2018: Mural — Saint Die Des Vosges, France
- JUNE 2018: ‘Beeston’ Festival — Beeston, UK
- MAY 2018: Mural — Shtula, Israel
- APRIL 2018: ‘Street Life’ Festival — Limassol, Cyprus
- FEBRUARY 2018: Mural — Kupang and Yogjakarta, Indonesia
2017
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- OCTOBER 2017: ‘Capfest’ Festival — Armenia, Colombia
- JULY 2017: ‘Energy Fest’ Festival — S. Polo Di Piave, Italy
- JULY 2017: Mural — Paris, France
- JUNE 2017: ‘Viva Con Agua’ Festival — Hamburg, Germany
- JUNE 2017: Mural — Hadera, Israel
- MAY 2017: Mural — Mulhouse, France
- MAY 2017: ‘Street Life’ Festival — Limassol, Cyprus
2016
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- NOVEMBER 2016: Mural — Altkirch, France
- AUGUST 2016: Mural ‘M.U.R Okerkampf’ — Paris, France
- JULY 2016: ‘Upfest’ Festival — Bristol, UK
- JULY 2016: ‘Whitecross Street Party’ Festival — London, UK
- JUNE 2016: ‘Loures Arte Publica’ Festival — Lisbon, Portugal
- JUNE 2016: ‘City of Colours’ Festival — Birmingham, UK
- MAY 2016: ‘Street Life’ Festival — Limassol, Cyprus