The M.U.R de Bourges is a space dedicated to urban art and located on the first ‘Maison de la Culture’ built in France. Every two months, the local art organisation Urb’annale invites an artist to invest it. Zabou’s intervention was planned for 2020, but rescheduled for 2022 because of the pandemic and difficulties to […]

  Every year, the city of Wilhelmshaven organises a giant street art festival creating trompe-l’oeil and 3D paintings all over the town centre. Some permanent murals have also been implemented in parallel with the event. Zabou was invited to create a large-scale artwork, inspired by the local culture of the harbour and the seamen. She […]

  The city of Laon in France organised its first street art festival: the event, curated by C215, featured over 15 national and international artists. The artworks included a series of large murals, as well as in-situ installations, workshops, stencils, and a collective exhibition. Zabou was invited to create a mural in the district of […]

  The city of Coventry has been designated ‘UK City of Culture’ between 2021 and 2025 and will host a series of events to celebrate local culture. For the last two years, around fifteen public murals organised by StreetArtStrategy have been implemented around the city centre featuring artists such as Huge, Dan Kitchener, Sophie Mess […]

  Upfest Festival is back in Bristol again this year – bringing together murals, music, live painting and festival vibes during the whole month of May. For the occasion, Zabou was invited to paint a narrow wall at the Hen&Chicken Pub. The funny portrait, modeled by Clément, shows a man with his face stuck in […]

  Originally from Saumur in France, Zabou returned to her roots and her former high school to paint a large-scale mural. The project was initiated three years ago, and developed in partnership with the arts students. Two of them, Martin and Maïlys, volunteered to have their portraits painted on the wall. They are depicted calm […]

  The EmsSideGallery in Rheine, Germany invited Zabou to create a mural in the city centre. The artist painted a powerful image around the theme of kindness: a woman, Lena, standing in the cold and rain is being handed an umbrella by a stranger to protect herself. A reminder that small acts of kindness, in […]

  The town of Sutton, near Nottingham, commissioned Zabou to create an exciting mural in the heart of the city centre. The image revolves around the ideas of both the future and past of the city, focusing on a scene from the local astronomical observatory, the Sherwood Observatory. The artist painted the portrait of Freya, […]