El Seed

paikka: Le Chesnay

Syntynyt: 1981

Elämäkerta:

eL Seed is a French Tunisian calligraphy artist and muralist, whose work features the Arabic language through graffiti (sometimes referred to as Calligraffiti). He was born in Le Chesnay, France in 1981. He grew up speaking only the Tunisian dialect and did not learn to read or write standard Arabic until his teens, when he discovered an interest in his Tunisian roots. He took the name 'eL Seed' from the French play, Le Cid, which his teacher was reading to his class in school. The name, El Cid, is based on the Arabic term, Al Sayed, which means 'the man.' He cites the 2011 Tunisian Revolution as a major factor in the opening of political space to alternate forms of expression. He created his first large-scale mural one year after the beginning of the Tunisian revolution in the city of Kairouan. His artwork can be found all over the world and consistently aims to unify people and challenge stereotypes.