Mounir Fatmi's work can be of political or existential nature while being aesthetic. The question of "the other", an external being, is a permanent element of his creation. The artist constructs visual spaces and linguistic games that aim to free the viewer from their preconceptions of politics and religion, and allows them to contemplate these and other subjects in new ways. His videos, installations, drawings, paintings and sculpture bring to light our doubts, fears and desires. They directly address the current events of our world, and serve to both clarify the origins and symptoms of global issues, as well as speak to those whose lives are affected by specific events.

Born in Morocco in 1970, he now shares his life between Paris and Tangiers. Fatmi auscultates the role of an artist who feels as a foreigner towards his own cultural context, which is, in fact, his own role.

Mounir Fatmi's work has been exhibited in the Migros Museum fur Gegenwarskunst, Zurich, the Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf, Germany, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, and the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo. He also recently participated in the Gwangju Biennial, and the 2nd Seville Biennial.

In 2006 he was awarded the Grand Prize at the 7th Dakar Biennial, and his work will be included in the 2007 1st Luanda Triennial, 8th biennial of Sharjah and the 52nd biennial of Venice.

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Mounir Fatmi
Connection (Nouveau Testament), 2004-2007
print mounted on PVC
100x75cm