Fatin Rahmouni
Artist Biography:
Fatin Rahmouni, the Keeper of Monsters, is a contemporary artist based near Lake Constance in southern Germany. Her work straddles the boundaries of street art, urban art, pop art, and doodle art without consciously limiting herself to any one of these categories.
After several years in graphic design, she devoted herself full-time to art. Her artistic practice did not begin in the traditional way on a wall. Her first monsters appeared on skateboards, then on canvases and shoes—and later on surfaces in public spaces as well.
Her work focuses on a recurring community of monsters that collectively carry the artwork. This is based on an idea that runs through her entire body of work: things that shouldn’t really go together ultimately belong together. It’s a principle she explored in her bachelor’s thesis, “The Double-Head Theory.”
The monsters have already won several awards and, as one-of-a-kind pieces exhibited internationally, have been featured in exhibitions in countries such as China, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland. Each piece is sold exclusively as an original.
Artist Statement:
My work explores the creation of spaces for reflection within the accelerated pace of contemporary life. In a world defined by constant sensory overload and external pressure, I am interested in moments of stillness that allow people to reconnect with their inner emotional landscape.
Rooted in street art, my practice embraces both the public space and the studio as places of intervention and introspection. Painting becomes a meditative process through which inner experiences are translated into visual form. By bringing these internal states onto canvas and into shared urban environments, my work opens a dialogue between personal experience and the collective space we inhabit.
At the heart of my practice is the visibility of emotional presence. Rather than focusing on outward appearance or fixed identity, the figures and atmospheres within my work seek to reveal moments of vulnerability, silence and psychological depth. Through these visual narratives, I hope to create encounters in which viewers recognize aspects of their own emotional reality.
By embedding intimate emotional gestures within shared public spaces, I aim to create temporary places of quiet where reflection, empathy and self-awareness can emerge.
CV
FATIN RAHMOUNI (*1983)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
BossEBike
Konstanz, Germany
2022
Gnädiger & Mayer
Radolfzell, Germany
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITION
2024
Von der Straße in die Galerie – Ein Dialog der Künste
Villa Bosch
Radolfzell, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
711 Art Gallery
Stuttgart, Germany
2026
Flamingo
Stuttgart, Germany
2026
Art in Bloom
Pashmin Art
Chongqing Hongyi Jiuzhou International Culture and Art Center
Chongqing, China
2025
Singener Artists
Stadtgarten Singen
Singen, Germany
2025
Street Art Festival
Frauenfeld, Switzerland
2025
Tugihelps
Stuttgart, Germany
2025
ArtWalks
Stuttgart, Germany
2025
711 Art Gallery
Stuttgart, Germany
2025
PopArt Store
Radolfzell, Germany
2024
Kunst- & Designmarkt
Stuttgart, Germany
2024
Apollo
Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
2023
Museumsnacht Hegau-Schaffhausen
Gottmadingen, Germany
2023
KFZ Kunst für Zukunft
Radolfzell, Germany
2022
Fragility of Life
Venice, Italy
2022
Plattform11
Esslingen, Germany
2021
Better Together
Studio Aesse
Antwerp, Belgium
2016
Kunsthaus Schill
Stuttgart, Germany
SELECTED ART FAIRS
2026
ArtVision
Hannover, Germany
2023
Hempstead Affordable Art Fair
Exhibition with Laura I. Art Gallery
2020
Artbox Project 2.0
Zurich, Switzerland
SELECTED AWARDS
2020
Artist of the Future
Contemporary Art Curator Magazine
2021
Collector's Vision International Art Award
Winner
2021
Power of Creativity Art Prize
2022
Voices of Tomorrow Art Award
2022
Faces of the Art Prize
Winner
2023
Collectors Art Prize
Winner
2023
Harmony for Humanity: The Global Consciousness Art Prize
Winner
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2026
m-news.astron.net
China
2023
Mumm Magazine
2023
Hegau Magazine
2022
Entrée – Wohnen und Leben am Bodensee
2021
Art Hole Magazine
2021
The Working Artist Magazine
What first prompted you to think of becoming an artist?
I grew up in an artistic household and learned early on to express my feelings and thoughts through color. Since art is a platform that is not only forgiving but also free from prejudice, it has always been a welcome retreat.
What kind of an artist do you ultimately see yourself?
I am an artist, free of style and material, always looking for something new. My goal is to redefine myself through my art and to make my innermost visible.
What are you hoping to communicate to the viewer through your work?
That it's okay to deal with your inner self. The audience has the right to look at the images with an open mind, to research a painting, and to be inspired by the various messages that are not always recognizable at first glance.
Can you explain the process of creating your work?
The feeling of a picture arises in my subconscious. It takes on more and more shape, to the point where it can no longer be held. The inner turmoil signals to me that it is time. The picture wants to go out into the world. And sometimes even while I'm actually working on another project.
What is your favorite part of the creative process?
The tension of the void. To face this fear of the blank sheet and to find the courage to reinvent yourself. To discover what is hidden deep under your own surface, to see how it finds its way through my hand out of paper. The thrill of a new picture and the self-knowledge when looking at the result.
Can you give us an insight into current projects and inspiration, or what we can look forward to from you in the near future?
I get inspiration from life. The city, nature, the people. When something appeals to me on a subconscious level, it releases the jam of color that keeps accumulating in me. Then, when I start working, all the confused impressions come together in order on the paper and make sense again. I admonish myself and always try to work consciously at the moment. The past cannot be changed, the future is indefinite. Only here in the present, I can leave my imprint in the world, give color to my voice. I'm looking forward to the future and what it has in store for me. But I am also grateful for every moment that I can call my own.
Fatin Rahmouni, Contemporary Artist / Street Art
www.fatin-rahmouni.com
studio@fatin-rahmouni.com
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