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Mounir Eddib (10/2/1995, he/him) is a Moroccan-Belgian painter and mixed media artist born in Waterschei (Genk, Belgium), a diverse working class neighborhood known for its nearby decommissioned coal mines. As the grandson of a miner and the son of his Amazigh (Berber) mother from the Western Saharan borderlands, his autobiographical yet universally recognizable art is inspired by issues of migration and belonging, the rawness of post-industrial landscapes, and the transformative potential of Sahrawi indigenous cosmology, ritual and magic.
Mounir’s social context initially led him to take up vocational training at secondary school to become a refrigeration technician (2012–2015). Although he enjoyed learning material processes such as welding (which he now applies artistically), he followed his father’s example in taking up drawing. As an autodidact and influenced by street art, he started making colorful portraits of rappers. At the age of 21, he cofounded a free collective art space called Jungle (2016–2021) for disadvantaged youngsters that swiftly obtained support from Genk municipality, being housed in the old town hall. This initiative later evolved into an inclusive non-profit organization called The Building, for which Mounir now works part-time as artistic director, striving to empower over forty young creatives from various backgrounds through art. Drawing on this experience, he was also employed as coordinator for the youth outreach department of Bonnefanten Museum (Maastricht, 2022–2025).
Mounir’s social context initially led him to take up vocational training at secondary school to become a refrigeration technician (2012–2015). Although he enjoyed learning material processes such as welding (which he now applies artistically), he followed his father’s example in taking up drawing. As an autodidact and influenced by street art, he started making colorful portraits of rappers. At the age of 21, he cofounded a free collective art space called Jungle (2016–2021) for disadvantaged youngsters that swiftly obtained support from Genk municipality, being housed in the old town hall. This initiative later evolved into an inclusive non-profit organization called The Building, for which Mounir now works part-time as artistic director, striving to empower over forty young creatives from various backgrounds through art. Drawing on this experience, he was also employed as coordinator for the youth outreach department of Bonnefanten Museum (Maastricht, 2022–2025).
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