Shajrah, UAE: eL Seed completed his first public UAE project on an abandoned building on Sharjah's Bank Street in 2015. The mural was created as part of the Jedariya (Arabic for "walls") initiative, launched by Maraya Art Centre. Sarah Dea / The National
Vidigal Favella, Brazil: the street calligrapher didn't know he was painting on the rooftop of an art school in Brazil's Vidigal Favella, he revealed on Instagram. 'Few days after I left Brazil, I received notifications from a post by Vik Muniz saying 'This morning, the roof of the school was painted with this huge tag by an unidentified artist, and I must say, it's quite beautiful [...] Thanks, awesome tagger.' Out of all the houses in the favela, I had to paint on the school of the renowned Brazilian artist.' Instagram / eL Seed
London, UK: part of the British Library's exhibition Writing: Making Your Mark exhibition, this work by eL Seed was on show, beneath the four founders of The British Library. The show ran until August 27, 2019. Instagram / eL Seed
Ajman, UAE: ‘Les Yeux Dan Les Bleus’, on the Al Bustan Building in Ajman, is based on a poem by Sheikh Zayed, the Founding Father. Speaking of completing the 2017 work, eL Seed says: 'I painted it during Ramadan, so it was super-difficult. I tried before iftar, after iftar, early in the morning before suhoor … but then I just decided to pause, and start again after Ramadan.' Courtesy eL Seed
Cairo: Egypt: perhaps eL Seed's most famous work, 'Perception', in Cairo's Manshiyat Nasr district, is a piece painted across about 50 buildings. The words are from Saint Athanasius of Alexandria, a third-century Coptic Bishop. 'Anyone who wants to see the sunlight, clearly needs to wipe his eyes first.' Courtesy eL Seed
Dubai, UAE: located in Dubai's Opera District is bold-pink sculpture 'Declaration'. Of his work, eL Seed says: 'Two years in the making, one month of installation and a lifetime declaration of love to calligraphy.' Instagram / eL Seed
Gabes, Tunisia: in 2012, eL Seed painted the Quranic verse, 'O mankind, indeed, We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes so that you may know one another', across the 57-metre minaret of the Jara Mosque in downtown Gabes. Courtesy eL Seed
Demilitarised zone between North and South Korea: 'The Bridge’ is a laser-cut aluminium representation of a poem by Kim Sowol. 'Giving importance to other people’s work is for me, a sense of duty,' eL Seed says. Courtesy eL Seed
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: the painting of this water tower in Riyadh was initiated by the Saudi Ministry of Culture. It features words by one of the greatest Bedouin poets, Abdallah ad-Dindan. Instagram / eL Seed
Cambridge, UK: 'The words of Veronica Forrest-Thomson' by eL Seed in Cambridge. Forrest-Thomson was a poet and a critical theorist, raised in Glasgow, Scotland and educated at the University of Cambridge. Instagram / eL Seed
Algiers, Algeria: eL Seed shared this piece located in Algiers, Algeria in March 2019. The piece is based on lyrics from the song 'Bilad Al Khayr' by Algerian singer, Dahman El Harrachi. Instagram / eL Seed
Shajrah, UAE: eL Seed completed his first public UAE project on an abandoned building on Sharjah's Bank Street in 2015. The mural was created as part of the Jedariya (Arabic for "walls") initiative, launched by Maraya Art Centre. Sarah Dea / The National
Vidigal Favella, Brazil: the street calligrapher didn't know he was painting on the rooftop of an art school in Brazil's Vidigal Favella, he revealed on Instagram. 'Few days after I left Brazil, I received notifications from a post by Vik Muniz saying 'This morning, the roof of the school was painted with this huge tag by an unidentified artist, and I must say, it's quite beautiful [...] Thanks, awesome tagger.' Out of all the houses in the favela, I had to paint on the school of the renowned Brazilian artist.' Instagram / eL Seed
London, UK: part of the British Library's exhibition Writing: Making Your Mark exhibition, this work by eL Seed was on show, beneath the four founders of The British Library. The show ran until August 27, 2019. Instagram / eL Seed
Ajman, UAE: ‘Les Yeux Dan Les Bleus’, on the Al Bustan Building in Ajman, is based on a poem by Sheikh Zayed, the Founding Father. Speaking of completing the 2017 work, eL Seed says: 'I painted it during Ramadan, so it was super-difficult. I tried before iftar, after iftar, early in the morning before suhoor … but then I just decided to pause, and start again after Ramadan.' Courtesy eL Seed
Cairo: Egypt: perhaps eL Seed's most famous work, 'Perception', in Cairo's Manshiyat Nasr district, is a piece painted across about 50 buildings. The words are from Saint Athanasius of Alexandria, a third-century Coptic Bishop. 'Anyone who wants to see the sunlight, clearly needs to wipe his eyes first.' Courtesy eL Seed
Dubai, UAE: located in Dubai's Opera District is bold-pink sculpture 'Declaration'. Of his work, eL Seed says: 'Two years in the making, one month of installation and a lifetime declaration of love to calligraphy.' Instagram / eL Seed
Gabes, Tunisia: in 2012, eL Seed painted the Quranic verse, 'O mankind, indeed, We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes so that you may know one another', across the 57-metre minaret of the Jara Mosque in downtown Gabes. Courtesy eL Seed
Demilitarised zone between North and South Korea: 'The Bridge’ is a laser-cut aluminium representation of a poem by Kim Sowol. 'Giving importance to other people’s work is for me, a sense of duty,' eL Seed says. Courtesy eL Seed
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: the painting of this water tower in Riyadh was initiated by the Saudi Ministry of Culture. It features words by one of the greatest Bedouin poets, Abdallah ad-Dindan. Instagram / eL Seed
Cambridge, UK: 'The words of Veronica Forrest-Thomson' by eL Seed in Cambridge. Forrest-Thomson was a poet and a critical theorist, raised in Glasgow, Scotland and educated at the University of Cambridge. Instagram / eL Seed
Algiers, Algeria: eL Seed shared this piece located in Algiers, Algeria in March 2019. The piece is based on lyrics from the song 'Bilad Al Khayr' by Algerian singer, Dahman El Harrachi. Instagram / eL Seed
Shajrah, UAE: eL Seed completed his first public UAE project on an abandoned building on Sharjah's Bank Street in 2015. The mural was created as part of the Jedariya (Arabic for "walls") initiative, launched by Maraya Art Centre. Sarah Dea / The National
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