meet the artist

Who?

Mounir Eddib (°1995, he/him) is a Moroccan-Belgian painter and mixed media artist born in Waterschei (Genk, Belgium), a working class neighborhood known for its nearby decommissioned coal mines. As grandson of a miner and son of Amazigh (Berber) parents from the Western Saharan borderlands, his autobiographical art is inspired by issues of belonging, the rawness of postindustrial landscapes, and the transformative potential of North African mythology. Eddib's work re-imagines forgotten histories of Limburg's mining sites, for instance by centering the bodies of exploited people of color as ancestral ghosts that haunt the land. He draws on Amazigh, Sahrawi, and Islamic folk rituals and magical practices to imbue his art with amulet-like properties, notably through the use of traditionally protective substances such as lead, tar, and indigo. He also uses waste materials such as blast furnace slag from abandoned mining hills to physically connect his artworks to these locations.

In both his personal artistic practice and through collaborative work at The Building Genk, Mounir strives to empower the lives of marginalized communities and reclaim the landscapes they are connected with.
Professional positions

  • 2025– : Project Artist @ Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
  • 2022–2025: Young Office Coordinator @ Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht
  • 2021– : Cofounder and Artistic Director @ The Building Genk

Education
  • 2019–2024: BA Fine Arts (Summa Cum Laude)
    Minor Artistic Research in Situ @ Maastricht Institute of Arts, Zuyd Hogeschool

Residencies
  • 2024– : Atelier @ Kunstplaats Vonk, Regina Mundi, Genk
  • 2023: Summer school and artist residency @ C-Mine Genk

Awards and nominations

Commissions
  • 2025: We Live Here Too, Buitenplaats Kasteel Wijlre
  • 2024: Enveloped in Lead, Genk op Gang, Genk City
  • 2023: Worried Wings II, 019 Ghent and C-MINE Genk

Public collections
  • Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar
  • Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht
  • AkzoNobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam

Press
  • 2025/6/25: 'La mélancolie ouvrière de Mounir Eddib', Diptyk #72 (Été), pp. 68-75 (view PDF here)
  • 2025/4/26: 'Art Brussels 2025: Best Booths and Prizes!', FOMO-VOX
  • 2025/4/24: Interview with Chantal Pattyn, Pompidou @ Art Brussels, Radio Klara
  • 2024/10/23: 'Net aan kunstacademie Maastricht afgestudeerde Mounir Eddib wint binnen zes maanden vier Nederlandse kunstprijzen: "Een klasgenoot noemde me al: de Prijzensteler"', De Limburger
  • 2024/9/9: 'Berkenland – in gesprek met Mounir Eddib', Mister Motley
  • 2024/8/18, volume 45, nr. 4, p. 57: 'Mounir Eddib', Competitie & Eindexamens 2024, Metropolis M
  • 2023/12/21: '"Daar word ik stil van" – met kunstenaar Mounir Eddib naar "Knappe Koppen" in het Emile van Dorenmuseum in Genk', Mister Motley
  • 2023/7/3: 'Achttien jonge kunstenaars exposeren met straffe verhalen én slapen deze zomer in C-mine',
    Het Belang van Limburg
  • 2023/7/1: '"Grootste vlag" van Benelux wappert hele zomer op C-mine in Genk', Het Nieuwsblad
  • 2021/10/22: 'Opkomend en gevestig kunsttalent in oud-klooster Genk', Het Belang van Limburg
  • 2018/4/5: "'Intussen weet ik wat ik wil'", Knack

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