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Fafi is a French street artist, illustrator, and designer currently based in Paris. She has gained international fame with her original iconic figures: “Fafinettes”. Fafi starts to paint Fafinettes－sexy, colorful, feminine girl characters－in the streets of her home town in Toulouse 1994 Unlike most street artist, she uses traditional paint brushes, a slower way of painting (more likely to get caught by the police), instead of spray paint. Fafinettes usually appear individually and without background. In 2007, Fafi created “Carmine Vault”, a virtual world the Fafinettes live in with a whole assortment of creations and multiple Fafinettes.

Biography Fafi never revealed her real name. She was born in 1976 in Toulouse, France, which is also home for another graffiti artist Miss Van. She was married to a French music producer, DJ Medhi, and went on tours with her husband. In 2007, she gave birth to a son and moved to Paris.

Publications Girls Rock (2003) Love and Fafiness (2006)

Collaborations Fafi’s works appeal to consumers of cosmetic, streetwear, high fashion, and some other industries. She has collaborated with various large international corporations: Chanel, Colette (Parisian fashion), Le Sportsac, Adidas, Swatch, MAC cosmetics, Coca-Cola, and Pepsi in France. Fafi created a six-character toy set for Time Capsule videogame by Sony, which take her work into the three-dimension industry. In Mark Ronson’s music video “Oh My God”, Fafi turned Lily Allen into a Fafinette. Fafi later collaborated with French electro artist Carte Blanche in her music clip “Do! Do! Do!” in 2010 and a Japanese artist Mademoiselle Yulia ‘s “Gimme Gimme” in 2011. She received coverage on popular magazines like Vogue, Elle, XLR8R, Yen, and Nylon.