Inkman (TN) – Royal Confession

Inkman is the alias of Mohamed Kilani Tbib, a Tunisian artist who started painting on the walls of Tunis during the Arab Spring in 2011. Trained in design and typography, he developed a style he calls calligraffiti — Latin characters deconstructed and reshaped with the flowing aesthetics of Arabic calligraphy. Every letter is readable, yet the compositions feel like ornamental Arabic script. His murals span from the village of Erriadh on Djerba (part of the legendary Djerbahood project) to a five-story facade in Dubai, and he has collaborated with luxury houses like Guerlain and an Italian design house.

Royal Confession sets the circular composition against deep magenta — gold letterforms radiating outward like an ornamental rose window. The letters are all Latin, deconstructed into arabesque curves that hover between reading and pure visual rhythm. This earlier work from 2016 established the medallion format that Inkman would continue to refine across the series. Signed, numbered, and blind stamped.

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