Supporting Artists
We have an ever growing artist roster, that work very hard to create stunning works of art. And as you can imagine makes our project so unique, allowing us to keep the project fresh and continuously inspiring the next generation of contemporary artists.
Ben Eine
Born in London, Ben Eine is one of the most successful letterform artists in the world and is regarded as a pioneer in the exploration of contemporary typography art. Originally a graffiti writer, Eine started his career over 30 years ago, leaving his first tag all over London before developing his distinct typographic style. Eine now operates from the belief that street art is distinct from graffiti:
MARTIN WHATSON
Martin Whatson (b.1984) is a Norwegian street artist best known for his calligraphic scribbles in grayscale voids. Over the past decade, Martin has developed an unmistakable aesthetic combining abstract movement with figurative stencilled compositions. His works can be seen to mirror the rise and fall of the streets, as he symbolically recreates the urban environment, then vandalises it to reveal his vibrant transformations.
CHEMICAL X
Chemical X is a British artist whose work is based in the world of the pixel and the human brain’s ability to fill in what it wants to see, in order to add detail that never existed. The proximity of the viewer to the subject can mean that one studies the detail at the expenses of the bigger picture or, from a more distant perspective, one is forced by one’s own subconscious to bring order to the seemingly chaotic mix thousands of pills, each charged with their own power to polarize opinion.
fanakapan
Fanakapan’s 3D creations of helium balloon-based subjects will stop you in your tracks, they allow him maximum opportunity to demonstrate his superb free hand skills, use of shadow & reflective highlights to make his works just pop off the surface!
What stands out most about Fanakapan’s work on the street is that beyond the immediate and overwhelmingly impressive aesthetic dynamic, the pieces also allude to larger messages & hint at more acute aspects of Fanakapan’s personality.
donk
Knights of the crusade and B.boys break dancing. Rag & bone men, pitiful horses and the grey London streets. Dusty relics, faded empires and finding the keys to the time machine. The last of the cockney robots and feeling pre-digital. Sonic booms that light up the night sky and wide eyed astronomers who won't go to bed.
Gemma Compton
After graduating in 2008, Gemma worked within the fashion industry as a print designer. Her contemporary style experimenting with pattern and texture has now been applied to her artistic practice. Exploring emotional connections, the meaning of life, love and loss, drawing on the things that make us all human and her own life experiences. Her beautiful artworks have crossed from high street fashion labels to gallery walls, interiors and street art murals.
KUNSTRASEN
Kunstrasen is a contemporary German artist whose crafty moniker reveals more than just his nationality. Deriving from the German for astroturf, while also a composite of the German word for art (“kunst”), Kunstrasen wears his duals loves of punning urban art on his sleeve and, through this nom de plume, questions contemporary issues of artistic authenticity, mimicry, and mass production. Obscuring his identity, Kunstrasen continues the urban tradition of democratic anonymity, privileging the role of viewer over the artist, and creating an aesthetic with wide, visual appeal. Clean, stripped back, and compositionally forceful, Kunstrasen’s stencils are mesmerising: this is street-to-canvas at its most powerful.
MY DOG SIGHS
"My Dog Sighs' work forms a narrative based on counterpointed poignancy that resonate with those that have the opportunity to find them. Moments of loss and then being found echo the materials used. Tin cans, once the receptacle of our sustenance, all too quickly rejected, thrown away, abandoned by a materialistic society keen to gorge on the new"
EUROPEAN BOB
Graffiti artist European Bob is based in East London and has been attracting a lot of attention for his indoor and outdoor artworks. He has recently returned from Japan where his work has been exhibited in group Urban Art exhibitions several times in the last 2 years.
SILENT BILL
Silent Bill is the founder of The Secret Society of Super Villain Artists and is also a member of The Brass Monkeys. He works in a number of different mediums, however is a master of none.
sTEVE McCRACKEN
Inspired by everyday life, human encounter and romanticism Steve explores situations which sometimes get lost. His work is romantic capturing individual moments of our lives which he explores by creating a painted collage allowing his viewers to get lost within.
CARNE GRIFFITHS
Working primarily with calligraphy inks, graphite and liquids, such as tea, Griffiths’ fascination with drawing focuses on the creation and manipulation of the drawn line. Images explore human, geometric and floral forms, in a combination of both literal and abstract translation and in response to images and situations encountered in daily life. Images are recorded in a dreamlike sense onto the page where physical boundaries are unimportant. His work creates a journey of escapism which focuses on scenes of awe and wonder, projecting a sense of abandonment and inviting the viewer to share and explore this inner realm.
LEE MADGWICK
Lee specialises in juxtaposing abandoned, derelict urban scenes in secluded rural locations. Basically run-down estates in run-down estates. He somehow captures the sense of dark things happening behind closed doors, while presenting a perfectly chirpy looking, colourful landscape.
ROGUE ONE
Rogue-one is a graffiti artist from Glasgow. He has been mastering the art of spray painting for over 15 years. His work ranges from stencils, pieces, characters, 3D, canvases and to large scale productions. also working in oils and acrylics and graphic design. In his own words: „I started like most graffiti artists do, the typical tagging on the streets. Then moving on to finding and painting at quiet spots in or out of the city where I have the time to freely paint more detailed work. My first mural or piece was a painting of hip hop rapper ‘ice cube’ on a wall down the street from where I lived as a youngster. I thought it was great, and when traveling on the bus by the wall I would overhear the people saying “look at that!” and pointing. This is what helped give me the thrill of graffiti and got me hooked.“
ROAMCOUCH
Ryo Ogawa, better known as RoamCouch was born in Gifu, Japan in 1976. He is a street artist and Ukiyo-e painter. He began to draw in his childhood, influenced by Japanese comics, and started working as a designer at the age of 18. Afterwards, he was diagnosed with a serious illness, which made him rethink his life and career and he subsequently made up his mind to become an artist.
PERSPICER
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KRASER
Kraser is a Spanish artist living in Milan. He felt attraction towards painting since he was very young and started painting murals when he was 12. Since the beginning of his painting and through his whole work, he has generated a line of work where the letters are always present, as a language in itself. The obvious evolution and transformation of these letters in their abstraction, make these signs like a new font abstraction, as a new and decorative cúfica Muslim.
ARTISTA
London born Visual Artist specialising in Bespoke Murals, Character Design, Installations, Film and Animation. Primarily known as ' ARTiSTA ' her natural talent is in Painting. She uses Moving Image and Sound to emphasise the process behind her visual practice as a painter, who has over the last ten years had a vibrant self - directed career.
CARTRAIN
Cartrain is a British street artist, who became known for impeccable artworks and astute social commentary. A vital theme throughout Cartrain’s career has been an intelligent sense of humour and acerbic wit, resulting in a sharp and thought-provoking critique of modern society. From George Bush and Queen Elizabeth II to Kim Jong Un characterised as Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe, no one is safe from the impeccable screen printing and the raw unmediated power of street art.
NATHAN BOWEN
Nathan is a street artist that creates and inspires, delivering imagination to the streets, his style is fast, dynamic, sharp and experimental. He finds old derelict run down spaces which may be shop shutters, building sites and vandalized walls. Nathan transform these old spaces into works of art using pens and acrylic paints.
GREGOS
Not much is known about the mysterious Gregos, an urban artist that has been, quite literally, masking the streets of Paris. This man developed a method in which he creates a sculpted replicate of his face – tongue out, pouting, with puffed cheeks or a ridiculous grin – that he later paints and glues on the walls of the French capital! Rarely do we have a chance to witness an artist that is equally humorous, original and fun like Gregos. The artist is responsible for over one thousand pieces that are hanging from street walls of the City of Light, not to mention many others that are placed all over the cities of Europe and The United States.
VICTOR VAN GAASBEEK
Victor van Gaasbeek is a designer and imagemaker from the Netherlands. He studied at the Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam where he completed the Graphic Design Master Class. After that he enrolled at the Willem de Kooning Art Academy where he completed his Bachelor of Arts whilst working for different design agency's. In his final year he started his own studio, where he works for both large international brands as well as for small local businesses.
SERGE KB
Serge Kortenbroek draws and paints surreal creatures, animals, cyborgs and androids. On diverse surfaces – canvas and paper, but also walls and found objects – he creates grim scenes with a twist. By experimenting with different materials and topics, Serge’s style is developing continuously.
DOT DOT DOT
DOT DOT DOT was born in Oslo, Norway. He first started as a graffiti artist in 1997. Operating under several different pseudonyms over the following years, he decided to step into a more figurative and conceptual mode of art. Around 2007 he started to do stencil art, but continued to do graffiti.
CITYZENKANE
Since a very young age Cityzenkane been drawing and making sculptures. In the late 80s, the house music revolution changed his life. Being very much involved with the scene, he considered it to be a very enlightening and spiritual experience for him. He has an amazing visions of organic shapes and colours in symmetry, so he decided to express these visions through his art. His become prolific with his drawings and making sculptures out of expanding foam and Fimo.
TABBY
TABBY is an Austrian street artist who loves to love and hates to hate. TABBY SAYS: "Life gets boring, everything becomes routine, nothing ever suddenly changes for the better. But if there's suddenly something new on a wall you've walked by for years, then it might just brighten up your day. Images are created, spray paint and stencils are the tools used to make them. More and more you'll find me experimenting with anything I get my hands on.
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THA SKURK
Skurk is a Bergen-based contemporary artist known for his satirical street art pieces that can be found throughout Norway and beyond.
KATRIN FRIDRICKS
Born in 1974, Reykjavik (Iceland), Katrin Fridriks is an abstract painter who explores speed, gravity, growth and the interaction of man and nature in different media. Her notoriety is mainly based on her paintings and painterly installations, one of which is installed at the Nautical stadium in Nîmes, but connecting with land art has also been an important element in her work. Her painterly creations are often integrated into paintscapes, site-specific installation that exceed the limits of painting traditionally conceived…
CHEBA
Cheba began painting the streets of Bristol in the early 2000's. Shortly after picking up a spray can, he became addicted to painting the city's landscape and has been a long-standing figure in his hometown of Bristol's thriving street art culture.
BK FOX
Here BKFoxx is a public artist from New York (Long Island, technically). She paints photorealistic murals in only spray paint; no brushes, no projectors, no stencils. She usually starts with an idea or a concept, then sets up a scene and photographs it,
and from that makes a reference image for the wall.
The images are meant to be high quality, potent, and thought provoking to the viewer. She likes the idea that some art should be temporary, existing while it is relevant and meant to be appreciated in real time. She thinks that art is important for everyone, and focuses on public art for that reason. She believes in honesty, authenticity, and respect. She wants to make the world a more fair place.
RISK
RISK, born Kelly Graval, is one of the biggest names in the street art and graffiti scene in the United States. The length of RISK’s career spans over 30 years of his intense dedication to spray paint. He made a strong impact on the evolution of graffiti as an art form in Los Angeles and worldwide by pushing the boundaries of graffiti with his unique letter forms. He was one of the first writers in Southern California to paint freight trains, and he pioneered writing on freeway overpasses. At the peak of his success, RISK has organised the Third Rail series of art shows.
Bortusk
Fed up with people being angry, disappointed, sad and disillusioned with life, Leer sees it as his duty to brighten up the world and spread some happiness. Over a decade Bortusk has developed a signature voice and style, creating manic, euphoric creatures (his monsters) plus other lively abstract pieces, videos, TV shows and numerous psychedelic assemblages of Neo-Pop-Art-Brut.
Carrie Riechardt
Carrie Reichardt is never going to entirely shuck off her anarcho-craftivist rep. How could she? Reichardt’s protest by deed visual activism – the Tiki Love Truck (2007), Trojan Horse (2011), a life size statue of suffragist Mary Bamber (2011) now on permanent display at the Liverpool Museum – are works that typify and reflect the artist’s core concerns: systemic injustice, cruelty, social activism...
grant william thye
Grant William Thye is an American artist, based in Chicago, IL. Growing up in the Midwest, his work has been influenced by both Regionalism and the Chicago Imagists. Although usually not blatantly obvious, his work contains personal thoughts, ideas, and concepts. His work can be found in museums and private collections around the world. He has also been featured in various books, publications and national advertising campaigns.
Philip BOSMANs
Philip Bosmans is a graffiti artist/painter/illustrator currently based out of Belgium. He was classically trained as a graphic designer but he’s a self-taught painter and graffiti artist with a real penchant for the surrealistic qualities of fantasy worlds beyond our own.
Angus
Angus is a Bristol based, independent Artist. He has been creating works of art since early 2015. With no formal training and no background in art, has self taught and hit the ground running with his tongue in cheek style. Angus takes his inspiration from the people in his life, current affairs, iconic figures and the creative backdrop of the Bristol Art scene to help him create his unique works. Angus has taken part in many paint festivals nation wide and has been fortunate enough to have been selected four years in a row for Europe's largest. When he is not out on the street painting he is busy in his studio creating artwork for some of the leading Galleries in the UK. With a couple of celebrity commissions under his belt and features in a number of urban art books there's never a dull day in his world. Angus is currently working with artists in South America and Eastern Europe and networks frequently with other artists and gallery's to expand his creative portfolio.
MR CENZ
Has been scribbling on surfaces since 1988 when he first discovered hip-hop culture and graffiti art. He soon became obsessed with this new and exciting art form and after a few brushes with the law he decided to find ways of developing his skills legally. Since his first commissioned mural at 11yrs old he has continued progressing and experimenting with his art through college and University. This has led to a career as a professional graffiti artist with several solo shows and high profile commissions internationally.
THE POSTMAN
The Postman was born in Brighton in 2018 when two people met by chance and discovered a shared love for street art. The pair became best friends and have since set off on many adventures together. They are rather private individuals and prefer to operate anonymously and work with an ever-growing circle of friends called The Postman Collective.
RoNIT BARANGA
Ronit, lives and creates in Israel, she creates figurative art on the border between living and still life.
Her art is displayed in museums and galleries around the world.
RUBEN CARRASCO
Ruben Carrasco was born and raised in Mexico; he was exposed to art from an early age through his mother, who has a keen interest in art. His formal art training began in Mexico when he joined the Visual Arts Institute. He has since furthered his studies at the Anahuac University in Cancun, Mexico, and later at McGill University and Dawson College in Montreal, Canada. In addition, in the course of his professional experience he has also worked as a tattoo artist, set designer, muralist, photographer, graphic designer and digital artist, all of which have contributed to his two series, which share similarities in concept and approach while multifaceted in terms of technique and style.
PREFABB77
PREFAB77 a.k.a. Peter Manning is a UK based artist whos origins and influences are in England, California and New York.
His early training as a printmaker and designer for Her Majesty in the British Army was fundamental in influencing his early Untied Kingdom subject matter, going on to New York to work in fashion and branding which influences his current. His fascination with portraiture and the female form stems from this period and is central to his imagery.
PEGASUS
Pegasus is the name and signature of an anonymous North London street artist. Originally from Chicago, his stencilled pieces play with popular culture's most recognizable icons such as David and Victoria Beckham, The Queen, Marilyn Monroe, Blondie and Amy Winehouse and are sometimes ironic or controversial.
OTTO SCHADE
A native of Chile, Otto Schade took his vibrant art to England in 2005. After attaining an architecture degree in Concepción, Otto began his career as an urban sculptor. But it was his fascination with surreal art that led him toward his passion to paint. Inspired by masters of the past like Dali, Magritte, Miro, Giger, and Beksiński.
SHANE TURNER
Shanes artwork is indirectly influenced by the many things that inspire me; ranging from comic books, graffiti, photography and surrealist artists. Whether it be using the influence of comic style inking, photography style lighting, or surrealistic dripping colours flowing over the body, my works attempt to explore different ways of seeing the world, and often the female figure. My use of colour and contrast to attract the viewer, while painting something surreal, allows people to view essentially traditional content, like figurative works, in a more modern, less typical way.
THIERRY NOIR
There have seldom been artists, much less newcomers to town, who have so melded with a city and its history as Thierry Noir (born 1958). His fate took him to West Berlin (1945-1990). The Frenchman began to paint the west side of the Berlin Wall with other artists in 1984. Since the entire border area belonged to GDR territory, it was illegal to be artistically active there. But the scene was perfectly set for painting: giant concrete, gessoed surfaces, a massive audience, and guaranteed interest from the press. Noir had to work quickly to fill the concrete panels so as not to be discovered or chased away by the border patrol while painting.
sweet Tooth
The rosey pink gums of infamous street artist Sweet Toof are well recognised fixture throughout the streets of East London. Yet Sweet Toof’s distinctive style evolved from his distinctive street pieces and the artist is equally disciplined in traditional oil painting and hand made print making techniques which masterfully blend urban detritus with the decadence of a bygone era. Indeed, Sweet Toof layers an array of historical and contemporary cultural references to create his unconventional body of ever more coveted, iconoclastic artworks.
WAR BOUTIQUE
War Boutique was born in Glasgow in 1965 and got into art and textiles through early involvement in theatrical costume, set and fashion design.
He went on to study textile design at the Scottish College of Textiles (1996-2000) followed by a masters in fine art at Goldsmiths College (2007-2009). Creative work also involved stints designing defensive equipment and body armour, and he often recycles materials and iconography from these contexts.
His moniker parodies the concept of the 'fashion house', producing collections inspired by classic imagery and historic conflicts and trends.
Alessio B
Born in Italy, Alessio-B is a stencil artist who creates unique works often with a message of peace and love. It all started during his college years, while studying architecture in Venice, as the artist was exposed to the works of Blek Le Rat and Banksy. It didn’t take him long before he started experimenting in graffiti writing and becoming an artist is just a short period of time, and he later developed his own style. Alessio-B Collaborated and exhibited his work with many art galleries inItaly and Europe. He recently participated in the Biennale of Venice -Back2Back event dedicated to street art.
TINSEL EDWARDS
Tinsel Edwards is a Glasgow-based artist. Predominantly a painter, her practice also includes printmaking, working with found materials, installation and public ‘art stunts’. Tinsel’s art responds to a wide variety of contemporary social and political issues whilst also referencing her everyday experience. An imaginative and emotional exploration into the seemingly mundane details of domestic life, her paintings offer biting social commentary entwined with humour, emotion and honest autobiographical narrative.
MICHAEL BEITZ
Michael Beitz is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh. He received his MFA from the University of Buffalo in 2009. Originally from New York State, Beitz spent a number of years working as a furniture maker for artists and designers while continuing his studio practice. Beitz creates large-scale installations and sculpture inspired by the social, personal, and material functions of furniture.
LEWIS BANNISTER
After growing up in what is probably the worst place for artistic inspiration in Wood Green London, Lewis’s art teacher handed him a copy of ‘Spraycan art’ which stopped him from getting a ‘proper job’ and inspired him to create. Since 1997 Lewis has gone from style to style and finds it hard to pigeon hole himself when asked what his ‘style’ is.
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Mr DHEO
Today – after seventeen years of continuous work – Mr.Dheo already made interventions in over forty cities all over the world. He collaborates with well-known international brands and companies although he keeps the street as the perfect place to create. Versatile, he dedicates himself mostly to photorealistic productions which, together with graphic components, give him a very personal style in constant growth and development.
RYCA
Ryan Callanan (a.k.a RYCA) has long since been one of our most sought after artists at artrepublic. RYCA places much importance on cross referencing within his art work, combining street art and pop art cultures together in these limited edition art prints.
RYCA's work uses star wars iconography to put an ironic spin on nostalgia as high art, and uses visual equations that create jokes with political and pop references, making his art prints refreshingly comic and accessible.
HUTCH
Stencil & screen print artist. I like to drag ink through mesh with a squeegee onto surfaces creating limited edition works of art . I also spray paint through holes carefully cut with a scalpel into paper on to walls and canvases.
I've been slicing, cutting, spraying and printing weird and wonderful images for about 15 years.
Most of this happens in Brighton, UK.
I AM FAKE
Self-taught artist FAKE (Amsterdam), has been doing graffiti and street art for over 15 years. Stencils give him the power to use any image on any desired background and give it a humorous or ironic twist.
ANTCARVer
Ant Carver is a London based artist working from a studio in Hackney Wick. He combines the influence of street art with more traditional painting techniques and works predominantly in oil and spray paint. His work often incorporates the use of portraiture, created in a bold, graphic style.
Static
S T A T I C (Welikestatic) is the combined creative output of Craig Evans & Tom Jackson. Founded in 2006 in a derelict block of flats with a sea view, S T A T I C have worked with a number of international galleries and have painted murals in the UK and as far away as Japan. They have been based in London since 2008 and as well as being founding members of Wood Street Walls, spent 2 months renovating a disused school building to create a shared workspace - Wood Street Studios - which opened its doors in 2017.
TIMBUS 3000
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JOHN DOH
Chances are if you've visited Bristol, You've already seen John’s work. Most of his work is created from media influence and recycled materials. He gets his inspiration from love of film, anime ,comics ,the legends of urban art and adds some of his quirky John D'oh humour to it !!
SNUB23
Coming into being in the 1990s, SNUB is the alter ego of a graphic designer, inspired by the fictional robot Hammerstein. As part of the Grafik Warfare Collective and as a solo artist, SNUB has exhibited and painted at events across the world, including Europe and Asia growing a glowing reputation with every new piece.
DOTMASTERS
The Dotmaster, a UK artist, started painting on the streets of Brighton in the early ’90s. He takes a sideways look at a populist media with a typically English sense of humour. His work is impeccably detailed – his half-tone work, stark black and white street pieces and unique, photo-real colour stencils all create street-based illusions that fool the eye. Invited to take part in Banksy’s Waterloo ‘Cans Festival’ and featuring in the Oscar-nominated ‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’, The Dotmaster exhibits internationally. A driving force behind the Nuart festival in Norway, he has collaborated with grass roots activists, luxury brands, Glastonbury festival, weirdos, developers and drop outs.
NETTIE WAKEFIELD
Wakefield also showcased her work at Banksy's bemusement park, 'Dismaland', in 2015. Alongside artists such as Banksy himself, Damien Hirst and 55 other artists by doing a live demonstration of her Reverse Portrait series.
She has recently been shortlisted for The John Ruskin Prize 2015 with supporting exhibitions in February and again in May 2016. During Frieze week 2017, Wakefield had a one woman, one night only show of hand drawn found objects at the Groucho club in London's Soho. The exhibition was about seeing the beauty in ordinary objects, toying with image and wordplay.
NERONE
Nerone‘s work is very much inspired by the energy and vivid atmosphere of the street; after Bordeaux and Paris, he now lives and works in London. The vibrancy of the city and its crazy nightlife, with the never-ending labyrinth of neon lights and music clubs inspire many of his paintings. His more organic work represents unique colourful flowers mixed with the surreal lighting of fluorescent tubes. As he is aware of the various ecological challenges and economic problems of today’s world, Nerone constantly insists on spreading a positive message through his art.
TYMON DE LATT
Tymon de Laat is a visual artist and muralist working and living in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The port city bristles with life and creativity, informing his unique urban contemporary art, as he literally leaves his mark upon the city itself. However, it is not just his hometown that is an essential part of his work, as de Laat’s work is greatly influenced by his deep love and appreciation for Latin-American, and particularly Mexican culture.
RUSSELL MARSHAll
RUSSELL MARSHALL is an award winning newspaper designer and journalist living and working in London. His work reflects 25 years in the tabloid industry. Use of colour, production techniques and choice of images stem from the golden days of the red top press... when stars were really stars, when news was really news and when the best pictures and the best stories made the best front pages. Iconic images that deserve to be seen again, bold CMYK colours that leap off the page plus the odd cheeky one liner to make you smile.
Bill BARMINSKI
"Bill Barminski has a long history of playing with cardboard. Though known as a painter, his increasingly independent sense of humor long ago inspired him to make unlikely things out of cardboard—rockets, motorcycles, mixtapes, gas masks—offerings which always operated on dual levels. On the one hand, the subversive joy of making that recalls childhood in its imagination and raw fun; on the other, an almost nihilistic thumb in the eye of the expense-obsessed out of control art market and its insatiable appetite for junk. For those reasons and more it was the most natural fit ever when Banksy tapped Barminski for Dismaland, where, among other things, Barminski created the entire security entrance set-up with metal detectors, body-search wands and everything at the entrance to the park. “People went through it!” marvels Barminski. “I don’t know if they thought it was real or if they were just playing along or what—but they did it.”
BEBAr
Young Franco-Spanish artist, BEBAR starts graffiti at a very young age.
At 16 years old he became a member of the NSK Crew and decided to sign his paintings not by lettering but by a cartoon character expressing “the disgust”. His artistic approach was later defined as a clever mixture of street art and academic touches, due to his studies in a prestigious school of art in Paris
nimi
NIMI is an architect and street artist who likes to experiment with a variety of techniques, mediums and creative processes in his finely detailed murals and paintings.
Aspire
Constantly pushing the boundaries of street art whilst striving for perfection. Aspire’s work creates a super cool aspect to the project, guaranteeing a great talking point for the students.
Joseph renda jR
Joseph Renda Jr. is a Chicago-based artist whose paintings capture the inherent connection humans have with the natural world. His work is highly realistic, bringing detailed depictions to life by juxtaposing them alongside surrealistic imagery. He urges his audience to surrender to nature’s “pull” and connect with their roots while viewing his paintings. Inspired by leaders in surrealism including Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte, Renda often depicts the human form interwoven with illusive natural elements. His use of classical oil painting methods combined with modern mediums, such as spray paint, provide his work with a distinct combination of old and new artistic techniques. Some of his pieces are transferred to large scale murals, placing his work alongside its most significant inspiration—the outside world. Renda earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts specialising in oil painting from the American Academy of Art. He is represented by Chicago’s Vertical Gallery, curated and shown in numerous group exhibitions both national and internationally, created public murals, and has had his work published in numerous magazines and blogs.
LEIGH MULLEY
Leigh Mulley lives and works on the Kent Coast, UK. Her work captures the spirit and language of classic seaside resort living. Utilising bold colour and arresting detail, she reveals a beauty in the deteriorating and brash elements of amusement arcades, funfairs and souvenir shops – harnessing an often nostalgic or romantic view of the neglected and tired. Although appearing playful, her compositions also provide a commentary on notions of social class and cultural influence.
TRUST ICON
TRUST. iCON is a street artist from Thamesmead in the south east of London. A concrete brutalist public housing estate made infamous for being the back drop to Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 cult movie classic - A Clockwork Orange. iCON started on his journey of creation at a very early age but only emerged onto the street art scene a few years ago following the London riots of 2011. iCON felt that if there were positive messages in the world then these messages were not reaching the youth who needed to see them the most, this is where his work begun. Equally inspired by both cartoon and reality iCON now delivers these messages through his socially conscious street art. Combining a unique mix of controversy and humour that insures you will always have ‘a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down’. Active on the streets of London, Berlin and Los Angeles his unique style has gained him critical acclaim for his thought provoking pieces. iCON's identity remains unknown.
RoBIN COLEMAN
Born in the UK and without formal art training or schooling, Robin Coleman’s popularity and success are purely down to his hard work and original style. Each painting Robin produces takes hours and hours of hard work and dedication. He is an artist that refuses assistants or interns, hence the demand for the few works that are produced is extremely high.
He started painting to relieve the stress from a debilitating spinal injury, which he still battles with today. His early experimental pieces involved images of Marilyn Monroe, The Krays and Jimi Hendrix. Moving forward his expression was found in the use of mixed media such as newsprint, comic books and magazine cuttings.
Robin has exhibited in many galleries both in the UK and abroad. These include galleries in California, Dubai, Cape Town and Paris to name a few.
JIMMY C
James Cochran, aka Jimmy C was born in England and grew up in Australia. He played a key role in the development of the underground graffiti movement during the early 1990's, and after working on numerous mural commissions and community arts projects, went on to complete a Masters degree in Visual Arts at the University of South Australia with an interest in urban realist and figurative oil painting. His two interests in graffiti and oil painting converged, leading to the development of Cochran's signature aerosol pointillist style; portraits or urban landscapes painted entirely from dots and dashes of spray paint. This technique developed into what he called the 'drip paintings' and the 'scribble paintings', composed of layers of coloured drips or energetic lines to form vibrant and poetic city scapes and portraits. Cochran now lives in London and his canvases and walls can be viewed in cities across the world.
HAMA WOODS
HAMA WOOD’S – is a stencil artist, based in Oslo.
Her work demonstrates a reverence for nature and its immediate connection to humanity.
In a search for methods to communicate the importance and revival of nature,
Hama Woods stencils intuitively reflects and focuses on a sociological approach to greed and human consumption and its direct effect on our natural environment.
Her works are characterised by the use of hand cut, multi-layered stencils witch are applied by spray paint and gradually taking root in public and private spaces in and around Norway. Her hope is to empower and challenge viewers to come to their own conclusions and to rethink the choices they make which effect today and tomorrow.
ENIGM
Enigm Pooch Jan 2022 East London
Enigm is a London-based Japanese street artist. He also
call himself as Urban Surrealist. Born and grow up a prefecture,
near Tokyo. He started into graffiti when he was teenager, and
then recently discovered that his interest is in creation rather
than vandalism. Since then, he began his career as street
artist/muralist, and painter. Thus, his artistic practice is entirely
self-trained.
The mediums, technics references that he uses are mainly
influenced by the middle-age western culture, such as vintage
anatomy book. He explains that the reason of the obsession
for western cllasical theme is because growing up with neon
lights and new technology in Tokyo is totally opposite
experience to that.
Another biggest incluence is the Surrealism movement. Thus,
to revive Surrealism in contemporary world is his motto. Either
way mural or canvas, he consistently combines unexpected
elements in one canvas, aimed audiences to do a double take
and presents contemporary human conditions, philosophical
ideas, questions, enigma and contradictions.