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Mandala-mad artist José Flávio Audi paints the streets with flowers of the human spirit
José Flávio Audi is a Brazilian artist based in Sao Paulo. He works in a variety of art forms, including tattoo art and street art. In this article I’m going to introduce you to his street art murals that are based on geometric mandala designs. Audi doesn’t just feature mandalas and geometric flowers as stand-alone […]
Street Artist Ekundayo turns his Dark Past into Vibrant Murals
Ekundayo was born in Hawaii in 1983. When he was still just a little boy, his parents split up and his father smuggled him out of the state. For years, his mother searched in vain for him. When Ekundayo was 11, his father passed away from lung cancer, leaving the young boy to live with […]
Watch Bordalo II Turn Junk into a Street Art Chameleon
Portuguese street artist Bordalo II has moved out of the realm of 2D street art and into the world of 3D sculptural graffiti. He recycles the unwanted remnants of human activity, ie, the rubbish that people discard from their homes and workplaces. Each piece of junk that finds its way into Bordalo’s art has its […]
Forget Paint. Street Artist Vhils uses EXPLOSIVES to Create his Graffiti.
While most street artists rely on spray paint, markers, stencils and paper and paste to create their graffiti art, Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto (aka Vhils) uses explosives to create his murals. By setting his incendiary devices in specific places on a wall, Vhils is able to blow away portions of the wall to leave behind […]
Watch Naples become a Biblical City Thanks to Street Artist Zilda
The Italian city of Naples (Napoli in Italian) comes under artistic attack when a single paste-up artist papers the streets with his biblical art. The beginning of the video shows the artist at work in his studio, creating paste-up graffiti pieces with oil paint on paper. We later see Zilda wandering the city choosing sites […]
This is the Kind of Team Work You Get when Two Street Artists get Married
French street and gallery artists Supakitch and Koralie have a unique collaborative style; they work together not just to create indoor and outdoor wall murals, but they also work together to build a life as a married couple. When proposing to Koralie, Supakitch chose a proposal method that was relevant to them both; he created […]
Stamatis Makes a Social Statement with His Sticker Street Art
Stamatis (aka STMTS) is a street artist and fine artist based in Athens, Greece. He works primarily with poster graffiti, and focuses on portraits of people as the focus of his art. Many of his poster paste-ups use children as the subjects of his art. Each graffiti piece carries a deeper message or a statement […]
Watch Street Artist Monsieur Qui Hijack a Billboard
French street artist Monsieur Qui (aka Eric Lacan) creates poster art that he displays mostly on the streets of Paris, France, but occasionally in other European cities. This video shows how Monsieur Qui approaches a billboard display in a nonchalant manner while carrying a ladder and his paper cut outs, roller and glue. Anyone passing by […]
Street Artist El Bocho Brings Beauty to Berlin
This Berlin-based artist has decided to give himself the name, “El Bocho”, which means “Little Donkey”. While he might be a little donkey, one of El Bocho’s favorite characters to use in his street art is a cartoon character called Little Lucy, based on a Czechoslovakian cartoon from the 70s. But the little donkey thought […]
You Won’t Believe Your Eyes When You See Bordalo II’s Street Art
Bordalo Segundo (“segundo” means “second”) is a second generation artist. He grew up in Lisbon, Portugal, watching his grandfather, known as the “Real Bordalo” painting images of the city of Lisbon. Bordalo Segundo followed in his grandfather’s artistic footsteps, but decided to take his artistic pursuits one step further. Instead of painting images of the […]