French street artist Hopare (aka Alexandre Monteiro) takes us on an emotive journey in this video that reveals the spaces that inspire him as well as part of his creative process. Hopare’s skills as an aerosol artist are exceptional. The aesthetic value of each of his pieces increases due to his talents with his medium; adding […]
Bulgarian street artist Erase (aka Georgi Dimitrov) is spreading his artistic talents across cityscapes; erasing all the ugly walls he can lay his hands on. Erase is also an illustrator who works in a graphic design and comic book style. His bold, colorful graffiti murals have a strong connection to traditional graffiti styles, yet also incorporate […]
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 […]
Street artists Mr Shiz and JXC team up to create this enormous mural of the Transformer characters from the 2007 film. Transformers became popular in the 1980s as toys for kids. Those kids have now grown up and as adults, they continue to enjoy the Transformer characters on screen and through fan art. The graffiti […]
Street artists Path1, Jolt and Ouija team up to create this colorful street art mural of a bird of paradise. The three artists combine their styles and skills to create a mural that has abstract elements, graffiti symbols and realistic imagery. This fun time-lapse video is accompanied by a musical soundtrack by Corey Harris. The […]
Pixel Pancho is an Italian street artist who depicts both his own fantasy world and the reality that exists around him with robotic characters. His style transforms organic organisms such as people and animals into mechanised characters, making a statement both about humanity and spirituality. Though his characters appear to have been bolted together from […]
David Choe is an interesting guy. Between 2005 and 2007, he painted two murals for the Facebook headquarters. Because he was afraid of losing yet more money to a gambling habit, Choe asked Facebook’s Sean Parker and Mark Zuckerberg to pay him with shares rather than cash. By 2012, his Facebook shares were worth $200 […]
While many artists start their street art careers with graffiti lettering, a few, like Phlegm, enter the scene because of a yearning for a new canvas. With a long background of being a self-published cartoonist, Phlegm decided to try his hand at creating his art on a much larger scale, and turned to cityscapes to […]
Allen “Leper” Hampton paints a bee-themed mural for his friend’s wedding, designed by the groom as a sticky sweet surprise for his bride. The theme of the mural shows the soon-to-be-married couple surrounded by honeycomb, bees and flowers, all of which are symbols of productivity, fertility and plenty. It’s certainly a unique way to give […]
ROA was made by his mum and dad in 1976. Since then he’s done stuff, including becoming a street artist. ROA’s giant graffiti murals feature animals that are indigenous to the area that he’s creating in. For example, in South Africa, he painted street art murals of zebras, giraffes and other African animals, for San […]