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 […]
Director Shinsuke Tatsukawa introduces us to four influential Japanese street artists; ESOW, AIKO, and the duo KAMI & SASU (aka HITOTZUKI). Each of the artists have their own individual design style, based on the emotions that they would like to express to the world. For some of the graffiti artists, it’s not about communicating with people through their […]
Based in Santiago de Cali, Colombian artist Anck Millan heads into the guts of the city to renew its spirit with his colorful abstract graffiti murals. Incorporating elements of geometry, abstract art and decorative patterns, Millan builds his murals around human figures and human ideas. His art is an abstract reflection of the society they exist […]
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 […]
Spanish graffiti artist Aryz reveals his painting methods in this video that shows him creating an indoor commissioned mural for a pizzeria. His tools include aerosol paint and paint brushes. He sprays the aerosol paint into caps which he then uses as a portable palette to dip his brush in as he works; creating fine […]
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 […]
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 […]
Kristian Roca and Jonathan ‘JAM’ Mendez from the art group Zamforia team up with a couple of friends to create this colorful, geometric wall mural. The painting is designed around the word “FRESH” and includes bright, contrasting colors and geometric shapes to create a funky and fun perspective of the word. According to their website, “ZAMFORIA […]
Philip Lumbang’s graffiti bears were born on the streets of Los Angeles. The stories that the bears tell are a reflection of Lumbang’s attitudes toward life. His first bears were often shockingly rude little dudes, but as it says on his website, “the bears transformed as Philip did. As a counter attack to the world’s […]