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- Mister Lister | What a Twister
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- How to become a Walker Stalker
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- What a lot of ‘White Noise’ | The Pamela Anderson House
- A Dash of Ash | Up in a Flash
- To Market, To Market, To Buy a Fat Pig
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Archive
Category Archives: SprayCanArt
Mister Lister | What a Twister
Brisbane born street artist, contemporary Australian painter and installation artist Anthony Lister (born 1979+) lives in Sydney but his work can be found worldwide on streets, in galleries and decorating high-end shops and businesses. As a 17 year old teenager, … Continue reading
Posted in SprayCanArt, Stencils, Street Artists A-Z, StreetArt
Tagged Lowbrow (art movement)
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How to become a Walker Stalker
British street artist David Walker likes to paint around East London. Walker aims to challenge preconceptions about fine art and urban art painting within the gallery confines and the public domain. According to his website, Walker’s works are mostly in … Continue reading
A Dash of Ash | Up in a Flash
Ash Keating (born Melbourne, 1980) is a male artist born in Australia, currently working in media, sculpture, painting, photography, installation and screen-based performance. Keating painted a 19 m x 7.5 m vinyl billboard on the North Wall of the National Gallery of Victoria … Continue reading
Posted in SprayCanArt, Street Artists A-Z, StreetArt, StreetArtists
Tagged Installation art, installation artists
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Is the Scalpel Mightier Than the Pen?
ELK aka Luke Cornish is an Australian born street artist who has created unique, powerful images from handmade stencils from Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney. His rise within the contemporary art world has been meteoric, becoming the first artist to be … Continue reading
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Ha-Ha | ‘It’s better than sex’
Ha-Ha the street artist is also known as Regan Tamanui. As a street artist he has been using spray can and stencil art in and around Melbourne since 2001. He is also a professional artist and gallery curator with several … Continue reading
Posted in SprayCanArt, Stencils, Street Artists A-Z, StreetArt, StreetArtists
Tagged Ha-Ha, Regan Tamanui, street art
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Chrissy Amphlett | You’re Not Like the Rest
The late Divinyl’s singer Chrissy Amphlett helped put Australian rock music on the international map and is recognised with a permanent accolade to her in the form of a renamed lane off Little Bourke Street between Spring and Exhibition Streets, … Continue reading
Old Spoke – For Oksep Pokes
OKSEP street art may still be found around Melbourne’s streets and lane-ways. His work is extremely dark and somewhat disturbing. He has borrowed upon Wild Man and has re-imagined it with one of his dark and ghostly characters, grasping him … Continue reading
Posted in SprayCanArt, Street Artists A-Z, StreetArt, Wheat-pastes
Tagged Oksep, street art, street artists
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By the look of this work – I think he Nailed it!
Street Artist Nails (aka Fers) is the alternative name for Niels Oeltjen who was born in Germany in 1976. Niels moved to Australia at the age of 6 with his family, growing up in the Huon Valley in Tasmania. He now … Continue reading
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The Joys of Miso Paste
Street artist Stanislava Pinchuk (aka Miso) creates life-size hand-drawn paste-up projects. Most of her work deals with story-telling myths and folklore. Her work shows influence from her Ukrainian upbringing and eastern European folk and craft traditions. She is often inspired … Continue reading
Who gives a Zach for this Street Artist?
Lithuanian-born Street and gallery artist Ernest “ZACH” Zacharevic combines fine art techniques and his passion for creating art outdoor, using and oil painting, stencil and spray, installation and sculpture; to produce dynamic compositions both inside and outside of the gallery … Continue reading
Posted in Art, SprayCanArt, Stencils, Street Artists A-Z, StreetArt, StreetArtists
Tagged Georgetown, Malaysia, Penang, Singapore
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Are you thinking that Fafi is fluffy?
Fafi is an early adopter to street art and is currently living and working in Paris. Through her art, Fafi has been exploring her femininity through stereotypes, using them to her advantage. Fafi not only knocked her male colleagues and competitors out their … Continue reading
Your Gateway to Bodé for the Day
Mark Bodé was born on February 18, 1963 in Utica, New York. The son of underground comics legend Vaughn Bodé, Mark often produces works similar to this father’s style. Mark is an American cartoonist best known for his work on … Continue reading
Posted in SprayCanArt, Street Artists A-Z, StreetArt, StreetArtists
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Coulrophobia – (The Fear of Clowns)
Above street art is by Owen Dippie, (OD) a street artist / graffiti artist / muralist from New Zealand. You can find out more about Owen Dippie via his website or follow him on his Blog. The artwork commemorates Heath … Continue reading
Posted in DarkArt, SprayCanArt, StreetArt, StreetArtists
Tagged #CreepyClown, #EvilClowns, #HeathLedger, #OwenDippie, #TheJoker, #TWECrew
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Tom Civilian is Too Civil by Half
Street artist Civilian – (aka Tom Civil) is a Melbourne street artist. He came to Melbourne for the S11 blockades for the World Economic Forum in 2000 and decided to stay. Since then, Civil or Civilian has presented “empty shows” … Continue reading
Posted in SprayCanArt, Stencils, Street Artists A-Z, StreetArt, StreetArtists
Tagged #Graffiti, Civil, Civilian, StreetArt, Tom Civil
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