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Category Archives: SprayCanArt
BMD Was Your Friend | BMD Is No More
New Zealand legendary street art collective BMD is no more. Known for their distinctive wall markings, the two Taranaki artists behind BMD parted ways back in 2015. Throughout their partnership they chose to conceal their individual identities. They once cited … Continue reading
Posted in Art, SprayCanArt, Street Artists A-Z, StreetArt, StreetArtists
Tagged New Zealand street artists, Nomadism
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Is Don | Is Good
Paul ‘Don’ Smith was born in London, but lived in Borneo for about four years, from the age of eight to twelve. In total contrast to life in London, Borneo provided the young ‘Don’ with new horizons, open spaces, the … Continue reading
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Jimmy C | Jimmy Do
Street artist Jimmy C (aka James Cochran), was born in England in 1973 and grew up in Adelaide, South Australia. Cochran has been developing his own art style since he was 16, when he was living on the streets and … Continue reading
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If I Said “I Didn’t Like It” I Would Be Telling Phibs
Phibs aka Tim De Haan, was born in a town along coastal New South Wales, Australia in 1974. Phibs began his career as a graffiti tagger. He produces detailed and intricate works across a vast variety of media using both … Continue reading
Posted in SprayCanArt, Stencils, Street Artists A-Z, StreetArt, StreetArtists, Wheat-pastes
Tagged Everfresh Crew, Phibs
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Banksy the Existencilist
Banksy is an English-based street artist, political activist, and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of much speculation. His pieces are found on walls and streets in many cities around the world. Banksy became … Continue reading
Posted in SprayCanArt, Stencils, Street Artists A-Z, StreetArt, StreetArtists
Tagged Banksy, Robin Banks, Robin Gunningham, street artist
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Rat art has spread the plague everywhere
French street artist Blek le Rat, (Xavier Prou) was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris in 1951. Blek was one of the first street artists in Paris, and the originator of stencil graffiti art. He began his artwork in 1981, painting stencils … Continue reading
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Some of Reka’s Eureka Moments
Self-taught Australian born street artist, Reka (James Reka, born 1983) is a young contemporary artist now based in Berlin, Germany. Reka’s street art origins began in the alleyways and train lines of Melbourne’s inner-suburbs where he spent over a decade … Continue reading
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Hera + Akut = Herakut
Herakut is a contemporary German street artist duo who began painting in 2004. Both members of Herakut live and work in Schmalkalden, Germany.”Hera“, is a painter and “Akut“, a graffiti artist, who together combine traditional techniques and spray painting … Continue reading
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Everfresh | Everlasting | Evernew
Melbourne’s Everfresh graffiti and street art spray painting crew started back in 2001 in a studio in the city business district (CBD) called Blender Studios situated in Franklin Street. Since then they have become one of Australia’s best known street … Continue reading
Posted in SprayCanArt, Stencils, Stickers&Slaps, StreetArt, Wheat-pastes
Tagged Collingwood, Everfresh Studio, Night Cat
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A Dscreet Parliament of Owls
Dscreet the London-based street artist, is certainly that. I have not been able to find out who he is. Research indicates that originally from Australia, Dscreet (born 1979) is part of the dubl trubl Crew. Dscreet picked up his first … Continue reading
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Street Art Going AWOL
Going AWOL usually means being ‘Absent With Out Leave’, but here it could mean being a member of a well known Melbourne street art team; the AWOL Crew. The AWOL Crew is a team of well-known street artists that was … Continue reading
You See Him Here | You See Him There | Mitchell’s Art is Everywhere
Australian street and stencil artist Damien Mitchell was born in the regional city of Wagga Wagga, in the Riverina region of New South Wales. According to All Those Shapes, Mitchell was also known as Darky, Franta and Frantisek in his … Continue reading
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Check out the works of the great Adnate
Matt Last aka “Adnate” (born 1984) is an artist, street artist and muralist from Melbourne who now mostly paints photo-realistic street art and murals using freehand spray paint and/or acrylics. Adnate started his career in 2001 as a young … Continue reading
Posted in SprayCanArt, Stencils, Street Artists A-Z, StreetArt
Tagged AWOL Crew, Hosier Lane
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If Deb’s Art Was on Air, It Would Be Debonair
Melbourne born street artist Deb (born 21 January, 1979) is one of Australia’s leading contemporary artists. Deb is currently living in San Francisco in the United States (US). She is well-known for her signature sultry and curvy females, inspired by … Continue reading
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All Across the Nation | Such a Strange Vibration
Mimby Jones Robinson (born 1982) is an Australian artist and creator who specialises in large scale colourful Godddess murals and street art work. Mimby’s world is full of colour and it began in 1996, at the age of 14, when … Continue reading
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