19+ Graffiti Artists Banksy

The bristol born artist s work is often daring eye catching and provocative making him perhaps the most well known street artist around.

Graffiti artists banksy. Banksy a street artist whose identity remains unknown is believed to have been born in bristol england around 1974. Initially he hung around a graffiti crew in bristol by the name of drybreadz crew or dbz. Robert del naja a k a. When time magazine selected the british artist banksy graffiti master painter activist filmmaker and all purpose provocateur for its list of the world s 100 most influential people in 2010 he. Banksy anonymous british graffiti artist known for his antiauthoritarian art often done in public places. 3d frontman of the trip hop band massive attack. He rose to prominence for his provocative stenciled pieces in the late 1990s.

Lee moran john nation s aerosol art project at the barton hill youth centre in bristol england spawned an entire generation of street artists including banksy. Though i m a longtime fan of his street art i ve never really been able to tell how firmly banksy s tongue is planted in his cheek. Jamie hewlett english comic book artist and designer best known for the comic tank girl and the virtual band gorillaz. Banksy began his graffiti art lifestyle by admiring the works of blek le rat and often recycling his old ideas. On the one hand it s impossible to be a street artist whose work is selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars and not be slightly betraying the anarchic nature of graffiti and street art to some degree but on the other hand if i drew a stencil of a. Del naja had been a graffiti artist during. Last month the guardian covered bambi a woman street artist they dubbed the female banksy however after looking at bambi s portfolio comprised mostly of renderings of celebrities like kim kardashian amy winehouse and cara delevingne we have to say we can do better.

As his crew fled from the. He began using stencils in 2000 and developed a distinct iconography of recognizable images such as rats and policemen. Soon after he began to partner with inkie another notable graffiti street artist. With wry wit and stealth banksy merged graffiti art with installation and performance. At first i thought i. By the age of 18 banksy began to develop stencils after nearly being caught vandalizing public spaces by police. John nation just wanted to give teenagers in bristol southwest england a safe place to spray paint without fear of arrest and prosecution.

There has been alternative speculation that banksy is. The graffiti artist wrote in an instagram post.