Nick Walker

Nick Walker is currently in South America working on the walls of Sao Paolo, Brazil. The British stencil artist produced two new pieces which feature his anarchical alter ego, “The Bowler-Hatted Vandal”.

Nick Walker

Ludo

Ludo produces another one of his monochromatic murals with a hint of nature in the urban environment of Ivry Sur Seine, France. This piece is entitled “Greatful Dead.”

 Nychos

Nychos is now in Windsor, Canada for the Free For All Walls project. The artist, known for his anatomical, surrealistic pieces, produced a mural exposing the anatomy of a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Pixel Pancho

Pixel Pancho is currently in Los Angeles where he produced two pieces. The artist loves exploring the relationship between nature and his character.

Pixel Pancho feat. Chase

Fintan Magee

Fintan Magee is now in Brisbane, where he just completed this new piece. His use of the floor as an extension of his piece creates the sense that his mural lacks boundaries, extending everywhere.

INTI

INTI is now back in Central Europe, where he just completed this new piece in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The artist is currently in town for the Step In The Arena Festival where he  painted one of his signature mystical characters.

Deih

Deih keeps on tearing through the streets of his hometown, Valencia, with yet another new offering to the local pedestrians. Fascinated by the strangeness of life, the artist produces an original character in a surreal setting.

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Thierry Guetta aka Mr Brainwash has been spending time in Palm Spring working on a large mural for Coachella. The french street artist, used large scale stencils representing Hitchock with his signature message “x is beautiful.” The artist’s drive is admirable and contributes to what sets him apart from other stencil artist such as Nick Walker or Banksy.

“I want to have fun, to have an adventure. My heart is as big as this whole space. I want to give.The most important thing is to be passionate about what you do, to love what you do, to do it with your heart. If it’s not heart, it’s not good.”

Starring in “Exit Through The Gift Shop,” a documentary of questionable validity about street art in LA, propelled him and his career forward. In the movie, his hobby for filming street artists leads him to his big break as an artist himself. Mr. Brainwash works from impulse.

“I don’t think about what I do. The most important is trying to do good. It’s about letting go. Art is freedom, that’s why it’s art. Freedom…there’s no rules, it doesn’t come with a manual.”

Read more on Mr. Brainwash and his philosophies: here

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Nick Walker is back spraying some love on boards. Check out his new deck of skateboard-art entitled “Love Vandal” The British stencil artist released a limited edition of 30 works in collaboration with Last Concept. You can get your own here for 450$ +additional shipping cost.

You can get the work of other street artist including: Flying Fortress for 350$, Cope2 for 390$ and many more.

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Tom & Craig

Mixing colors and patterns, STATIC, denounces various aspects of our society such as consumerism (above).

The two artists find inspiration in contemporary revolutionary actions. They are heavily influenced by riots and strikes.

When we started off, one of the first screen prints we did was a piece to do with the Paris student riots, so we’ve always had a bit of an interest in that and tried to subvert it, see what we can do with it, make people look at it differently.

No matter how raw there theme is, they always bring some innocence into their work through the use of either a heart, a peace sign or a vibrant color.

Check out their interview: here

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Nick Walker‘s street work merges the freedom artists have when using spray cans with the technicality of stencils. He started playing around with stencils in 1992, allowing him to juxtapose photographic imagery to the rawness of graffiti. “I try to add an element of humour or irony to some paintings to add a little light relief to the walls,” he says. “Painting is a form of escapism for me and if my work allows the spectator to do the same thing, then I’ve achieved more than I set out to do.”

Walker often ironically uses the word “Vandal” in his own work.

If you’re in New York, you can find the piece below around 14th and 10th near Manhattan’s Chelsea Market.

Check out his website

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“See No Evil” is making some serious splashes in the street art world this week. TATS CRU, El Mac, and Nick Walker are all in Bristol completing their works for the show, not to mention some side pieces they’re working on just for the hell of it.

Let’s start with TATS CRU. The fact that this group has made an appearance is BIG for Bristol. The members are Bio, BG183, Nicer, HOW, and NOSM, and together they’ve worked for some big clients like Coca Cola and Sony. Their piece is the one featured above. They worked through the night to complete it. Oh, and they’re Bronx guys. Hell yeah, New York.

Next up, we have another yankee: L.A. artist El Mac. His big thing is photo-realistic murals, so it’s no surprise that that’s what he brought to the wall in Bristol. Here’s how the piece looks so far, but they have one more day of work before it will be complete:

Last up: British native Nick Walker. Walker first emerged on the street art scene in Bristol in the 1980s, so he must be really comfortable in this area, which explains the fact that he works by day on his See No Evil project, and by night on an entirely different mural. His work for the show is on a 10 story building right next to El Mac’s building. The work isn’t done yet, but when complete, the mural will show a 8 story tall banker pouring paint down the building. Lobster Pictures and Hurricane Media have teamed up to set up a live feed to watch the progress on this beauty. Watch right here.

And if you look to the side, you can see El Mac’s work right there. It looks even more realistic from this distance!

As we said, Walker is working by night on an entirely different project, so here it is for your viewing pleasure:

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