It's not all about Bansky – London is a great place if you love Graffiti and Streetart. I took my camera with me on a walk through Shoreditch and like to introduce you to London Street Art & Graffiti by highlighting the work of 19 awesome artists in this Photo Essay!
Jim Vision focusses on big graffitis featuring mostly animals or fairy tale creatures
TOne
TOne shows how complex graffiti can be – could you read what is written here without knowing it?
INSA
INSA paints colorful graffitis
If you visit his website you can also find a style he created on his own: Gif-Fity! Here is an example:
VHILS
It is hard to categorize the work of poturguese artist VHILS as he carves his portraits into walls!
Cranio
Cranio – like many others the brazilian artist left very colorful paintings in East London featuring his blue man (on the left hand side you see his arm)
El Mac – this portrait of a cowboy is a very popular piece by the L.A. artist
In the following video you get to know more about his art:
Ben Eine
Ben Eine is well known for his paintings featuring mainly Typography
Banksy
If you see a Street art piece protected by glass you can be quite sure it is a Banksy ;)
Nick Walter
Nick Walker – the man with the colorful umbrella is one of his favorite characters. Based in Bristol Nick introduced Banksy to Stencil Art.
Pablo Delgado
Small Paste-Ups with shadows on the pavement – Pablo Delgado's work is sometimes hard to discover
Roa
Roa – the artist from Belgium is famous for his huge black and white paintings of animals
James Cochran
James Cochran uses “drip painting” for his colorful portraits
You can find many more Street Artists and Graffiti Artists in Londen e.g. Boxi and Invader. This is just a small selection of artists and art I discovered on my tour through Shoreditch with the guys from Street Art London – they also offer tours through this area where you get to now more about the Street Art scene of London!Instalation
Which London Street Artist / London Graffiti Artist is your favorite?
Feel free to name more great artists in the comments below!
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