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A pioneer of the modern poster and sticker culture, Cheba began
plastering the streets with his striking yet simplistic characters in
the early 2000's. Shortly after picking up a spray can, Cheba quickly
became addicted to painting the city's landscape and has been a
long-standing figure in his hometown of Bristol's thriving street art
culture.
Cheba has gone on to showcase his work at over 40 exhibitions across the World (4 Solo) alongside illustrious figures from the world of street art including the 'Crimes of Passion' show at the Royal west
Academy of Arts and most recently The House of Commons, London. His work has also featured in a plethora of publications including 'Graffiti World', 'The Art of Rebellion', 'Children of the Can' and 'Banksy's Bristol' to name a few, all of which received worldwide distribution.
His work often mixes clean freehand vector lines with messy
unpredicted backgrounds that bring texture and emotion to the work. In recent years his work has evolved, bringing his backgrounds to the forefront in a free flowing, tactile and futuristic spray can abstract expressionism style.
Cheba's recent work is heavily inspired by Space, specifically the
Hubble Telescope images but also an ongoing interest in the contrast of nature and urban environments, drawing on the life and decay from around the more forgotten areas of the city. He combines the graffiti staple of spray paint with more traditional medias such as oil, acrylic and ink, experimenting with their textural qualities to give the element of life into his work.
A dedicated humanitarian, Cheba has donated many works but most
notably he was selected for two charitable fundraising public art exhibitions, Gromits Unleashed and Wow Gorillas, alongside household names such as Sir Quentin Blake, Peter Brookes & Peter Blake. At auction Cheba's sculptures raised £28,000 and £10,000 respectively, among the highest selling at both auctions.
This artist is one of the most notorious and prolific graffiti writers in UK history to emerge out of the 80’s Bristol scene. Painting alongside 3D, Nick Walker and Banksy, in 1989 the ‘Kingpin’ was arrested as the head of 72 other writers in the UK’s largest ever Graffiti bust, Operation Anderson.
Inkie has since worked as head of design for SEGA, Xbox, and currently works as Jade Jagger’s in-house designer as well as running a West London design studio creating prints, illustrations, clothing and with his trademark beauty on large-scale pieces, the globally respected artist, whose diverse inspirations collect Mayan architecture, William Morris, Mouse & Kelly, Alphons Mucha, The Arts & Crafts movement and Islamic geometry, has exhibited worldwide, been denounced as Banksy’s right hand man by The Daily Mail and simultaneously lauded by The Times, his art published in the books Banksy’s Bristol, Children of the Can, Graffiti World, Street Fonts and magazines GQ, Rolling Stone, Computer Arts, Huck, Graphotism and Dazed & Confused.
Inkie is featured in the seminal 2007 LA graffiti documentary film ‘Bomb It’, the Sky Arts documentary ‘From Tags to Riches’ as well as the BBC’s ‘Drawing the Line’
Recent exhibitions include London, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Ibiza, Warsaw, Belfast and Lisbon.
His work is coveted by celebrity collectors including: Robbie Williams, Jade Jagger, Fatboy Slim, Chemical Brothers, Alan Carr, Massive Attack, Sean Pertwee & Roni Size.
Acerone (Palmer, L. b. 1978, Bristol, UK) is a visual artist born and educated in England. Known for his contribution to the Bristol graffiti street art movement, Acerone has been an active visual artist since the mid 1990s and continues to make public wall paintings and photographic works. Since the end of 2008 his work has been heavily focused on using photographic images as blueprints for his paintings. His recent body of work comprises of street paintings, screen prints, photographic collage and interior installations that record and replay captured fragments of time. These works seek to explore the relationship between the static and the dynamic, simplicity and detail, and the past and the present.
Andy Council is Bristols Premier Dinomentalist Illustrator and oddball Street Artist. His work takes inspiration from the city and other urban landscapes and is a highly individual, detailed amalgamation of architecture, structure and character. Creatures, usually dinosaurs, are made up of smaller components such as buildings, landmarks, cars and trains.
He has exhibited internationally, has work in Bristol's new M Shed museum, work published in publications around the globe and builds six metre long dinosaurs out of cardboard for kicks.
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45rpm lives and breathes in Bristol, he has his fingers in many pies which include graffiti, illustration, graphic design and a bit of photography/video work!
His bold, clean style has been used on designs for skate decks for Fracture, iPhone cases for Beck's, oyster cards for Oxfam, T-shirts for Fenchurch and even on suitcases for Trunki. His work can be seen in numerous books and magazines including the highly influential Street Sketchbook by Thames and Hudson.
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Mick Hockney is a painter and designer living in Bristol. His work uses images, ideas and text to highlight an array of contemporary issues. The paintings are graphic in execution and content, reflecting his interest in poster art.
He has shown in various group shows in Bristol and London. In 2010 he had a solo show at Weapon of Choice Gallery and was featured in IDN magazine’s ‘Most Wanted’ issue last year.
‘SP Zero76’ aka Keith Hopewell is a versatile freelance illustrator based in Bristol. Originally from South Yorkshire he moved to Bristol in 1996 where he received his degree in Illustration at the University of the West of England.
He has been working steadily as a freelancer for a number of years. Most recently he has worked alongside Mambo and Free Spirit, creating wall art in their stores. He has regular work creating signs, canvases and murals for bars, clubs, hairdressers and shops around the South West, including promotional work with Red Bull and Soulful Creative.
He has a varied portfolio, which includes album covers, flyers, computer game art, children’s trading cards and t-shirt designs for SP:UK and Treacle Clothing.
SPZero76 also runs an ever expanding project called Collaberation Nation. This sees both up and coming and well established artists working together to create unique pieces of art for prints, merchandise and live art events.
This past year has seen SPZero76 producing live art at festivals and club nights. He was also part of the winning Secret Wars team at Upfest 2011, Europe’s largest street art festival, alongside Squirl and Loch Ness.
Over the summer SPZero76 has had a successful exhibition at Weapon of Choice Gallery and has been involved in The Wow! Gorilla project for Bristol Zoo’s 175th Anniversary. This saw him painting life size fibre glass Gorillas which took to the city streets before being auctioned for charity.
His art has been featured in a number of publications including Digital Artist magazine, Its a Trap, and We Take Control.
Lokey was born and raised in Bristol. His passion for Graffiti started in the mid 1980’s through a chance meeting in a local park, with some kid’s break-dancing who had returned from their holiday in America with hip-hop mix tapes and photographs of Graffiti.
He is the youngest veteran of the Bristol Graffiti Phenomenon, with over 20 years of experience in the once underground scene, which is now very much a part of the day to day lives of Bristolian people.
His writing style has progressed, over the years, from simple Bubble letters in the early days, through to Wildstyle and now the 3D lettering, that he is most know for, and a more recently the addition of some characters to his bag of tricks.
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I started writing graffiti in 1991 after moving to London in the late 80's. I was largely self taught, trying to start with wildstyle pieces and failing miserably. I then started properly- learning basic handstyles and simple letters and then working my way up to more complex pieces.
It's been an interesting journey and I feel fortunate to have started painting at a time before specialist paint companies and sponsorship and glossy magazines. To me the glory days were before all of this, in the mid 90's, but perhaps I'm just being nostalgic.
Over the years I've painted in different cities around Europe and the USA, worked on various private commissions and festivals and done work for TV and music videos. I think if I'm honest though I enjoy painting as a hobby more than as a profession- it's basically a lot more fun.
I moved to the Bristol area in 2009. The scene here is great, a breath of fresh air after London. I also feel privileged to have met, befriended and painted with some of the best writers in the city.
I suppose I'm best known for painting letters, and I guess that is what I enjoy the most when working on walls. Working on canvas is a different story for me though, and I try to break it up by painting simple characters and abstract pieces as well as graffiti letters.