Ten Of The Best Street Artists In The World

D*Face

D*Face has created his own world, with his own characters. Born and raised in London, the bizarre and twisted mind of D*Face has gained him a massive following, especially in North America and England. Sold out shows to see his classic skeletal images are just the tip of the ice berg.

Dolk

Norwegian stencil artist Dolk started creating street art back in 2003 and was originally seen as a possible pseudonym of Banksy due to their similar styles. Yet Dolk's darker and more humorous style has since drawn a huge following from around the world.

Faile

The instantly recognizable pop culture images of the New York based street art collective known as Faile have been popular since 2002 with a large number of world wide exhibitions and shows. Faile have collaborated with other great street artists such as Swoon and David Ellis

Jef Aerosol

Along with fellow Frenchman Blek Le Rat, Jef Aerosol was among the first street artists to use stencils to create his artwork. He's been stencilling for almost 30 years and you can find his work predominantly in France.

Swoon
Hailing from the streets of New York, Swoon has been big in the street art scene for going on a decade now. Her unique style of wheat pasting life sized images of her family and friends have gained her a huge following around the globe and her work keeps getting better.

Vhils

Stunning crowds at the 2008 Cans Festival with this stunning piece of stencil art. Argentinian artists Alexandre Farto (aka Vhils) chiseled away at a white wall to create this stunning and almost 3D image.

BanksyPossibly the most well known street artist in the world, Banksy has been in the public eye for close to a decade now and his popularity shows just how big street art is in the 21st century. His recent summer show opened in Bristol with 4 hour queue to get through the door.

Blek Le Rat
Blek Le Rat is one of, if not the first major stencil artists of all time. Starting way back in the early 80's. Regarded as many as the "Godfather" of stencil art. Even Banksy showed his respect to the Frenchman with one of the most famous quotes in Street art. "Every time I think I've painted something slightly original, I find out that Blek Le Rat has done it as well, only twenty years earlier"

BluBlu took street art to a new level a few years ago. Instead of keeping it as a flat single image, he combined street art with animation to create a video named Muto. This incredible video spread round the Internet like wild fire and firmly placed Blu as one of the 21st Century's most innovative street artists.

CES53

CES53 has been in the street art game for almost 25 years now and his work keeps getting better and better. Becoming famous for being one of the first to paint on the side of Northern European trains, he's since branched out into paintings and sculptures. In 2005 he joined Dutch street art collective Lastplak.

Triptych Canvas Prints

After something a little different from your art? If your looking to create a center piece to complete an interior, why not consider a multi panel image? Triptychs are the most popular, but not your only option.

So what is a triptych or multi panel image? Well, triptychs are 3 canvas prints with one image covering all 3. When aliened correctly they will form 1 perfect image. Multi panel images are the same, but spread over a variety of panels. We sell basic 2 panel images (Diptych), 3 panel (triptych), quad panel, 5 panel, 6 panel and even 9 panel! The artwork is re-designed specifically for multi panel prints. We overlap the artwork, so when the prints are wrapped to the frame, you'll be left with a seamless image. Then all you need to do is hang them with a 1"-2" gap between each print and you'll have your own stunning piece of wall art.

Able to cover a large are with minimal cost, multi panel canvas art is not only effective, but also stunning to look at. We don't believe in sticking with the norm either, so as well as seeing some standard triptych prints (all three panels are the same size and orientation) you'll also find some prints using different sized panels to form one image.

Hanging these specially configured prints is easy & painless when you go for 3M's ingenious "Command Strip" No holes needed in your wall, just stick your art up to the hooks. When you want to change your art or the position, just pull the strips off, leaving not as much as a mark on your wall. Check out our informative article on how to hang your canvas for more, and no, we do not have shares in 3M as many people have implied.. ;)

Seen one of our images you really like but want it as a multi panel print? No problem, give our studio a call and speak to one of our in house designers. Likewise, if your commissioning us to produce a pop art or custom canvas, we can cut and splice your image to make it into a multi panel image.

How to sell your art (pt4)

Interview with a man in the business

I spoke with Andy Harper, from WHoArtNow, producers of bespoke modern art for some tips and advice:-

What would you advise someone to do if they were looking to promote and sell their art?

Well first thing to do is get a website to showcase your art, a CV of what you can do. I get 20 emails a week from artists and designers who are looking to do business and it amazes me some of them don't have a web page of sorts. If there's a website, I'll always have a look, you never know what you might be missing out on!

Does it matter if its not a website but a portfolio site?

No it doesn't have to be your own website. I'm an active member on DeviantART and FlickR so even if we don't do business, you might find me becoming your friend so I can keep track of your art. I might be a businessman, but my love is still for the art.

Can anyone sell their artwork?

In theory yes, I do think you need to get some feedback off people before you start approaching companies. Plus, look at your work from the point of view of business, is it commercial enough? I see a lot of very good art, but only about 5% of it would be commercially viable enough for our site. Be positive about your work, but accept criticism well. The companies you'd be looking at contacting are busy places, and sometimes emails can slip through the cracks, so follow up with them by phone. Don't over do it though, leave it a week first.

Any other tips?

Yeah, agencies can be brilliant. I worked for Saatchi and Saatchi in London a few years ago and remember seeing these massive files of people's art. They'd be sent in on the hope of getting work, and if they liked your style, they'd keep a record of you. When they got new contracts they'd flick through the files to see if anyone fitted certain criteria and then they'd give them a call.

Conclusion

Art is everywhere these days. Art which once would have been refereed to as non-commercial is now becoming over commercial. Working in the art industry is great, finding new and unheard of artists gives me such a buzz. I love the strange and bizarre art, something which will blow my mind is always good. The thing is, without all the people out there creating this art, marketing this art, I would never find any of it.

Treat your art and your talent as your product. In this world of the Internet, everything is a business, so treat it like one. Never take rejection personally. Have faith, and some confidence. Be patient. The more you put into your art and marketing your art, the more you will get out of it. Most importantly though, love you art, and have fun with your art.

How to hang Your Metal & Perspex Art

As well as our ever growing canvas art section, we recently launched our new metal and perspex art range to great success and we've been busy spraying ever since. We do however keep getting questions about the best way to hang these hand crafted pieces of art on the wall.

To make things as easy as possible for you to hang your new artwork, we've pre-drilled the metal and the perspex with 4 holes, 1 for each corner. Each hole is drilled exactly 1" from either edge. Using these holes, we supply 4 'stand off bolts' to mount the art to the wall.

So what do you need to do? Well, as well as the stand off bolts, you also get 4 screws and 4 raw plugs. You need to drill four holes in the wall, attach the mount bolt base using the screw. Line up the four holes and screw in the end cap. For the metal art (62cm x 55cm) the internal measurements (central point of each hole) measures 58cm x 50.5cm. This is what it should be, but we recommend that you always measure each other the lengths yourself.

The stand off bolts we supply are satin silver 20mm bolts. They have a perfect 20mm gap to the wall so that you have the choice to mount a light source behind the art to really draw attention to it.

If you like the look of the metal and perspex art, but not sure of the current artwork? Why not contact us with any ideas you might have? You can also leave us a note over at our Facebook page! We're working hard on new artwork which we should have up over the summer.