These last few years, the number of talented artists has grown dramatically. This also affects people’s interest of street art. It is not an easy thing to create a street art in short time, but these 30 street artists can do it perfectly. here are the names of the most famous street artists in the world.
1. Roa : Ghent Belgium
This street artist from Belgium is specialized in making local animal portrait in unique way. He uses limited colours with big-sized picture. The street above is one of his works that he has created with a street artist from Argentina.
2. Gaia : New York City
Born in New York City, Gaia helps Baltimore street-art scene by holding Open Walls Baltimore. He uses mural as a bridge to connect with the community hosting them. Of course, this has given him many critical recognition. Animal faces and human hands are a common thing in this mural
3. Spy : Madrid, Spain
Spy uses different medias to help him dissociate street art with graffiti. He uses common urban elements in such a way, making it look ironic.
4. Natalia Rak: Poland
Natalia is an artist from Poland. She graduated with a degree in Fine Art from Lodz, and has made quite many impression in street art world in these last few years. Some of her murals explore a figure of a woman in colourful environment.
5. Oakoak: Saint-Étienne, France
This artist from France is specialized in making mural using broken public facility, such as road with hole or crack, using the symbols of pop culture. Maybe his works are not the most beautiful works out there, but his works are still really funny and creative.
6. Vhils : Lisbon, Portugal
This artist likes to create mural, but he prefers using chisels and power drills rather than using paint brush. This artist from Portugal creates his works on wall, and the result is really amazing. This can be considered as a new innovation in street art world.
7. ETAM Cru: Poland
Bezt and Sainer, or better known as ETAM Cru, are a Polish duo that have become famous for their monumental size of murals. Their works include icons from Eastern Europe, heavily stylized human figures, and big human figures.
8. Swoon: New London, Connecticut
Swoon’s work has inspired a whole generation of artists. Her life-sized paper cutouts of human figure are really detailed. They also go through different stages as they decay due to ephemeral nature.
9. INTI: Valparaíso, Chili
One of the big names in the world of street art in Latin America, INTI comes from Chili and his works are famous all over the world. He integrates local elements into surreal characters by creating a very personal style. Some people claim, that INTI is a modern artist and not street artist, because of his amazing art works.
10. NEVERCREW: Lugano, Swiss
Christian REBECCHI and Pablo Togni are a Swiss street artist duo. One of their works is a whale with colourful and bright colours, which represent dreamland.
11. Eduardo Kobra: Sao Paulo, Brazil
This artist from Brazil has certain characteristics in his works. Photo-realistic murals, with geometrical patterns, and the use of many colours, are common elements in his works. Kobra intends to make his works as a window to the past. That is why, he usually does a research before he creates his work.
12. Blu: Bologna, Italia
One of the heirs of the activist wing of street art, Blu’s works are about the meaning of anything. he also relies on the architecture of the place he wants to paint. Few colours and anti-capitalist message are his characteristics. Blu has maintained anonymity since 1999.
13. Everfresh kru: Melbourne, Australia
The street art world in Australia will not be the same without these guys. Rone and Meggs are members of Everfresh with the most projection outside Australia. Their works are like a collection of the strangest comic book you have ever seen.
14. Bordallo II: Lisbon, Portugal
This street artist comes from Lisbon. Bordallo uses garbage to give more volume to his murals. Usually, Bordallo paints some nature elements, such as birds and bugs.
15. Urben: Berlin, Jerman
This artist who comes from German is specialized in social criticism with the help of characters with no brain, which intending to remind us about the no-brainer that hides within us. Simple, cute, and effective.
16. Mentalgassi: Berlin, Jerman
This group of artists come from Berlin. They specialize in human photography with large-scale. You may think that there is nothing new about this kind of job, but Mentalgassi have succeeded in putting originality in public places.
17. D * face: London, England
The works of this artist from England can be said quite unique. It can be seen above, in which his mural is a combination of a face and skull. However, this artist has been successful in creating murals to decorate the road in Enland.
18. Shamsia Hassani: Kabul, Afghanistan
Becoming a female street artist in Afghanistan is not an easy task. Shamsia’s graffiti has become an icon of feminism activism all over the world.
19. Jaz: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jaz is an artist that is famous in Argentina for quite some time. Recently, he has appeared in several international street art scenes. With his creative ideas, followed by materials and symmetrical shape, his works look different but amazing.
20. JR: France
What’s new from city intervention through photography? Of course, the scale in which it’s done. The example is the work of JR in Rio de Janeiro. He basically used the whole Morro de Providência favela as his canvas.
21. C215: Paris, France
One of the most famous stencil artist right now. C215’s art works show the faces of people who tend to abandon street kids, elders, homeless people, and refugees.
22. Fin DAC: London, England
Seeing the works of Fin DAC, maybe you think that you are seeing a character from Frank Miller’s graphic novel, which surely will make you want to read it. His unique and weird but elegant style, with using colour splashes, make his works look different.
23. Escif: Valencia, Spanyol
Escif does not have a compromise with aesthetic or other traditional ways in street art. The purpose of that, is to make a greater impact on his works.
24. Hopare: Paris, France
Giant portrait, combined with abstract elements and vibrant colours is the work of Hopare. This French artist is the right guy to call if you need that kind of painting.
25. Joe Iurato: New Jersey
Joe Iurato is an artist from New Jersey. He creates wood miniatures to decorate the road. Some of his works look really unique and one of it can be seen above.
26. Boa Mistura: Madrid, Spanyol
Boa Mistura is group artists who makes street arts with the theme of happiness. They come from Spain and are focusing on leaving positive messages and impression wherever they go.
27. Faith47: Cape Town, Afrika Selatan
This artist comes from South Africa. She is one of the most versatile artists out there. She adjusts her techniques and materials to create the perfect art.
28. David Zinn: Ann Arbor, Michigan
David Zinn is an artist from Michigan. In the process of making mural, he focuses on using chalk with some broken objects on street as a painting media. Some of his works look so inspiring. He is really clever in transforming the broken road into a cool and cute art.
29. Minhau: Sao Paulo, Brazil
This female artist from Brazil focuses on using cats as the main object of her murals. The use of full colour makes this mural look cute and cheerful.
30. Swampy: Oakland, California
Swampy is an old-school graffiti artist that through his anonimity, reminds everyone about the root of street art and its role against capitalism. His horned character is quite famous in street art community.
source : matadornetwork.com
