A non-profit arts organization that creates opportunities for local and international artists to showcase their talents and share them with others, HKwalls recently held its sixth annual street art festival — in collaboration with Design District HK — in Wan Chai, HK. With sponsorship from Vans — along with other brands including the environmentally-friendly eicó paint — live painting, arts workshops, exhibitions and guided street art tours took place from March 23-31.
The delightfully playful image pictured above was painted by Richmond-based artist Wingchow. Following are several more images of artworks that surfaced largely during HKwalls 2019 — all captured by travel and street photographer Karin du Maire aka Street Art Nomad.
French artist Tim Marsh, segment of larger mural painted this past fall, organized by L’Epicerie Fine HK; tram painted by Tim Marsh for HKwalls 2019 here
UK-based Insa
Chinese crew KwanClan, segment of larger mural
Berlin/Hamburg based duo Low Bros
Montreal-based artist Fluke to the left of his stunning mural
Canadian artist Priscilla Yu
Spanish artist Muro at work
Photos by Karin du Maire aka Street Art Nomad
Note: Hailed in a range of media from WideWalls to the Huffington Post to the New York Times, our Street Art NYC App is now available for Android devices here.
A masterful painter, tattoo artist and portraitist, Scottish artist Mark Worst has fashioned — in a range of spaces — extraordinary portraits blurring the line between street art and fine art. Featured here are several he painted within the past several months:
Portrait of the artist’s “Lady” — painted in Derry, Northern Ireland
Portrait of Action Bronson — painted in Leith Docks, Scotland
Portrait of the artist’s “mate” — painted in Paisley, Scotland
Indoor commission
Sponsored by Montana Cans UK, Mark Worst will soon be on holiday in NYC, where he is seeking opportunities to network with other artists. The artist can be contacted at markwrst@gmail.com.
All photos courtesy of the artist
Hitting s huge range of surfaces — from discarded mattresses to abandoned rooftops — Brooklyn-based artist Sara Erenthal left her mark in NOLA. What follows are several more works — featuring the artist’s signature style — that I captured on a recent visit:
On repurposed wood
In Bywater
One of several wheat pastes
Inside Bywater’s abandoned naval base
Along the tracks
Upcycled on Desire Street
Photos by Lois Stavsky
The streets of New Orleans — particularly those in the Marigny and the Bywater neighborhoods — teem with a wide range of public art. Pictured above is a mural painted by New Orleans-based visual artist and activist, Brandan Bmike Odums. Several other images captured on my recent visit to NOLA follow:
The remarkable Reader aka Booker, OYE & more — one of his dozens of pieces in NOLA
The legendary New Orleans-based You Go Girl aka Hugo Gyrl in a delicate vein
New Orleans-based Mr Balloon Hands
Seattle-based Craig Cundiff with the NOLA Mural Project
New Orleans-based Havana-born artist Ramiro Diaz
You Go Girl and Reader collaboration
Photos: 1-6 Lois Stavsky; 7 Sara Erenthal
Coming next: the graffiti outside and inside and on the rooftops of the abandoned Bywater naval base
Note: Hailed in a range of media from WideWalls to the Huffington Post to the New York Times, our Street Art NYC App is now available for Android devices here.
One of my favorite NYC walls is the one on 207th Street and 10th Avenue, directly off the 207th Street stop on the 1 line. Under the curatorial direction of South Bronx native Crane, who works up in Inwood, it hosts a range of veteran writers, along with their guests — often from out-of-state or abroad. I headed up there this past Sunday and was glad that I did! Pictured above is the work of UK-based Trik-09, who has been writing graffiti since 2005. Other images on the wall include the following:
The legendary Manhattan-based George “SEN-One” Morillo (I tried to move the glass panel that had temporarily made its home there, but it was too heavy!)
Veteran NJ-based writer Ree Vilomar and Uptown wall curator and writer Crane
Crane, closer up
Photos by Lois Stavsky
