2016: A Year of Street Art photos
This post is a photo-diary of my adventures in following street art scene last year. I haven’t counted how many images I photographed but it must be over a 1000 and probably more like 2k. This is a small selection which reflects that journey.
JANUARY 2016
An all female paint jam, Blackall Street, Shoreditch, London. (photographed 9th Jan 2016)
Artists: Elno and Mondi (far left) All female paint jam Blackall Street, London. (photographed 10th January 2016)
LDN Calling Blog is One Paint Jam. Artist Oliver Roubieu. (photographed 23rd January 2016)
Portrait of Scarlett Johansson by Olivier Roubieu (photographed 25th January 2016)
Artist:Furia139, Shoreditch. Part of LDN Calling Blog is One Paint Jam. (photographed 25th January 2016)
Artist: Banksy. Knightsbridge. New work. Lasted 24 hours. (photographed 25 January 2016)
Graff writer Vibes at work on Great Eastern Street, Shoreditch, London.. My most popular image on IG with 1,159 likes. (photographed 28th January 2016)
FEBRUARY 2016
Artist: Paul Don Smith: portraits of David Bowie and Lemmy. The space ships are left over from older work by Veronika. (photographed 4th February 2016)
Artist: Otto Schade, Brick Lane. Shutter painted in Nov 2015. (photographed 5th Feb 2016)
Artist: SeedsOne, Shoreditch Art Wall. (photographed 12th February 2016)
Artists (from left to right) Airborne Mark, Elno, SeedsOne, Artista, DANK. Shoreditch Art Wall curated by LDN Calling Blog. (photographed 19th February 2016)
Artists: Jim Vision, Zadok and others. Rockwell House, Neverended Exhibition. Shoreditch, London. (photographed 28th February 2016)
Artist: Banksy – the Drinker, Shaftesbury Square, London (photographed Dec 2015) and the empty plinth in February 2016.
MARCH 2016
Two new portraits by Alo. On two separate pillars on the same street off Brick Lane, London. (photographed 3rd May 2016)
Artist: Pang. New image the old masters and the new. Camden, London. (photographed 27 March 2016)
Collaboration by Marina Zumi, Himbad and Alice Pasquini, Camden, London. (photographed 27 March 2016)
Artist: Pang. Camden, London. (photographed 27 March 2016)
Old work by Zabou plus graffiti. Bethnal Green, London. (photographed 31 March 2016)
Artist: Six1Six for paint jam on Paradise Row, Bethnal Green, London. Building now demolished and so is part of this garden. (photographed 31 March 2016)
APRIL 2016
Shutter art: SakiandBitches, off Brick Lane, London. (photographed 1st April 2016)
Wall art: Amara Por Dios and Flesh031, Soho, London. (photographed 1 April 2016)
Sign art: Clet Abraham, Central London. (photographed 1st April 2016)
A Red-Shanked Douc monkey by Louis Masai. It is nearing extinction. Walthamstow, London. (photographed 5th April 2016)
Artists: (left to right) ATM, Louis Masai, Vibes, Xenz, Andy Council. Endangered Species paint jam. (photographed 10th April 2016)
MAY 2016
Artist Gary Alford painting Prince tribute portrait. Off Brick Lane, London. (photographed 3rd May 2016)
Artists: Lovepusher and Inkfetish collaboration. Six1Six on left hand side. Great Eastern Street, Shoreditch, London. (photographed 3rd May 2016)
Miniature Asshole: Rembrandt by Pang. Solo show at Koncept Gallery, Dalston, London. (photographed 5th May 2016)
Artist: Giusi Tomasello for Femme Fierce, Leake Street, Waterloo, London. (photographed 7 May 2016)
Graff writer marking out over Avalele mural for Femme Fierce, Leake Street tunnel, Waterloo, London. (photographed 7 May 2016)
Artist: James Earley. Dublin, Ireland. (photographed 27 May 2016)
Artist Sauja from Croatia at work in Dublin, Ireland. (photographed 27 and 28 May 2016)
Son of Protagorus by MTO in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (photographed 29 May 2016)
Artist: Star Fighter, Belfast, Northern Ireland. (photographed 29 May 2016)
Nana with the Pearl Earring by David Creative. Belfast, Northern Ireland. (photographed 29 May 2016)
JUNE 2016
Artists (left to right) Six1Six, Lovepusher (fragment), Gent48. Great Eastern Street, London. (photographed 7th June 2016)
Artists: Fanakapan and Louis Masai, off Brick Lane, London. (photographed 10th June 2016)
Four new images (of 8 found) from Kaiaspire, in Shoreditch, London. (photographed 14th June 2016)
Artists: Jim Vision (WIP) over old mural by James Bullough (hands). And an Alo (yellow portrait) on wall by door. Shoreditch, London. (photographed 14th June 2016)
Artist: Phlegm. For City of Colours, in Birmingham. (photographed 18 June 2016)
Artist: Jimmy C, For City of Colours in Birmingham. (photographed 18th June 2016)
JULY 2016
Fanakapan, Brixton paint jam, London. (photographed 9th July 2016)
David Bowie tribute portrait by Jimmy C, London 2016 (photographed 9th July 2016)
Artist: Sokar Uno. Upfest, Bristol. (photographed 25 July 2016)
Artist: Jody. Upfest, Bristol. (photographed 25 July 2016)
I think this guy is quite well known but I can’t think of his name 😉 (photographed 25 July 2016)
Curated by Aida Wilde for Hackney WickeD 2016. Artists include: Might Mo, Sweet Toof, Static, Donk and others. Hackney Wick, London. (photographed 31 July 2016)
Two portraits Farage and Johnson by Hin. Hackney WickeD 2016.Hackney Wick, London. (photographed 31 July 2016)
AUGUST 2016
LDN Calling blog paint jam. Artists (left to right) Irony, Tom Blackford, Airbourne Mark, Skyhigh, Roo, Artista, Ali Hamish. Croydon, London. (photographed 6th August 2016)
Artist Line and Wash sketching LDN Calling Blog paint jam. Croydon, London. (photographed 6th August 2016)
LDN Calling Blog paint jam. Airbourne Mark still at work. Fox by Skyhigh completed. Croydon, London. (photographed 6th August 2016)
New! Face on left, by Adnate from Melbourne. Other artists: Amara Por Dios (Middle face) and Star Fighter (End face), Bethnal Green, London. (photographed 14th August 2016)
Artists: Louis Masai and Jerry Rugg collab. Bethnal Green, London. (photographed 14 August 2016)
Artist: Dan Witz. One of 11 new works for Breathing Room installation project in London. (photographed 14 August 2016)
SEPTEMBER 2016
Studio Flop for Art on the Estates, Camden, London. (photographed 16th Sept 2016)
Artist: Jerry Rugg for Art in the Estates, Camden, London. (photographed 16 September 2016)
Artist: Jim Vision, Club Row, Shoreditch, London. Note the wall by door with whited out Alo portrait. Watch that space. (photographed 28th September 2016)
Artist: Dale Grimshaw, Shoreditch, London. (photographed 28th September 2016)
DripsAndRuns, Live at Relentless. Artists: Himbad, Captain Kris, SakiandBitches, Skeleton cardboard and The Real Dill. Central London. (photographed 28th September 2016)
Artist: Ant Carver. Shoreditch, London. (photographed 29th September 2016)
Artist Stik at work on Great Eastern Street, Hackney. London. “The Past, the Present, the Future” Shoreditch and London are changing rapidly. (photographed 30th November 2016)
OCTOBER 2016
New Alo portrait on Redchurch St, London. By Jim Vision’s burning women on Club Row. (photographed 6th October 2016)
“The Comfort of the Modern Slave” by Axel Void. Hackney Road, London. (photographed 6th October 2016)
Artist: Samer detail from The Nightmare on Leake St, Leake Street Tunnel, London. (photographed 1st November 2016)
NOVEMBER 2016
Nomadic Community Gardens, Shoreditch, London. (photographed 18th November 2016)
Main work by Jim Vision. Behind Nomadic Community Gardens, Shoreditch, London. (photographed 18th November 2016)
Artist: Urban Solid, off Brick Lane, London. (photographed 15th November 2016)
Absence of street art. Gone is Jim Vision’s apocalypse and the Alo portrait. Shoreditch, London. The Future. (photographed 18th November 2016)
The Lost Souls mural in support of the Indians at Standing Rock Reservation, Shoreditch, London. (photographed 18th November 2016)
Artist Fanakapan at work on the Village Underground Wall, Shoreditch, London (photographed 18th November 2016)
Artist Fanakapan at work, Shoreditch, London. Remains of earlier work by Dale Grimshaw. (photographed 18th November 2016)
Artist: Pref_ID. More new art on the estate! Camden, London. (photographed 19th November 2016)
Artist: Sr.X for Art in the Estates, Camden. In the bin is a Bansky reproduction! (photographed 16th September 2016)
Artist: Toasone, Leake Street Tunnel, London. The developers have moved in. (photographed 22nd November 2016)
Street art Hackney Wick, London as the developers move in. (photographed 26th November 2016)
DECEMBER 2016
The Lost Souls crew. Camden, London. (photographed 4th December 2016)
Portrait by Dreph. Aldgate, London. (photographed 15th December 2016)
Artist: Fanakapan. Village Underground Wall, Shoreditch, London. (photographed 2nd December 2016)
I hope you enjoyed my year’s worth of images and the little stories planted in there. A few stand out images I haven’t reblogged such as Nick Flatt’s New Fascism from my last post or Himbad and Dotmaster’s van from the one before that to save space. And there were so many delightful works of little art that I considered adding but didn’t. This post may well be too long for some any way but I wanted to cover both important gigs and the changing London scene.
Many of the places that have been regularly painted are now disappearing. I wonder what 2017 will look like in 12 months time.
Happy New Year to you all and thanks for following, reading, liking and commenting on my blog.
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Quite a Banksy year for you Tanya!! The photo I most like on your 2016 selection is “FREE HUGS” ~ The SR X artwork blends so well with the Banksy print discarded in the skip.. Banksy painted the man hugging onto the window ledge in Bristol a few years ago, and now he would be smiling away at this photo for sure……. I only hope you rescued the print from the skip? (You may have missed out on a Banksy double bluff by not taking it)….. Now that’s a new years thought to lose sleep over during 2017…..
Hi Mitch, thanks for sharing your enjoyment of my post. That’s one of my favs too. And such a piece of luck that it was there. hehe. No I didn’t take it. I have my photo after all.
I love this blog Tanya. What a round up of street art.
Like Mitch I loved “Free Hugs” 😀
Thanks Sarah. Its a lovely one isn’t it.
What a great selection of pictures you’ve chosen Tanya, a really good mix there
Nice pictures, do you know if Prince murals are still there? (Brick Lane and anywhere else in London?) Thx
Thanks for commenting. 🙂 Sadly, no The Prince portrait on Brick Lane has gone. I don’t know about any others in London. Sorry I can’t help further. I would look via Instagram and do a search and look for any recent photos. You may find one that way. Good luck.