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Street Artists to Know About

Banksy

Banksy is an England-based street artist known for his anti-capitalist, anti-establishment, and political artworks.

Swoon

Swoon or Caledonia Curry (1977) is an American street artist, printmaker, sculptor, and animator. Through her artwork, she turns the spotlight on art's therapeutic and healing nature

Keith Haring

Keith Haring (1958 - 1990) was a vocal advocate for LGBT rights and AIDS awareness. One would notice the use of simple stick figures, seldom seen as animated beings.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960 - 1988) was an American street artist who depicted the Lower East Side culture in his artworks. He is renowned for his social and political commentary.

Tracy

Michael Christopher Tracy or Tracy 168 (1958 - 2023) was an American graffiti and street artist, who pioneered the intricate ‘wildstyle’ format.

Cornbread

Cornbread or Darryl McCray (1953) is known to some as the first modern graffiti and street artist. He grew up writing his moniker ‘Cornbread’ in 1960s Philadelphia.

Dondi

Donald Joseph White or Dondi (1961 - 1998) was an American street artist who began his career as tagging, transitioning into intricate graffiti.

Shepard Fairey

Frank Shepard Fairey (1970) is an American activist and street artist who is known for his pop-art imagery. His style is straightforward, yet invites the audience to come together and contemplate.

Lady Pink

Lady Pink is the pseudonym for Sandra Fabara (1964); an Ecuadorian-American street artist. She was the first woman active during the 1980s subway graffiti period.

Retna

Marquis Lewis or Retna (1979) is a contemporary street and graffiti artist known for his unique constructed script. It is a mix of Egyptian hieroglyphs, Hebrew, Arabic calligraphy, and blackletter.

Barry McGee

Barry McGee (1966) is best known as the proponent of the Mission School art movement. He is also known by his aliases, Twist, Ray Fong, Bernon Vernon, and P.Kin.