Graffiti & Street Art News

Interview with street artist Bordalo II

We caught up with Portuguese street artist Bordalo II, who is not new to promoting social problems and has hit the street art scene with a series of “big trash animals”.

Life is Beautiful Festival, Downtown Las Vegas

October brings us another addition to the hugely successful Life is Beautiful Festival, to Downtown Las Vegas. Artists from around the world are invited to transform Downtown Las Vegas into an open-air art gallery for Life is Beautiful Festival, Art and Music festival. On display for this years 2015 festival, curated by Charlotte Dutoit of JUSTKIDS, is […]

Nuart Festival 2015, Stavanger Norway – Part 2: Tou Scene

Once again Nuart returns to ‘Tou Scene’… a large converted Victorian brewery. From the beginning of the 1980‘s the buildings stood empty and abandoned for two decades until the location became a popular cultural landmark. Tou Scene is a stones throw from the shore of the west coast Fjords and only a ten minute walk from the […]

Nuart Festival 2015, Stavanger Norway – Part 1: On the street

Nuart Festival took place on the first weekend of September 2015 in Stavanger, Norway. This was Nuarts fifteenth anniversary and we were excited to check out this special place. We arrived in Stavanger to be welcomed by local street art enthusiast Tor, as he drove us to the house he could not resist giving us a quick street […]

Bordalo II Big Trash Animals Series : Treating pets as rubbish

With his latest additions to the Big Trash Animal series, Portuguese street artist Bordalo II, is capturing the world’s attention once again, this time to the growing problem of Pet abandonment. There are many reasons why irresponsible owners abandon their pets: Money issues, laziness, A relationship break up, lost interest, Breeders who do not sell […]

‘RAT’ made from London trash into ‘ART’ …Bordalo II

Bordalo II, born in Lisbon in 1987, is hitting the worlds streets with a big message and a lot of great art to add! Bordalo aka Bordalo II grew up watching his grandfather, Real Bordalo, painting the city of Lisbon in watercolour, and spent his other time dedicated to his graffiti. Gradually Bordalo II shaped and […]

GraffitiStreet ‘Underground’ Group Show in pictures

GraffitiStreet held our second urban group show title ‘Underground‘ in the street art mecca of Shoreditch, London on the 2nd July 2015 for one night only! With over four hundred strong attendance, the exhibition had a great vibe and we were stoked you all enjoyed the group show. For all of you that missed hanging out […]

GraffitiStreet Underground pre group show on the streets of London

GraffitiStreet hit london’s vibrant streets of Shoreditch for our second group show tilted Underground. Shoreditch is the mecca of street art and attracts thousands of visitors and street artists to East London’s most creative district. Before we opened the doors to our group show our artists graced the streets of Shoreditch to do what they do best… check […]

Underground Group Show Location revealed

‘Big Trash Animals’ Bordalo II, Waste not, Want not…

Bordalo II, a talented urban artist originating from Lisbon, is making a significant impact on the world’s urban landscape with his profound message and exceptional Big Trash Animals. His unique approach involves utilising discarded materials as his medium, repurposing trash into visually striking and thought-provoking street art. By ingeniously transforming old car bumpers, worn rubber […]