Banksy short biography

Graffiti Artist

Banksy first started out as a freehand graffiti artist in 1990 as part of a crew called 'DryBreadz' with two other artists called Kato and Tes. Banksy then went on to work with a bigger Bristol based underground scene as that is where banksy was from, I think. He began working with a photographer called Steve Lazarides who then went on to become Banksys agent. From the beginning Banksy used stenciling as part of his freehand pieces. He turned to the art of stenciling after realizing how much easier it was and how faster it was to complete his work, Banksy claims that he came to realize this when he was hiding from the police under a rubbish lorry and seeing a number stenciled on the bottom of it. By adopting this technique he then went on to become more widely known over Bristol and London, due the difference and speed at which he could work.

Banksy used very striking images which usually contain messages such as anti-war, anti-establishment and anti-capitalism, his images also sometimes contain slogans, some humorous and strong views.
Banksy had his first Art exhibition in LA in 1992, his next was called Turf War which was held in a warehouse in .

Since then Banksy has become the most famous Graffiti Artist to date and has sold artworks for up to $300,000 and has works all over the world.

Banksy has been very careful about giving his true identity but it is believed that his real name if in fact Robert or Robin Banks although no one really knows for certain.  It is probably best that no one knows his real identity otherwise he would be given a heavy jail sentence and sued for all his money.

Here are a few of banksy's small canvas works where he has used stencils 

 This was all Banksys original work and the sales person who had these at his stall had no clue of the potential value of these pieces.

People bought these artworks for more or less penny's

















 This was a real elephant that he painted as wallpaper.

This is so true, there are at least one cctv camera for every fourteen people in Britain.

I like art pieces like this one which are simple and have good meaning. thisis a young boy holding a sign saying 'Society gets the vandalism it deserves' which I think is very accurate.