Rough is one of the biggest and best from the UK scene. He’s been in the game for nearly 25 years now and has worked with some big name clients including Redbull and Nike. We talk to him about his past and how he’s honed his skills to take his art and design from the street and into the domain of client work.
The interview that follows is a superb insight into the life and work of a man who is quite literally a legend in our eyes - and as an added bonus, he’s supplied us with a link to a video of him and Stormie and Timid in Perth, Australia that they did 5 weeks ago - you can check it out here
Oh, and we’re sure you’ve noticed the header - that’s by Rough - how good?
We’ve been looking for an excuse to speak to the talented Mr McAttee for a little while now. Fortunately for us he’s a very busy man so we haven’t had to wait long, read our interview after the jump.
You can catch his work on show currently as part of the Stolen Space gallery group show.
To coincide with the Tate Modern talk this Friday we have an interview with one of the pioneers of the stencil scene, Blek Le Rat. It’s an honour to have such a great name involved with the site, and as you read through his answers it’s evident that Blek has a real passion for what he does. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we did.
Eelus, one of the many artists with the Stella Dore group show starting on the 18th July at the Sebastian Guiness Gallery in Dublin is a firm favourite with us here at UK Street Art. We’ve got a nice little interview with the great man himself to prep you for the upcoming show.
As we continue to build on the previous two interviews, UK Street Art had the opportunity to interview another of the rising stars in the urban art scene. This time it was Miranda Donovan, who will run you through her influences, why she chose 3D as a medium for her work and what’s next for her.
UK Street Art had the pleasure of catching up with the Don Corleone of stencil art, Logan Hicks, before his first solo UK show opens at Black Rat Press this Thursday (July 3). To hear all about his old studio next to Shepherd Fairey’s, his desire to simply paint beautiful women and his thoughts on the raging Nike vs Adidas debate (we sort of made that last part up), check the full interview out after the jump.
As we mentioned in a previous post, we hit the Ronzo solo show down at the Stolen Space Gallery at the Truman Brewery. We caught up with the man himself and managed to put together a little interview to give you an insight as to how he works, who influences him and where he sees things going…
First up, tell us a bit about yourself - how did you get to where you are today?
I’m Ronzo. 32, I came to London in 2000 (to avoid paying my parking tickets) from Munich, Germany - where I’m from. I guess i’ve been always drawing and interested in artistic stuff. I started Graffiti pretty late when It was 1997 and I was 17. My friends had already been doing it for years. They were all really good already. I wanted to do it too because I thought it was cool. In 2000 when I got to London it was sticker madness. Stickers and poster everywhere around Old Street. Less hassle with the police than real Graffiti and easier to make I guess. It was the birth hour of the street art as we know it or at least it felt like that.
JetSet Graffiti have put together a great video showcasing Armsrock, the upcoming exhibitions at Black Rat Press in London and Ad Hoc Art Gallery in Brooklyn, opening this week. This indepth look takes a look at this creative mind in his studio in Bremen Germany a couple weeks ago as he was preparing for the two shows.
Artist and cinematographer Jeff Hamada has recently released a video involving British artist SheOne that took place last year at Vancouver’s Subdivision. The video of the closed event offers a first hand perspective of SheOne’s methodology while painting, as well as a hands on Q&A regarding the development of his style. Interesting to note that from SheOne’s perspective that each piece he does always has the ability to surprise him.
