Urban Art Biennale 2015
News for November – I’m pleased to have been invited to give a talk about Art For Social Change at the Urban Art Biennale 2015 held at at the World Cultural Heritage Site at the Völklingen Ironworks in Völklingen, Germany. Looking forward to talking on this topic and hearing some of the other interesting talks.
Stencil Workshop – University of Bristol
Better late than never with this post… Earlier this year I was invited by the University of Bristol’s School of Modern Languages – specifically Hispanic and Catalan studies to take part in their Semana Cultural. I gave a talk firstly on my experiences as an author of the book Graffiti Brasil and my continuing interest in…
Le Super Demon for Wahaca Manchester
It was a great pleasure some weeks ago to work with Mexican artist Le Super Demon to create interior murals at Wahaca’s new site in Manchester. Raúl Sisniega aka Le Super Demon is an artist and designer based in Mexico City who has fascinated me for a while – I love his use of colourful geometric patterns that are the…
Autumn Season @ Rich Mix
Trying to catch up on blog posts… In my recent design work for Rich Mix, Talvin Singh graces their latest Autumn Season events brochure. You can see the rest of brochure online via the rather handy Issuu platform – see link There is always so much to see with a music & arts programme that is ahead of…
Will Barras for Wahaca Bristol
Ricardo Cavolo for Wahaca Liverpool St.
Catching up on Wahaca projects again!… This one was another nice one to do although a logistical nightmare when it came to the painting but in the end it looks wonderful – thanks Ricardo, Softroom and Wahaca.. Ricardo Cavolo is a Spanish artist who has been based in Brighton, UK for some years but is…
Goodchild for Wahaca Kentish Town
It’s been a busy year from my art consultancy with Mexican Street Food maestro’s Wahaca – so catching up on our latest installations – here’s one we did earlier… For the Kentish Town site (above the iconic Underground station) we wanted to support a local artist and at the same time find someone who could…
More Rich-mixing
January @Rich Mix
Antony Lister – Adventure Painter
Another late post but towards the end of 2014 saw the publication of Antony Lister – Adventure Painter! It is a terrific book celebrating the work of my favourite antipodean painter, friend and collaborator Mr Lister. Produced by the inimitable Roger Gastman this the most extensive monograph of the artist to date full of sketches…