How Bambi, the female Banksy, became the new star of street art
How Bambi, the female Banksy, became the new star of street art

URBAN ART’S OTHER BIG NAMES
Nick Walker Introduced stencil graffiti to Bristol in the 1980s. Adapted to combine freehand drawing and has a bowler-hatted alter ego, The Vandal.
Plastic Jesus A rising star who makes large installations, such as I Want to be a Celebrity.
King Robbo, the late, admired rival to Banksy who feuded with him for a year via painted artworks. He was found unconscious outside his home in 2011, police concluding there were no suspicious circumstances. He died last week after three years in a coma.
Andrew McAtee Graduated from Central St Martin’s in 1995, featured in shows in New York and Europe and made adverts for Benson & Hedges and Nike. Runs workshops for teenagers with challenging behaviour.
Insa Specialises in naughty trompe l’oeils, reminiscent of Pop Art.
Stik Makes simple, quirky figures based on people people from east London, and now New York, after spending 18 months homeless. Expresses much emotion with a few lines and colours.
Pure Evil Claiming to be descended from Thomas More and no fewer than eight saints, he is a gallerist too and works in London. Started out painting “weird fanged bunny rabbits”. Now noted for Warholesque crying portraits.
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