The Street Art Warriors

Street Art is a popular art style, gaining pace and popularity, quickly all over the world. You can find it on sidewalks, trash cans, sidewalks and street signs from New York to Paris, from London to Cape Town. Street art has become a global phenomenon and even art galleries and museums are collecting the work of street artists.

Mr. Brainwash (MBW) is a pseudonym used by a French born, Los Angeles based street artist and film maker, Thierry Guetta.

The Beginning of art Life

Exit Through the Gift Shop, a documentary film directed and narrated by Banksy, another prominent British street artist, is about a French immigrant, Thierry Guetta, who moves to Los Angeles and develops an obsession with carrying a camera and filming everything he sees.

Thierry's journey into the world of street art begins when he discovers on a trip to France that his cousin is a famous street artist who goes by the name of Space Invader.

Upon visiting Los Angeles, Space Invader introduces Thierry to the street art scene. He is eventually introduced to Banksy by the creator of the famous "HOPE "poster for Obama’s presidential campaign, Shepard Fairey.

Owing to his peculiarity and determination to film, Thierry convinces the street artists of Los Angeles and Banksy that he is a serious film maker. However, on completion of the documentary Banksy tells him to drop the camera and to take up street art instead. Within a short span of time Thierry transformed himself into a major street artist under the pseudonym of Mr. Brainwash.

Arts & Exhibitions

Life is beautiful

Mr. Brainwash commercialised street art through his first solo show Life Is Beautiful featuring a pyramid made of 20,000 books, a 20 foot robot, and a life-size recreation of Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks.

September 11 Mural, 2014 & 2015

He created a huge mural in honour of 9/11 victims in the years 2014 & 2015. Brainwash prints were auctioned first time in 2014. He used the techniques and skills he had learned while filming and assisting street artist and auctioned the Brainwash prints through various shows and exhibitions.

Shepard Fairey

Shepard Fairey is a well-known modern street artist, activist, founder of OBEY, illustrator and a graphic designer. He shot to fame for his Andre the Giant Has a Posse sticker campaign as well as for his Barack Obama HOPE poster. Today he is known as the most influential, contemporary street artist. His work is included in The Smithsonian and the like. He has his own small printing business and has his own brand name "OBEY GIANT".

Obey started out as street art project popularly known as Obey Giant Street Art. Fairey ensured that street art is not left merely to the streets and launched a cloth line under the name of Obey. He has run a successful business so far through his venture in urban- fashion cloth line displaying his innovative and creative art ideas.

Shepard Fairey prints are sold within a matter of few minutes in various exhibitions and shows. Shepard Fairey prints are also featured for sale on some very popular art websites.