Graffiti Exhibition: Discover Urban Art's Best

Explore our archive dedicated to captivating graffiti exhibitions from around the globe. Discover diverse styles, from intricate murals to powerful political statements, showcasing the evolution of this vibrant art form. We feature profiles of renowned artists alongside emerging talents, providing insights into their creative processes and the stories behind their masterpieces. Whether you’re a seasoned art enthusiast or a curious newcomer, delve into the world of urban expression and find inspiration in these remarkable showcases of graffiti artistry.

MadC Layers, Graffiti Exhibition

MadC Layers Exhibition End of the week, famous female graffiti artist Claudia Walde, better known as MadC, is going to open her next solo-exhibition at 44309 Gallery in Dortmund, Germany! Entitled Layers, the show will present new works made using spray paint, transparent spray paint, ink, watercolour and acrylic paint… Her letters flow into each other and parts of one letter borrow parts of another. Everything is connected; one part can‘t be without the other. Thus, her work is a reflection of our modern life where everything and everyone is connected through the Internet, cell phones, social networks and the media. The graffiti community has long used all those channels to stay connected for decades. (MadC at 44309 Gallery) ...

Part2ism’s Abstract Horizons

This Thursday, one of the UK’s original contemporary street art pioneers Keith Hopewell aka Part2ism is going to open his first solo exhibition since 2009! The New Horizons & Future Love Songs show, hosted by Red Gallery in London, will feature new abstract paintings as well as sculptural pieces and is definitely a must to see for every abstract graffiti enthusiast… A syncretist at heart and now a synaesthesiac in practice, Part2ism is a multi-talented creator, exploring where his interests and instincts lead him. Beyond all the isms’ that can be applied to his work over the past twenty eight years, whether of his own invention or culled from art history, Part2ism has always aligned himself with his own visions first. As an artist, he subsumes all categories and at the same time defies them. More importantly than these post-creation categories that can be applied to his body of work, the underlying and unifying threads in Part2ism’s history are DIY individualism, a revolutionary mentality and a consistent exploration of mind-challenging aesthetics. His timbre, his voice, his style is a constantly mutating, gene-splicing hybridism embodying rebellion and progression. ...

Physical Graffiti by Mare139

New York-based artist Carlos Mare, aka Mare139, is going to open his first solo-show in Berlin tomorrow! Entitled Physical Graffiti, the show will not present his crazy 3D metal wildstyle graffiti, but his latest paintings and drawings focusing on the art of the B-boy dance… *Mare began his creative career during the formative era of NYC subway painting between 1975-1985, appearing in the original cult classic documentary Style Wars in 1982. Growing up against the landscape of hip-hop in its evolution, he charted a new discourse about the role and aesthetic of the art form as sculpture in the public space, beginning with letter-based works and progressing to a more modernist interpretation of the graffiti form. Internationally exhibited and collected, his sculptural works are among the most innovative of the post NYC subway graffiti movement. ...

Lost Culture: Matt Adnate in Melbourne

After his astonishing Point of View exhibition in Berlin, Australian urban artist, photo-realistic painter and writer Matt Adnate is going to open his Lost Culture show in Melbourne! Born and raised in Melbourne, Matt Adnate, has spent years traveling and painting the world. He has contributed to the scene through countless street art murals and exhibitions. In recent years his studio art has been the primary focus with major group, collaborative and solo exhibitions. His work can be seen in cities such as New York, Paris, Berlin, Barcelona, Sydney and Mumbai. (Rtist Gallery) ...

Tags in a Mirror - Nug in Berlin

Last Saturday, famed Swedish graffiti performance artist Magnus Gustafsson aka Nug opened his Human Behaviour exhibition at Skalitzers Gallery in Berlin! Showing some crazy artworks of his Fine Lines series, Nug’s was it to explore the role of tagging within contemporary art… …and again he used a slightly different way in communicating his opinion and impression: Entering the exhibition’s second show room, visitors came in touch with kind of a nice tags in a mirror installation. Presenting two spray-painted lines (one painted with a cheap, one with an expensive can), following no recognizable patterns, the mirrors invited every viewer to play around, creating different impressions by changing angles and distances and combining lines on different mirrors virtually to an entire new image. ...

Nug Tagging Exhibition in Berlin!

Infamous Swedish artist Nug is going to open his solo tagging exhibition Human Behaviour at Skalitzers Gallery in Berlin this Saturday! Nug, whose latest project (the concept is fuck you, yes you) for the Fame Festival 2011 in Italy got loads of publicity around the globe, has gained wide recognition in recent years for his graffiti-inspired actions! In Berlin, NUG is going to show the fourth exposition in the Fine Lines series, exploring the role of tagging within contemporary art… ...

Who is Smash 137?

Smash 137 is one of the most prolific graffiti artists in Europe and although some say, he is slightly exaggerating his (I would call it) abstract letter-layer-style, he still is one of my personal heroes when it comes to taking graffiti into galleries! For his upcoming show Beautiful Struggle at Speerstra Gallery in Switzerland, a short Who is Smash 137? video preview was published, presenting not just first views on the new Smash 137 canvas series, but showing also the master himself in action… ...

DMV Graffiti Show, Rtist Melbourne

As I said, French fabulous graffiti crew Da Mental Vaporz (short just DMV) left their home-country with its artic weather conditions and presidential elections delirium to enjoy sunny horizons down under and started to create one of the most prolific exhibitions Melbourne has seen so far… The trailer speaks volumes - I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen such a high-quality one for a single graffiti exhibition, although Mr Doom got some pretty nice ones - and also the artworks, popping up for just a few seconds in this new review video are convincing me. ...

MadC Between the Lines, Graffiti Show

Famous German writer MadC just opened her recent solo graffiti show Between the lines at LaGrille Gallery in Switzerland and of course several people took loads of photos of her latest artworks, including in addition to brilliant canvas works, also a hand-printed, limited edition of a four colors, signed and numbered silkscreen print. On Saturday 4th of February my solo show opened at La Grille gallery in Yverdon Switzerland. It was a fantastic evening with lots of people coming by. (MadC) ...

Da Mental Vaporz Down Under

What happens if it’s cold and freezing in mid-Europe? Right, all the creative heads escape and seek refuge in sunnier climes! Famous Da Mental Vaporz (DMV) crew for example is heading to Melbourne… The prolific French graffiti crew Da Mental Vaporz is leaving France with its artic weather conditions and presidential elections delirium to enjoy sunny horizons down under. Armed with spraycans, the DMV crew consisting of Bom-K, Blo, Brusk, Dran, Gris1, ISO, Jaw, Kan, and Sowat are boarding the Australian continent with their individual style, from old school lettering to calligraffiti and figurative painting with a touch of dark humour. With monumental murals and exhibitions across Europe, Latin America, New York, Moscow or Hong-Kong, the Da Mental Vaporz crew members are both known collectively and individually. (via rtistgallery.com.au) ...