Xenz Artist
He was commissioned by the makers of dr who to paint the tardis in 2015 and invited by banksy to paint in his walled off hotel in palestine in 2017.
Xenz artist. Participate in developing a biography for xenz. Street art graffiti decoration art painting pictures spraycan birds walls murals. Artists not classified as american in our database may have limited biographical data compared to the extensive information about american artists. Xenz xenz is one of the uk s best loved street artists and has enjoyed successful solo and group shows worldwide.
Today he is based in london where he makes his living as an studio based artist and muralist. Creating biographies or improving upon them is a work in progress and we welcome information from our knowledgeable viewers. Xenz has been shown in exhibitions in the uk miami new york basel ibiza new delhi and sydney. Having practiced graffiti art for 20 years he has developed a unique approach to the art form.
Xenz s artistic roots are in graffiti which he first took up in his hown town of hull in 1987 and over a two decades career became the foundation for his extraordinary painting and draughtsmanship skills. In 2005 he set up studio in london where he currently works. Finden sie kunstwerke und informationen zu xenz britisch 1974 auf artnet. His work is in private and corporate collections worldwide.
Today he is based in london where he makes his living as a studio based artist and muralist. He studied at edinburgh college of art. Xenz has a unique approach to the art form and it is such that the word graffiti no longer sufficiently describes his work. Xenz s artistic roots are in graffiti which he first took up in his hometown of hull in 1987 and over a two decades career became the foundation for his extraordinary painting and draughtsmanship skills.
It is an extraordinary cohesion between mind memory and spray can that allows this influential artist to walk up to a wall or canvas and paint an epic landscape from his imagination using the spray can to capture fragments of memory and ever changing subject matter often drawn from the natural world. He has had sell out london solo shows and his limited edition prints are in huge demand. Xenz first entered the graffiti scene during the 1980 s painting in hulls many derelict warehouses this period forming the foundation for his creativity. After graduating from edinburgh college of art he spent a decade living in bristol.