Stencil Graffiti

  • Alex Vallauri

    Alex Vallauri
    After moving to Brazil with his family, Vallauri became a well-known street artist. He moved to New York and attended the Pratt Institute where he met Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. His most well-known stencil was the black high-heeled boot, pictured.
  • Ernest Pignon Ernest

    Ernest Pignon Ernest
    Ernest Pignon Ernest stencilled a shadow of a nuclear bomb victim in Plateau d'Albion, Vaucluse in response to nuclear bombings that had occured. No picture available
  • Wheels Over Indian Trails

    Wheels Over Indian Trails
    John Fekner was one of the first people to put stencil graffiti in the public. His piece was called 'Wheels Over Indian Trails,' stencilled on the Pulaski Bridge Queens Midtown Tunnel. The piece greeted travellers arriving in New York City with a political message about stolen Native American land. *Actual date in 1968 unknown (not September 1st)
  • Blek le Rat

    Blek le Rat
    The stencils of Blek le Rat began to appear in Paris around 1981. The stencils seem to take on more of an artistic than political form.
  • Edward von Lõngus

    Edward von Lõngus
    Edward von Lõngus is an Estonian street artist from Tartu. His style has been compared to Banksy.