Manchester has so much street art, and if you're looking for street art in Manchester, a great place to head is to the Northern Quarter. I took these photographs of street art in Manchester when I visited the city last summer.
AKSE is a French street artist, and a lot of his work was in Manchester as he was based there for a time. His portraits are very realistic. Additional work by AKSE can be seen in the following post:
Akse 19 Paints Tyrion Lannister from "Game of Thrones"
Street Art: Akse, Vhils, Bailon, Sliks, Grud, Drypnz, and Vinz
TankPetrol is a Polish street artist who paints stencil and freehand artwork. He's currently based in Manchester. The bottom also features work by The Hammo.
The Hammo uses bright colours and creates his own characters, brightly-drawn and recognisable. He is a Manchester-based illustrator and graphic designer.
The above pieces are by Jah.
The portrait of the girl is by Stones Throw.
Zadok typically paints birds, and this mural in the edge of Manchester's Northern Quarter is covered with colourful birds. For more information about Zadok and more street art on this blog, see below:
Street Art on ConnectivityMatters Wall
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park Environmental Street Art
HumanNature Endangered13 Street Art Paint Jam
Cranio - Collaborations with Himbad, Zadok, & Kazz
New 'Spring Offering' Mural by Bailon and Sliks (JimmyC, Zadok Sonar Uno)
Street Art: 2Square, CodeFC, Jim Vision, Mr. Cenz, Peter Drew, Zadok
Mark Whatson's style is using black and white figures with a colour grafitti. This work on Faraday Street shows a man spray-painting a grafitti tree.
A series of humping dogs are located around Manchester, but I am not sure who the artist is.
Lost Hills creates paste-ups, and Jake is one of the most popular subjects. He often blends them with other popular culture, and in the case above, it is Edward Scissorhands. And, the treat is that the above also shows the first painting by the artist that I have seen. I've previously covered his work here: Losthills Jake Paste-Ups Appear in East London
My Dog Sighs is an artist that paints realistic eyes and 'Hug' figures paste-ups. In Manchester, I discovered some of his paste-ups with his 'Hug'. Previous work of his is:
My Dog Sighs on Rivington Street
My Dog Sighs
My Dog Sighs
Mural in a hidden alley in Blackall Street
Collaborated with street artist Midge
This bumbleebe "The Transformers" with bees mural has since been painted over. It is by JXC.
N4T4 has been painting with spray paint since 1985 and tends to paint portraits of females mainly, and he is inspired by aboriginal influences and uses patterns. I managed to find the above piece on a large wall and a smaller piece that looks older. For more work by N4T4, see Street Art Tour of Birmingham. The above mural is actually by "Subism", a collective of artists which N4T4 is a part. It also contains Deus, Philth, and Ventsa, and the artwork was painted in 2011 and features earth, wind, fire and water. It was commissioned by Red Bull.
The above artwork is by Jungle.
Hyuro painted the above mural for the "Cities of Hope Festival" and it highlights social issue "war children".
Street artist Alice Pasquini has quite a few murals in Manchester, and she often paints portraits. Additional blog posts with her work can be seen here:
Street Artist Alice Pasquini Returns to London
Street Art: Alice Pasquini
Alice Pasquini - New Portraits of Young Women
C215 is a French artist stencil street artist who paints portraits and sometimes cats. Previous blog posts with C215's work in my blog are located here:
C215 Paints New Street Art in London
New Street Art by C215 and Paul 'Don' Smith
Street Art: C215
C215 Uncovered on Blackall Street
Mark Kennedy is a Manchester-based mosaic artist, and the Northern Quarter contains several of his mosaics. The mosaics are all different themes, including popular culture, and made with broken pottery.
Mr. Penfold is from Cambridge, and I've originally covered his work in London on a previous post (Malarky, Mr. Penfold, Billy & Lucas). He paints his characters in bright colours.
Face The Strange is a London-based street art paste-up artist, and I discovered one of the paste-ups in Manchester.
Peg is a London-based street artist that has been around for awhile, and I was surprised to see some of their work in Manchester.
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