Leake Street Recent Street Art

Every now and then, I find myself at Waterloo or South Bank and decide to take a diversion to the Leake Street tunnel under Waterloo station where the street art and grafitti changes daily. Until fairly recently, one of my company's offices was located on South Bank by the Thames, and the nearest tube for me was the Jubilee Line, which exits not far from Leake Street. It's an area of London that I had not explored too much until then, though I rarely went to the office here. I captured some art work from some of those visits, so here you go.

The favourite piece is by Olivier Roubieu, and the artist paints a lot here. His speciality subject is realistic portraiture. You can read more about his work here: Olivier Roubieu Paints on Pedley Street. The above and below piece are painted on the ceiling.

Street artist 8Bit created the mosaic, a common medium and subject for the artist whose work has been spotted across London.

Sky High (5kyh1gh) creates a lot of grafitti style tags with colourful birds. More about the artist can be read here: Street Art: 5kyh1gh Kingfisher.

It appears that Cardboard Skeleton has been here too, and his work was amongst the first street art that I recognised in east London. More about the artist Cardboard Skeleton can be read here: Donk and Cardboard Skeleton Pitifield Street Collaboration

Olivier Roubieu seems to paint a lot in Leake Street.

There is also a piece dedicated to the late street artist Robbo.

And Enzo (Meeting of Styles 2018), famous for the witty illustrations.

I also captured a view of the majority of the Leake Street tunnel, shown below. The tunnel's artwork is changed often and is always a busy place. The tunnel extends a little further and around a corner in the open. It is continuously an area of creativity with some people offering workshops in street art and others experimenting with styles.

There's always something to see in Leake Street tunnel, but the work changes so often that many pieces (especially the great ones) are painted over very quickly. This is a place to go to visit on the day to see what has changed and to see if there are any gems. Weekends are probably a good time to visit.