Street artist Fanakapan is one street artist that I have been following over a decade now. His current style of work features chrome balloons or objects, known as "balloon graff". In the summer of June 2021, he painted "Pay Rise for the NHS" in Hoxton to highlight all of the sacrifices and hard work that the NHS did during the pandemic. The rainbow in the artwork became a symbol of the pandemic for the NHS.
In addition to the NHS mural in Hoxton, I discoverd more over the past couple of years. They all appeared on the same wall at Star Yard, Brick Lane. The mushroom and smiley face below were painted in June of 2022.
The baring-teeth smiley was painted in May of 2022.
More artwork featuring Fanakapan can be discovered on my blog here:
Voyder and Fanakapan Street Art in Camden
Fanakapan and Nerone Collaborate on "Neighbourhood Watch" in Penge
Fanakapan "No Words" Mural, Hoxton Square
Fanakapan Street Art Around East London
Fanakapan "Up Yours" Mural on Heneage Street
Fanakapan "BITER" Street Art on Pedley Street
Fanakapan Street Art Smiling Balloons
Fanakapan Paints "Hah" Laughing Gas on Pedley Street
Halloween Street Art by Fanakapan
Fanakapan Street Art on Mornington Crescent and Star Yard
Fanakapan Paints PacMan Pizza on Brick Lane and Other Street Art
Fanakapan Star Yard MagnaDonuts Mural
"Follow the Leader" by Fanakapan
Peace for Manchester
Fanakapan Paints Shoreditch Clowns
Chrome Balloon Dog in Star Yard
Fanakapan Paints "Power Tools" on Village Underground Wall
Fanakapan Paints "Drunk Glass Elephants"
Fanakapan, Horror Crew, & Jerry Rugg
Louis Masai and Fanakapan: "Freedom?"
New Chrome Street Art Mask by Fanakapan
Balloon Animal Street Art
Cranio & Fanakapan
Fanakapan and Horror Crew
Camden Street Art Self-Guided Trail
Halloween Street Art (2018 and 2019)
Cranio Returns to London in 2020 and Paints Brick Lane
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