London-based (and French-raised) street artist Zabou has been busy painting London's walls this year. The latest that I covered was a portrait of Salvador Dali on Commercial Road, and she'd previously collaborated with fellow street artist Koeone on Hackney Road. After a break from a bust painting schedule in London earlier this year, a new piece has been painted on a wall just off of Broadway Market. This wall has previously been the location of some of her previous works, and I was happy to see it refreshed with a new piece.

The new street art features a portrait of a woman called "Frida", according to the artist's Twitter account. She is painted in a vintage style, holding several paint brushes and tubes of paint and wearing a floral headband. Colourful rays of light appear behind her. In addition, Zabou left the raindrops in the background from the previous piece that used to occupy the wall here.

Previous works from Zabou that I covered can be viewed by following links in my blog:

Zabour Paints Salvador Dali on Commercial Road
Koeone and Zabou Collaborate
"Keep Out!" Street Art by Zabou
Zabou's 'Cabinet of Curiosity' Street Art
Leake Street Tunnels Street Art, Spring 2016
Recent Street Art by Zabou
Street Art: Zabou

French street artist C215 (whose real name is Christian Guemy), paints portraits of people and cats using stencils. The artist has previously painted in London, but the last time was in the summer of 2014 when a larger-scale piece was painted on Osborne Street south of Brick Lane. Additional pieces were painted in the winter of 2013, and several pieces were painted before this. Although some of the subjects of the artist's work are famous, others are simple and average people and the homeless. C215 has been painting since 2005 and his style is stencil-based. A lot of times, I see the same work from him but in different places, all over the globe. 

C215 is currently in London showing his work at Stolenspace Gallery, which is located on Osborne Street at the bottom of Brick Lane. His work (in the "Spitting Blood" exhibit) is on show until the 28th of May. Some of his artwork on display includes British celebrities, such as David Bowie and Amy Winehouse (pictured above). Amy's portrait appears on a red box near the gallery.

This man is located on 153 Brick Lane.

This older man is located on Osborne Street a few doors down from the gallery.

This man in uniform is around the corner from Allan Park off Brick Lane.

My favourite work of C215 is his cat stencils. I was happy to see a new cat stencil appear on Sclater Street. The stencil was painted in London previously on a similar door.

This man has a tatoo of Yoda from "Star Wars" on the back of his hand, and he is located in the middle of Brick Lane near the Truman Brewery.

I discovered this swinging couple on a postbox in Shoreditch.

Previous blog posts with C215's work in my blog are located here:

New Street Art by C215 and Paul 'Don' Smith
Street Art: C215
C215 Uncovered on Blackall Street

Airborne Mark is a London-based street artist who has recently been experimenting with origami style street art. Airborne Mark started painting street art in his home country of Poland before coming to the UK in 2005. His latest work is a range called "Origami Riots", and new murals based on this range are added to London's streets. The last one that I caught in Star Yard was "Paper Sprite", and the new piece, titled "Afrikan Mask" appeared at the weekend. 

For those interested in seeing more form the artist, I previously covered some of Airborne Mark's work, in with a round-up of other artwork in early 2014 here, a round-up in 2015 here and here, in early 2016. In addition, see the below:

Airborne Mark Paints "Paper Sprite" - Origami Riots

The artist's official website is here: http://airbornemark.com 

Street artist Dreph, famous for painting portraits of predominantly African/Caribbean people, has returned to the streets in order to paint a new series of inspiring and understated people. The new series is called "You Are Enough", and several new pieces have popped up in Croydon, north London, and east London. The sixth piece in the edition is Myvanwy Evans, a friend of the artist. She grew up in Shoreditch in the 1980s and runs cultural marketing agency who help communities and young people.

 More work by Dreph can be seen on my blog in the following posts:

Dreph Paints Holly Oluwo
New Street Art Portraits by Dreph
Street Art: Dreph

Over the past couple of years, street artist ThisOne has busy painting on London's streets. I've photographed many of his work across London but have not covered it on my blog until now. I first saw his work a couple of years ago when he created a wide range of black and white art over the winter. The artist's style is creating simplistic black and white illustrations, usually of animals, on walls.

Have you seen any work by ThisOne?

Last spring, street artist Louis Masai headed up Endangered13, an environmental street art painting jam that took place (largely over a weekend) on Ackroyd Drive near Tower Hamlets Cemetery park near Mile End tube station. I visited the event on both days (HumanNature Endangered13 Street Art Paint Jam, Day 2 and HumanNature Endangered13 Street Art Paint Jam) in order to see the progress, although a few of the murals were not yet complete when I visited on the second day. After seeing additional posts on Twitter from Bablu Miah about new environmental street art taking place last summer and this spring, I decided to have a wander back to Mile End to see the new work. 

Samer

I visited in April, near the anniversary of the Endangered13 paint jam a year ago. I discovered several new pieces painted in the archways and was able to see the other pieces finished. I was reminded of the good memories that I had a year ago when I watched the painting unfold, and it was one of my most memorable events last spring. (Some of the artists at last year's event included Louis Masai, ATM, Andy Council, Jonesy, Vibes, Jim Vision, Xeno, Carrie Reichardt, Faunagraphic, and Fiyas.) 

Jonesy (2016)

Bablu Miah led the new phase of painting and enlisted a new team of artists and sponsors, which included Forest Recycling and Global Arts Supplies (who donated the paint). I've photographed the new and original art. 

RHC/Kelly/Bablu (various)

Roaming Elephant

Aspire (2016)

Zadok/Bateleur (2016)

Louis Masai and Morganic (2016)

Colorati & Eugene Booms

Carrie Reichardt (2016)

Louis Masai (2016)

Faunagraphic (2016)

Unknown

Jim Vision (2016)

Masai 

Fiya One (2016)

Panther by Boy (2016)

Unknown

ATM (2016)

Tanya Dee & Leadfoot; Xenz

Andy Council (2016)

Vibes (2016)

Masai

The last few pieces were discovered at the Mile End tube station end of Cemetery Park.

Annatomix

Lilly

Roo

Roo

Roo

I suggest giving Ackroyd Drive a visit if you have not been to see the street art already as there are some really great pieces here.

Today is May the 4th, and that means that it is "Star Wars" Day. Today, I have a themed post to share with street art that I discovered at the end of last year. The artwork is by street artist CRISP, an artist that I have previously covered on my blog. CRISP was born in Australia, but he currently lives in Columbia. A few years ago, he pasted up several plaster masks around east London. I usually see stencil work and paste-ups from him. Tribal masks and stencils with a social or political message (usually against advertising) are common themes.

The artwork pictured appeared on Hackney Road and features the Death Star made out of big brand logos, which are easily recognisable. The branded Death Star is being attacked by a number of X-wing fighters and the Millennium Falcon.

Happy "Star Wars" Day!

One of the busiest street artists producing regular new work around east London is Dreph (Neequaye Dreph). Dreph is London-based and paints portraits of real unsung people of African/Caribbean origin. The artist has been refreshing his wall on Commercial Street in the past few months. Earlier last month, he refreshed the wall again with a portrait of Holly Oluwo.

He met Holly while he was painting in on Shoreditch High Street a few months ago, and she works at a care home and is a survivor of domestic abuse. He was inspired to paint her portrait because she is a surviver and keeps real and positive.

Other posts about Dreph and previous work in my blog are located below:

New Street Art Portraits by Dreph
Street Art: Dreph

Jim Vision, a London-based street artist, has been busy this year, and I've managed to spot four new murals in Shoreditch. Earlier in the year, I had noticed that famous Belgian street artist ROA's hedgehog on Chance Street had become the victim of tagging on the lower part of the body. It had been targeted previously and restored. This time, Jim Vision decided to add a little scene of his native American people appearing to hunt the giant hedgehog with a similar sikhouette of hunters and a giant hedgehog in the background. The work is titled "Hedgehog Warriors".

Also off Chance Street, Jim Vision painted a mural on the wall where Mr. Cenz has occupied for several years. It features a bright white lady on a flaming horse. It reminds me of Lady Godiva.

Another addition was this new shutter mural on Bistrot cafe. It had previously been a Jim Vision mural, but it was recently refreshed with a new one. 

The last mural, located off Great Eastern Street at the back of the Village Underground, is a mural on scaffoldign boards titled "Fall of Empire" and features several native Americans hunting buffalo in an urban landscape. This was a long mural, and I could not get it all in shot.

A few weeks ago, London-based street artist Otto Schade painted two new murals in his silhouette style. One is located off of Brick Lane, and the other is located off Shoreditch High Street. Although Oschade enjoys re-creating his stencil-based murals, both of these pieces are brand new. These murals always have a political or social theme.

The first mural features a scarecrow made of paper money with many hands reaching out at it. It is titled "The Believers". According to the artist's Instagram account, it is meant to symbolise those people who only believe in money. The second mural, pictured below, shows two cowboy-esque figures on horseback but with spears and shields in the foreground with two smoke towers in the distance. It is titled "WTF (Don Quijote)".

I've previously posted about Otto Schade's work in the following posts:

Otto Schade 'Peace and Love on the Streets'
Street Artist Otto Schade Paints Southampton 'Zany Zebra' for Charity (and other work)
Street Art Round-up: Spring & Summer 2015
Otto Schade's New Street Art (Meerkats, Portraits, & More) in East London
New Street Art from Horror Crew, Swoon, Otto Schade, HIN, and others
Street Art: Otto Schade