Since 2002 (updated often), your old-school website for all things stencils. Photo, video, links, and exhibit info submissions always welcome. Enjoy and stay curious.
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Thanks to: @Emily_Lykos, Jaime Rojo for Brooklyn Street Art, @RadicalGraffiti, u/Gudariak, u/w0f0z, u/shares_inDeleware, u/Pzy2209
Spinning: Duke and Coleman,
Australia (just one)
Martha Cooper snaps one in Kinshasa
Colombia (just one)
Ireland (just one)
Nebraska (just one)
misstencil (just one)
Around the Castro
Turkey (North Kurdistan)
Once again, many thanks to Srđan Tunić for sending these submissions our way.
Spinning: Louis Armstrong, The Jazz Messengers with Monk, Michael Franti and Spearhead
>NEW< Bosnia and Herzegovina
>NEW< Montenegro
At long last, Serbia just got a great upload to the Stencil Archives, thanks to art historian and sometimes tour guide Srđan Tunić. Srđan just submitted a nice stack of photos, all from Belgrade where he is part of Street Art Walks Belgrade. As always, Stencil Archive appreciates and thrives off of your submissions and participation.
We'd never be able to do it without you!
>NEW< Serbia (RS)
>NEW< Vudemn in Belgrade
Also: https://www.instagram.com/hijackart/
The son of ‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’ star Mr. Brainwash, Hijack, grew up in a world surrounded and inspired by renowned street artists such as Invader, Banksy, and Shepard Fairey. He was able to observe first hand the creative processes of some of the world’s most prolific and successful street artists. He learned how to set up his own studio, how to approach a large-scale mural, and even how to stealthily--albeit illegally--put up stencil art.
Thanks to: @Emily_Lykos, Jaime Rojo for Brooklyn Street Art, @RadicalGraffiti, u/Gudariak, u/w0f0z, u/shares_inDeleware, u/Pzy2209
Spinning: Spoon, Echo and the Bunnymen, Frank Zappa, Tom Waits, Calexico
>NEW< Ilse Nieman (ZA)
Berlin (just one)
France (just one)
Netherlands (just one)
Spain (just one)
Thanks to: @Emily_Lykos, Jaime Rojo for Brooklyn Street Art, @RadicalGraffiti, u/Gudariak, u/w0f0z, u/shares_inDeleware, u/Pzy2209
Spinning: Darker My Love; Herbie Hancock; Spoon; Echo and the Bunnymen; Frank Zappa
In the Western Addition, SF
in the Mission District, SF
From 2002: Omega Man in Berkeley
Eclair (just one)
Ongo in the Richmond Dist., SF
Also: https://www.instagram.com/fnnch/
fnnch creates street art and murals using multi-layered stencils and spray paint. He calls his work “contemporary pop art”, depicting objects from both nature and everyday life.
Also: https://www.instagram.com/mittenimwald_artist/
German street artist from Hamburg, best known for his work on stencils, collages and stickers. He worked as a designer at several advertising agencies before he quit his job and got involved in street art in 2005. He began with stickers and ended up as a skillful stencilist.
Stephen Quinn: Cork exile, living in Dublin. Photographic chronicler of street art in Dublin and Cork, as well as other places to which I travel.
