Famous Graffiti Artists Around the World

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We've compiled a world-wide list of reputable and famous muralists in every country! Unfortunately, in some countries and communities, street art isn't as renowned. One day we hope to make an updated graphic as the love for graffiti art continues to grow. Psst... Click on the image to take a look at the map of best street artists in full size! Our information was sourced straight from the World Wide Web - learn more about each artist by scrolling through the countries.

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List of Famous Street Artist and Graffiti Artists

Shamsia Hassani, Afghanistan

Considered the be Afghanistans first female graffiti artist, Shamsia Hassani uses a similar female figure throughout all her works of art. She represents pride and positive change in Afghanistan.

FRANKO, Albania

Franko Dine is the first street artist employed by Tirana municipality and officially permitted to paint the city’s walls, opening up a path for street art to flourish in Albania as well. // The Albanian street artist known as FRANKO has left his mark on the city as well, working with paint to show the problems of the town that most people are unaware of, such as pollution, impoverished children and animals facing difficulty

Ceet Fouad, Algeria

Ceet Fouad was born in Algeria, but moved to France as a young boy. In 2019, he painted a 40m tall mural in Toulouse, France.

Thó Simões, Angola

Thó Simões is an Angolan artist who creates graffiti, paintings, photographs, installations, and performances, without identifying with a particular style.

MartínÍ Ron, Argentina

Martín Ron is an Argentinian mural and street artist based in Buenos Aires. His large, realistic murals aim to inspire and spark conversation.

Matthew Adnate, Australia

Matthew Adnate's murals can be spotted across the globe. He is one of Australia's top famous street artists. His hyper realistic mural art is often painted on the side of tall buildings and silos. See Matthew's largest artwork via 15 Biggest Mural Painting Jobs in the World.

Nychos, Austria

Nychos is an Austrian illustrator, urban artist, and graffiti artist known for his distinctive dissection, cross-section, x-ray, and translucent styles, which often feature animals and characters from pop culture.

ROA, Belgium

Originally from Ghent, Belgium, ROA has created works in cities across Europe, the United States, Australia, Asia, New Zealand, and Africa. Hepaints wild or urban animals and birds that are native to the area.

Roberto Mamani Mamani, Bolivia

Mamani Mamani is an Aymara artist from Bolivia. His work is distinguished by the use of Aymara indigenous symbols and traditions. His art has been displayed around the world, including in Washington, D.C., Tokyo, Munich, China, Singapore, and London.

Khwezi Mphatlalatsane, Botswana

Khwezi Mphatlalatsane is widely regarded as the originator of modern graffiti in Gaborone. Graffiti is a form of self-expression used to communicate inner thoughts and emotions. It is a way of life for many passionate artists, an avenue through which they express themselves.

Eduardo Kobra, Brazil

Carlos Eduardo Fernandes Léo, known as Eduardo Kobra, nicknamed Kobra, is a street artist who officially began his career in 1987 at 12 years old, in his hometown of São Paulo. Since then he has painted over 3,000 murals on five different continents. He is known for his famous graffiti art. See Eduardo's largest artwork via 15 Biggest Mural Painting Jobs in the World.

Nasimowas, Bulgaria

Nasimowas has been painting wall art since 1995. In 2000 he established a new street art crew and started a new kind of street art which mixes traditional and graffiti style.

El Marto, Burkina Faso

El Marto has decorated the walls of Burkina Faso for many years illustrating everyday scenes and promoting unity among people.

Theo Vallier, Cambodia

Theo Vallier helped bring street art to Cambodia as he is co-organised Cambodia's first graffiti art festival in 2015.

Poser, Canada

In 2012 it seemed a bunny mating season was at hand in Toronto as POSER’s artistic take on bunnies began popping up around the city. It may not look like a traditional bunny, because according to POSER it initially started as a panda and organically evolved over time into its current form.

Inti, Chile

As a tribute to his Chilean heritage, INTI takes his name from the Incan sun god and the Quechua word for 'the sun'. His colossal murals reflect the bright colors of a Latin carnival and the mysterious energy of Ancient South American culture.

SINIC, China

Sinic is putting a big effort in keeping street art alive in China, battling with stereotypes that graffiti artists are thugs and nobodies.

Guache, Colombia

Guache has been creating urban masterpieces for more than a decade. His art combines indigenous ancestral images with contemporary designs.

Socrome, Comoros

Comorian Graffiti artist and muralist Socrome uses his art to illuminate his country's rich and diverse origins.

Gussa, Costa Rica

One colorful, joyful face at a time is what the street artist Gussa has been doing in Costa Rica. The 28-year-old has studied architecture and painted in Spain, the United States and Mexico, experimenting with media like spray paint.

Lunar, Croatia

As a graphic designer by day and a street artist at night, Slaven Kosanovic is known by the artistic name Lunar (which is actually derived from the legendary video game Lunar Jetman). He has been perfecting his work for the past two decades by painting imaginative graffiti pieces.

2+2=5, Cuba

Fabian Lopez once kept his identity a secret, using the alias 2+2=5 and a balaclava to mask his appearance. He is one of Cuba's best street artists.

Paparazzi, Cyprus

CyprAchilleas Michaelides (AKA Paparazzi) is a mural and street artist now based in Cyprus, hailed as the most recognised exponent of street art on the island. Paparazzi made waves with his artwork as graffiti art was widely understood to be scrawling on walls - not show stopping artwork.

Pasta Oner, Czech Republic

Pasta Oner is one of the most original figures on the Czech contemporary art scene and one of the best graffiti artists.

Evaristo Angurria, Dominican Republic

Evaristo Angurria's most famous and beloved mural is also his largest. In 2019, he painted the familiar and joyful poses of these two subjects convey the natural ease you feel with friends and family who know your history and the struggles you have endured.

Belen Bike, Ecuador

Belén Jaramillo, known as Belen Bike in the street art scene, is a renowned illustrator and muralist from Quito Ecuador, where she graduated as a Graphic Designer from the Metropolitan Institute of Design.

ALAA AWAD, Egypt

El Alaa Awad is an Egyptian artist and muralist based in Luxor, Egypt. He is also known for his public murals in Cairo and Luxor, Egypt. He is known for his murals created on Mohamed Mahmoud Street in Cairo, Egypt during the Egyptian Revolution.

Banksy, England

Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation. Learn more about Banksy: London Street Art and Graffiti Through the Decades: 1960 - 2021.

Edward von LõÕngus, Estonia

Edward von Lõngus is an Estonian stencil artist based in Tartu. His works have earned the attention of the media and many art critics, been presented in art exhibitions and sold in art auctions. He has been compared to Banksy because of the style of his works that often include political and social commentary, his use of stencils and unknown identity.

Sampsa, Finland

Sampsa is a pseudonymous Finnish street artist, political activist, and painter, whose known works have appeared in Helsinki, Palermo, New Orleans, and Paris. Referred to as the 'Finnish Banksy', his works have at times been mistaken for Banksy's. Sampsa's work is distinguished for its focus on political activism, launching citizen's initiatives as an integral component of his work.

JR, France

JR is the pseudonym of a French photographer and street artist whose identity is unconfirmed. Describing himself as a photograffeur, he flyposts large black-and-white photographic images in public locations. He states that the street is "the largest art gallery in the world." He started out on the streets of Paris.

Dr. Love, Georgia

Bacha Khoperia, also known as Dr. Love is a Georgian street/graffiti artist based in Tbilisi, Georgia. Dr. Love mostly creates multi-layer, full color stencil graffiti, textual murals and street installations, basing his motives on pop-cultural references of humor or critical context.

Herakut, Germany

Herakut is a street artist duo who began painting in 2002. Jasmin Siddiqui is known as Hera, and her partner Falk Lehmann, is known as Akut, hence their portmanteau combined name

Mohammed Awudu, Ghana

Mohammed Awudu aims to transform his local town into an 'art city'.

INO, Greece

INO is a visual artist from Greece who studied painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts and is worldwide known for his large scale murals.

Raúl Ruiz, Grenada

Raul Ruiz street art career began in the 1990's. In his works the human figure both childhood and adolescence are the themes that occupy first place, highlighting the facial expressions of their faces.

Urban Maestro, Honduras

Masked street artist, Urban Maestro, is known for covering Honduras capital with posters of art historical images holding neon weapons. This anonymous artist isn’t doing it for the thrill or the kill. And in fact, he has almost been killed by people who aren’t interested in his mission: To push Hondurans into thinking about the violence that has overtaken their country.

Jas Charanjiva, India

Jas is a self-taught artist, who currently resides in Mumbai, India. At the age of 12 while living in California she received her first professional skateboard and loved the art on the back of its deck. She soon became obsessed with underground street art and her style naturally began to take shape as she observed closely, the street art/graffiti and underground art. She often uses non-conventional characters in her work. Jas is currently a co-founder at Kulture shop which is an art + design brand that curates and champions the best Indian Graphic Artists from around the world and prints their exclusive works on limited editions tees and art prints.

Quint, Indonesia

Combining his graffiti skills with stencil art, Quint is one of the most cherished street artists in Indonesia. Originally from Jakarta, he relocated to the vibrant artsy island of Bali where he graces rustic concrete walls with badass feminine figures alongside his cursive red signature.

Mehdi Ghadyanloo, Iran

Mehdi Ghadyanloo is an Iranian artist, painter, and muralist. Known for his gigantic trompe-l'œil-style murals in central Tehran, Ghadyanloo has become the most prolific Iranian public artist with over 100 murals across the globe in the USA, the UK, Russia and his native Iran.

Maser, Ireland

Masers incredible ability to bring to life abstract art wherever he goes, whilst also captivating audiences is something truly special. He isn’t new to street art, in fact, he first began creating street art in his home city of Dublin back in 1995.

Dede, Israel

Also known as Dede Bandaid, Dede's work is well known for his widespread use of images of band-aids.

MILLO, Italy

Millo is an Italian street artist, born Francesco Camillo Giorgino in 1979. He is known for his predominantly black and white large-scale murals. His artworks are characterized by child-like figures, simple monochromatic lines combined with a dash of color, and elements of architecture.

Pasha Cas, Kazakhstan

The most provocative and interesting street artist in Kazakhstan is 22-year-old Pasha Cas. He has begun to use public urban space for artistic interventions, raising social issues and problems through street art and interaction with the city. He uses the concept of an urban public forum, a central place in a city where people can meet up and dialogue or debate. Pasha Cas is already widely known in Kazakhstan and neighbouring Russia.

WiseTwo, Kenya

WiseTwo (Bhupendra Jethwa) is an acclaimed Kenyan street artist and muralist. He has created works in public spaces around the world, including in Australia, Colombia, South Africa and the United States, and is the artist behind two of East and Central Africa's largest murals in Nairobi City.

Royyal Dog, South Korea

Royyal Dog, is a Korean graffiti writer and street artist. He is best known for his photorealistic murals of African American women in traditional Korean hanbok. Shim started gaining recognition in 2016 for his murals featuring rap icons and multiculturalism in the United States.

KIWIE, Latvia

One of the first street artists in Latvia, who has based his artistic style on a multiform repetition of one specific image – Kiwie monster character, gaining recognition among artists not only in Latvia, but also abroad. KIWIE is mixing street art with product, graphic, and fashion design in the bowl of contemporary art. The funny, usually smiling, pudgy critter on the walls and the streets all over the world is alive from year 2005.

Yazan Halwani, Lebanon

Yazan Halwani is a Lebanese artist and activist from Beirut. Yazan is best known for his public art displays, including graffiti, murals, and sculptures. His murals can be found on buildings across Beirut, and often depict portraits of important Lebanese and Middle Eastern figures.

Linas Kaziulionis (K ART 7), Lithuania

Linas Kaziulionis is a painter, draftsman, and muralist based in Lithuania whose works have been exhibited nationally.

Kenji Chai, Malaysia

Kenji Chai is known for his vibrant and bold graffiti and murals that reflect humour and mischief with sprinkles of positivity.

Justin Bonnici, Malta

Maltese artist Justin Bonnici is known for creating killer tattoos and breathtaking murals. During the 2020 pandemic, Justin painted a mural of a health worker that got international recognition.

LELO, Mexico

Based in Mexico – LELO's style has strong cultural influences while using rich colours and plenty of creativity.

Heesco Khosnaran, Mongolia

Heesco is a professional artist with extensive experience in public large scale murals and gallery work with background in fine art, illustration, graphic design and print-media.

SadhuX, Nepal

Aditya Aryal aka Sadhu X, was declared "the most influential street artist in Nepal" by the New York Times.

Super A, Netherlands

Stefan Thelen uses his anti-superhero identity, Super A, to design and create mind-bending and inquisitive pieces. His work evolves out of personal experiences or thoughts that blend fiction and non-fiction.

Charles and Janine Williams, New Zealand

Charles and Janine Williams are making their mark throughout New Zealand – and the world – with explosive murals melding Maoritanga and street art.

Jairisa Sanchez, Nicaragua

When she’s not working as a graphic designer, Sanchez spends her time as a graffiti artist. Many of her murals and artworks stand against sexism and violence against women.

Osa Seven, Nigeria

Osa Seven is an urban GFX and graffiti artist with a passion for using contemporary art to express tales. Osa's meticulousness and brilliance can be observed in his works, which range from abstract art and tribal art designs that appeal to human emotions to portraits of iconic figures, scenic photos, and brand logos.

Pøbel, Norway

Pøbel is the pseudonym of a Norwegian artist. His work includes paintings, photographs, sculptures, placemaking and site-specific projects.

Al Maskari, Oman

Al Maskari, one of Oman’s most recognisable graffiti artist, has been finding legal ways to pursue his passion for street art, which has always been prohibited in public spaces in Muscat. By painting in legal spaces like old busses and old houseshe and other street artists are slowly unleashing the street art culture to the public and spearheading a cultural transition in Muscat.

Sanki King, Pakistan

Abdullah Ahmed Khan professionally known as Sanki or Sanki King is a Pakistani graffiti, calligraffiti and street artist, occasionally painting live as part of his exhibits, and collaborating with fashion designers featuring his artwork. He has also works in sneaker art, sticker art, b-boying and parkour in Pakistan.

Martanoemi, Panama

Martanoemi is a Panamanian classically trained artist that uncovered a new love for street art as a way of not only expressing her own thoughts but inspiring thought in others. Martanoemi has been creating incredible murals for many years now and has taken her talent to the streets in the last 5 years using both poetry and large murals in public spaces.

Oz Montanía, Paraguay

Oz Montanía is a Paraguayan street artist and illustrator who has managed to get on the big scene through his natural talent and large number of works.

Entes & Pésimo, Peru EÉ

Both Entes and Pésimo are old skool graffiti artists from Lima, Peru. The duo have been painting for many years and started collaborating in 2002. They are both well-known throughout Latin America and globally for their figurative murals, which often portray sad, poor, and unjustly treated indigenous locals.

Kris Abrigo, Philippines

Kris Abrigo’s work has gained much visibility over the years from creating murals for commercial and residential spaces to crafting design sculptures as collaborations with furniture and lifestyle shops, live art performances for music and art festivals, local art fairs and international mural festivals.

Natalia Rak, Poland

Natalie Rak, also known as Rak, is a Poland based street artist born in 1986. Rak uses brightly colored paint to do multistory murals on the sides of buildings around Poland and Internationally. Originally painting canvases, Rak switched to street art only recently.

Vhils, Portugal

Vhils is the tag name of Portuguese graffiti and street artist Alexandre Manuel Dias Farto. Mostly known for his highly unorthodox mediums in art, he carves, drills, and blasts to expose the layers in materials.

Pisica Patrata, Romania

Beloved for his quirky characters and rejuvenation of urban spaces, Pisica Patrata is one of the most appreciated illustrators and street artists in Romania.

Iney, Russia

Iney, which means frost in Russian (Иней), has established himself as one of the city's most well-known street artists. Her work, which can be found all throughout Moscow, depicts a variety of feminine cartoon characters. She also organises her own shows and has been a driving force behind Russian contemporary art festivals.

Zainab Al-Mahoozi, Saudi Arabia

Zainab Al-Mahoozi was one of the Saudi graffiti artists to help transform blank walls into works of art. The Saudi Ministry of Culture launched an initiative to support street artists with specific city locations chosen so they can express themselves by using spray paint, paint by brush, markers, stenciling, and more.

Zeinixx, Senegal

Dieynaba Sidibé, popularly known as Zeinixx, is a Senegalese slam poet, graffiti artist and activist.

Pijanista, Serbia

The Serbian artist Andrej Josifovski, aka Pijanista (The Pianist) is best known for his large scale murals and installations that often comment on the Serbian and international pop culture.

ZERO, Singapore

ZERO (Zulkarnaen Othman) is a visual artist who uses a 'graffiti-esque' aesthetic in his work. He founded RSCLS, an artist group dedicated to the evolution and development of urban art. He was also a nominee for the President's Young Talent Award in 2005 and got the National Arts Council Young Artist Award in 2013.

Mars, South Africa

Mars is one of Johannesburg's most prolific graffiti artists, his unmistakable art can be seen across the city in various forms, on the sides of buildings, motor-passes and abandoned lots. Mars' work has a subtle innocence about it.

El Pez, Spain

El Pez (aka Jose Sabate) was born in 1976 in Barcelona, where he learned to paint and began doing graffiti. He quickly developed his own characters and the "Barcelona Happy Style" – his signature aesthetic, which is instantly recognisable thanks to his grinning, giddy fish creatures, some with stars in their eyes.

Nug, Sweden

Nug is a Swedish graffiti artist. He has been active in the Stockholm area and been called one of the worst graffiti vandals in Sweden but his works have also been shown at places like the art fair Market.

Harald Naegeli, Switzerland

Harald Naegeli is a Swiss artist best known as the "Sprayer of Zurich" after the graffiti he sprayed in the late 1970s onto walls and buildings in Zürich, Switzerland.

Alex Face, Thailand

Alex Face (Patcharapon Tagruen) is a well-known Thai graffiti artist who makes provocative site-specific artwork in public places. His street art can be found in a variety of areas around the world, not just in Thailand. After becoming a father in 2009, the artist soared to stardom.

eL Seed, Tunisia

eL Seed uses Arabic calligraphy and a distinctive style to spread messages of peace, unity and to underline the commonalities of human existence.

Turbo, Turkey

Tunc Dindas, who goes by the nickname " Turbo ", is a Turkish graffiti artist who does most of his work in Istanbul, Turkey. His work has appeared in corporate offices, commercials, and in multiple neighborhoods of Istanbul.

Alexander Korban, Ukraine

Alexander Korban is a famous muralist painter. His works are in many cities of Ukraine. Some of them were created by order of the UN and cover acute social topics like domestic violence. The artist is often invited to work abroad; he has already decorated with his murals many cities of Italy, Georgia and Turkey.

Banksy, United Kingdom

Shepard Fairey, United States of America

Primarily known for his clothing brand OBEY Clothing, Frank Shepard Fairey's mural's are large and easily recognisable across the country.

AlfAlfA, Uruguay

Inspired by mythology and local legends and traditions, AlfAlfa's work can be seen across Venezuela, Argentina, Bolivia, England, Spain and India.

Flix, Venezuela

Rafael Fernandez, is famous for his distinct style of transforming walls, objects and spaces into colourful works of art. Better known as Flix, his artworks have a distinct Aztec influence and he has created many stunning street artworks using a range of techniques.

Murad Subay, Yemen

Murad Subay is a Yemeni street artist and a political activist who uses his abilities to launch street art campaigns that stir conversation and controversy.

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