Mike Ballard aka Cept

Between street art and fine art there can be a thin line. Or, in Mike Ballard's perspective, an interesting blending, or even a double identity, that leads to innovative work. His approach is wide and it can mix Caravaggio and NASA, as in his last exhibition, or go for the purest street language as in some of his earlier pieces.

In an interview, Mike said "cave paintings, through spitted pigment are, in a way, the first form of grafitti work". Since then imagination and ar

tists like Mike have never ceased to amaze us.

Mike Ballard's website

DAVID WALKER | YUSUKE NAGANO

David Walker

We live to learn, and sometimes we learn that the people we admire might be closer than we think. That's how we came across David Walker's fine work, in the VSP2009 that took place in Lisbon just a few days ago.

David's work, whether we found it in an abandoned building in Lisbon or a fancy gallery any place in a world, strike us as impressive and intriguing, making us curious about the characters displayed. Not only we find ourselves thinking "What was he thinking?", without knowing if we are talking about the artist or the figure we see.

And, sometimes, we don't think, we just enjoy great street art.

David Walker's Website

David Walker's MySpace

Yusuke Nagano

There’s a sense of travel along Yusuke Nagano’s work. A journey to his memories, to his influences, to the little and the big things that surround us, all this throughout beautiful and somehow close to us, illustrations. Born in Japan, but living in Sweden, Yusuke seems to have the ability to make people feel engaged and revive emotions, just by looking to his artwork. And that’s the kind of journey any artist can be proud of beeing part of.

Yusuke Nagano's Website

Yusuke Nagano's MySpace

Vhils aka Alexandre Farto

Alexandre Farto aka Vhils grew up in the Lisbon area and we’re talking about Portugal. And if that only means to you nice weather, beaches and Cristiano Ronaldo, then you’re missing a great deal of it. Making street art since he was 13, Vhils, now 22 years old, has a whole lot of progress in his belt.

From illustration to graphic design and combining old fashioned drawing with computer skills, Vhils work is evolving everyday and making his mark in street all over the place.

We know Vhils still has a lot of work and creativity growing along with him. But, as we can see, some people are just born with a gift and, in somes case, a can of spray n their hands.

Vhils MySpace

Vhils Website

ESCIF

Born and raised in Valencia, ESCIF grew up in a town that combined the looks of big city by the sea with the coolness that allowed artists to express themselves in the streets. That probably had an impact in ESCIF's way of life, that sparkled also by his interest in traveling made his street art grow in Valencia but spread around the world.

ESCIF sees his own art as a way of exploring his views and creating an unique speech, trying to free himself from the clichés of street art. We might not know the fully extent of his language, but we fully apreciate the way he's talking to us.

ESCIF's MySpace

ESCIF's Collective Website