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Vandal Fest York

I just got back from York working on the show for Vandal Fest organised by Vandals at Work. Vandals At Work is a York-based non-profit community arts organisation with a passion for street art and a belief that art should do more than just hang on walls and look pretty, it should inform, spark conversations and be a call to action. We believe art can be a powerful force for good in our community.

They aim to enrich our city’s cultural landscape by organising exhibitions, auctions, and other events that enable us to raise money for local charities and help support the artists we collaborate with. To date, we’ve worked with more than sixty artists and have donated over £55,000 to three local charities, York Food Bank, York Mind and SASH (Youth Homelessness).

Street art returns to the Low Ousegate building in the centre of York. Kindly donated by Mack & Lawler. Our next event opens on 11th July 2025 and will span four storeys of the unoccupied building, featuring the work of an exciting group of world-class street artists alongside a cohort of local artists.

Show opens tonight Friday 11th of July, is open this weekend and the following two weekends.

A whistle stop trip to York to contribute to a very cool show for a good cause in the centre of York. Three floors of cracking large scale wall based works, an immersive experience in a disused office block on the river in central York. A super slick production from a unique crew of volunteers. I had a fun trip, show looks stunning and it’s free to visit for 3 weekends during July. Well worth a visit if you are in the area.

Vandals at work are working with the team at Tennants Auctioneers again for the fourth year in a row. They will be running an online Vandal Fest auction with works donated by participating artists. If you can’t make it to the show this is your opportunity to acquire artwork by our participating artists, and support SASH. The auction will go live on 18th July and run until 3rd Aug check their site for details

Artists include :

3Dom, AcerOne, Al Murphy, Andy Council, Boxxhead, Chu, Coloquix, Dotmasters, Filthy Luker, Inkie, James Jessop, KMG, Lincoln Lightfoot, Matt Sewell, Michael Dawson, My Dog Sighs, Nol, Paste Up York, Real State, Replete, Rizak, Rowdy, Sepr, Sharon McDonagh, Shona Hardie, SledOne, Sola, Static, Stephen Bottrill, Sub Spacer, Toasters

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Mallorca prints show

Palma Pink editions

New show of trash works and 3 small editions of the Dior print at 2B

First leg of my trash world tour starts Friday the 18th of November at 2B gallery. As well as 3 small editions of the latest Trash bag Print, there is an accompanying show of trash old and new.

There are 3 of the smaller edition sizes available through 2B

end sheet Magenta drip edition of 9

for more information about the show and releases visit 2b

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Trash Tour

Trash tour: High-class Trash coming to a street near you..

Following the London launch of Dotmasters new Dior Monochrome Edition, announcing three very special international events:

  • Palma, Mallorca,18thNovember: Dior Purple Edition and End-sheet editions  launched at the 2B Gallery, Carrer Falconer, 19, 07171 Portals Nous. 
  • Paris, France, 25th November: Dotmaster Dior Gold arrives at the GCA Gallery, 2 Pl. Farhat Hached, 75013 Paris
  • Tokyo, Japan,10th December: Dotmaster Red Edition goes big in Japan.

The London Monochrome edition release runs until 17th November, so if you want to paint it black, get in quick…  Available her for a limited time.

From the 18th, the next edition, The Palma Pinks and Purple will be exclusively available to buy from the 2B Gallery. 

International launches will be accompanied by local shows, titled “One man’s Trash is another’s treasure”. Check your local dealer for details..

Dropping prints, painting walls , doing shows.. Trash world tour, innit.. Duz what it sez on the tin..

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Indigo gets up prints show

Indigo get’s up

Indigo colour way

To coincide with the ‘Cross The Line’ show at 2B Gallery in Mallorca i am releasing a small ‘Indigo Get’s Up’ edition. It’s one of my favourites from years of experimenting with patterns colours and content with this image of my niece. Printed by the wonderful Mesh Silkscreens in Bristol on 375gsm Lambeth cotton rag. It’s a 5 colour silkscreen and an edition of 27 for €350 Print is now Sold out!

For those of you into NFT’s i will be releasing an ‘Indigo Gets Up’ Marylin edition through the same gallery at 2pm friday the 18th of june. It has personalised un lockable content a little time lapse easter egg for the owner. NFT’s can be found here

Indigo Gets Up NFT
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grafik gallery london show

Pic N’ Mix

54 individual works sprayed on 5mm ply, every one different, each one £99 from Graffik gallery 284 portobello rd W10 8TE, LONDON. Artist’s proof show 14th may-23rd of may

Remember when you could fill your bag with assortment of sweets from a row of bins at your local supermarket?

Ours was a Woolworths, it was often a spot where kids honed their shoplifting skills.I suppose since covid they will never return and perhaps a generation will lose a much valued talent.

Over the last 20 years in various shows both in the uk and abroad I’ve often done a pic n mix wall, an assortment of bright A4 ish size works that incorporate loads of small stencils from my odds and sods drawer in the studio. It’s a weird assortment of text, flowers, animals and dead rockstars cut for many one of a kind things, gifts and themed shows.

 As prices rise I have always tried to offer something of a bargain in these little one off works. Bright quirky panels, hand painted originals for a pic n mix price of £99There are 54 of these eye candy pieces to choose from each one a unique work. Sold on a first come first served basis will be available from graffik gallery on the 14th of may (please book a slot for your visit)

book here for a time to view

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london portobello show Studio work

Artist’s Proof

An archive of Dotmasters paper works, spanning over a decade of experiments and test sprays. Whether painted to try out ideas for prints or an exploratory working out of colours for new artworks, these paper works form the initial genesis of my well-known prints, canvas and street works.

Painted on fancy french cotton rag art paper, every test sheet is a work of art in it’s own right, from an unseen archive.

Paper is unforgiving: make a mistake and it’s there forever, especially when you’re using spray paint (there is no eraser for that!). Registration for multiple layered works becomes difficult, masking and set up is key to each sheet.

The quality and price of the paper always makes me treat each work with a caution and care that I don’t often feel with other mediums. Always painted for my own eyes and my archive, these works are a personal playground.

For the show ‘Artist’s Proof’, I’ve picked my favourite pieces from my back catalogue. Never before seen or available for sale, these one-off works have evolved from over a decade of work.

Artist’s Proof is my first show for over a year, the show title is a defiant statement that I am still here, still making. Other works in the show are works made in lockdown, experiments with materials and light. 

Lockdown has closed us down, locked us up and, in a large number of cases had us reaching for the bottle.  It’s good to be opening up again.. join us for a socially distanced drink.

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Lockdown london Rude Kids show street Studio work

Locked down

Proud to present my lockdown labours in this multi channel broadcast show, event, web thingy. So first was there was Lockdown Magazine, Dot2Dot portraits and a release of the wino boxes now finally some work you can see in the flesh in this site specific Christmas light shop front installation.

In collaboration with Kensington and Chelsea art week as part of their lockdown HIGH STREET WINDOWS. A series of site-specific window installations across Kensington, activating local high streets through imaginative interventions by contemporary artists. 

The small boxes displayed in the windows are experiments in materials and light that were made during lockdown. Boxed-in, we have all tried to see the bright side, and these naughty rude kids lights have been my way of bringing some light with these humorous candid acts of indoor disobedience. The entire building is transformed into a giant, glowing light box, blurring the boundaries between inside and outside.

A full explanation of the show as well as a shop to buy it, can be found here Lockdown show.

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All that glitters show report

What a cracking night! A great turn out on Friday the 13th at Graffik gallery for a show, Christmas shop window display, the launch of Rude Kids Clobber and a silk screened skateboard release. It really was a who’s who of people I’ve worked with over the last 15 odd years. Thanks to https://www.bigdogsvodka.com made a cracking dirty martini. Thanks to all of you who came !

It was also the launch of Rude kids Clobber, a range of high quality tee’s and sweatshirts for kids and adults. You can check them out here. As well as the release of an Indigo gets up skateboard, 4 colours edition of 50 on Maple wood deck, available here

Photos by Faye Cooper aka Street art atlas

Show catalogue available here

Tongue in cheek window display is a bit of a Dotmasters/Graffik tradition
Good to see so many faces from years gone by
Ben Eine, Tizer, stella dore

The title of the show dictated the look and feel of the works, with gold, silver and glitter making it a christmas bauble of a show. Spray paint was mixed with Verre Eglomise and traditional gilding techniques in a modern day/1750’s mash up of gold leaf and spray paint.

shiny things for a Christmas feel
verre eglomise using red gold on glass and spray paint
Indigo Gets up Skateboards

An edition of 50 silk screened skateboard decks that come in a hand stenciled presentation box with a sticker pack and C.O.A. Available here

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portobello products Rude Kids show

All that glitters…

Gold, silver, glitter and mother of pearl works for the festive season. A mix of old techniques and street savvy images in an irreverent show of luxury and detritus. Verre églomise, gilding, gold glass and spray paint combine to provide a Christmas bauble of a show.

The show coincides with the launch of the Rude Kids Clobber a range of clothes for the discerning rude kid. We will also be launching a silk screened edition of Skateboards (details to follow…)

It’s become a bit of a tradition at Graffik Gallery that i dress the Christmas window. I love it! I’m not sure how they feel about it… but its that time of year again! And it is traditional… I loved last years window, so the pressure is on! Pop in and see, i’ve been working on it for a while… open to the public 14th -31st of December

284 Portobello Rd, London W10 5TE

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Line em out

Happy to announce that i am doing a show with old friend Stella Dore Gallery in Leonard’s on Sea, Hastings on in the 26th of July. I’ve made loads of new stuff and have a print release to coincide with the show.

It’s a small edition of 24, four colours 70cm x 50 cm on 375gsm Lambeth cotton rag, printed by Mesh silkscreen Bristol. Prints will be released at the private view on the Friday and then the remaining prints will be available on line on Saturday the 27th of July for £85 plus P&P here.

There are also 4 editions of 12 the roller stripe in hand finished acrylic paint. Roller stripes will be in a lilac, green, orange and a magenta for the price of £125 plus P&P. These will also be available to those that attend the show on the 26th, the remainder will be online the next day here.

Stella Dore kindly organised an amazing spot for me to paint, Ruby’s Rooms
on the St. Leonards sea front opposite the pier.