Early Years
Robin Gunningham also known as Banksy, was born in Bristol, UK , in 1973. He had surgery early in life to repair a cleft palate. He attended the prestigious Bristol Cathedral Choir School. After dropping out, he started graffiti. He started his career with a gang of underground graffiti street artists in Bristol who were known as the DryBreadZ Crew (DBZ).”He was inspired by local artists and his work was part of the larger Bristol underground scene…”( "Banksy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." 2004. 11 May. 2015 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy>) He joined the crew and began his career as a graffiti artist.
Furthermore, he got in trouble many times with the law and he created a way of making graffiti and slipping away quickly. He found out that using stencils was a faster way of creating graffiti.. Banksy got his stage name from the name that his dad used when he was younger. He used the name Robin Banx. Not much of Banksy's early years are known but his art pieces today tell his life story.world. Banksy is also the creator of stencilism, the technique of using stencils when making graffiti. Not only is he an artist, but he is also a film director and a political activist. Banksy is a popular artist on the street art scene.
Furthermore, he got in trouble many times with the law and he created a way of making graffiti and slipping away quickly. He found out that using stencils was a faster way of creating graffiti.. Banksy got his stage name from the name that his dad used when he was younger. He used the name Robin Banx. Not much of Banksy's early years are known but his art pieces today tell his life story.world. Banksy is also the creator of stencilism, the technique of using stencils when making graffiti. Not only is he an artist, but he is also a film director and a political activist. Banksy is a popular artist on the street art scene.