D*Face

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Graffiti by D*Face in Barcelona, Spain

D*Face is an English multimedia street artist who utilizes spray paint, stickers, posters, and stencils.

1 Life and work
2 Commissioned works
3 Further reading
4 References

[edit] Life and work

"D*Face" aka. Richard Stockton. Grew up in London and had a childhood interest in graffiti. He credits this to Henry Chalfant's coverage of New York subway graffiti in Spraycan Art and Subway Art, later as a teenager skateboarding and in particular Thrasher magazine's coverage of skateboard deck graphics led his interest in stickers and the DIY mentality associated with skate and punk fanzines. He attended an illustration and design course and worked as a freelance illustrator/designer whilst honing his street work. Influences included Shepard Fairey's "Obey Giant" art campaign, Jim Philips, hip hop, punk music, and popular animated cartoons.^[1]

He held his first major London solo exhibition, Death & Glory, at the Stolenspace gallery, which sold out in October 2006^[2] Since then, his exhibitions have included a solo show, Eyecons, at O Contemporary in Brighton in March 2007, again a sell out show. This featured new paintings, an installation and two prints — of Kurt "Kant Complain" and Cli-Che.^[3] D*Face was the owner and curator for the Outside Institute, a contemporary art gallery in London that focused on street art. In 2005 the Outside Institute moved and re branded to become the Stolen Space Gallery.

[edit] Commissioned works

D*Face designed the cover art for The Automatic's debut album, Not Accepted Anywhere, and the artwork for the shaped limited edition 7" for the band's single, Raoul (song).
D*Face has designed hats for Kangol^[4]