Tuesday, 27 April 2010

Win a Snik original!


Go to Kiss101 to Win a Snik Original Canvas!

Monday, 19 April 2010

Jimi by Ian Phenna
Layered Scratched Canvas
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This weeks competition canvaswith Upfest.co.uk and Kiss101 is from Bristol based artist Ian Phenna who's work is going from strength to strength...

Born in Liverpool but now painting out of the street art capital of the UK, Bristol. Ian, has always had skillz with his hands and able to migrate between different mediums is one of his many talents. From the early days of painting garage doors, he’s been a lover of street art all his life, now hugely experienced he has progressed dramatically to unique style of portrait interpretation.

Known mostly for his figurative work, Ian brings significant elements of his street style to his contemporary based approach to canvas work. He has exhibited on streets and galleries across the UK and has work in private collections worldwide. He’ll be mashing UP with a legend from his home town at this years Upfest, so pop down and see the gang at work.

To enter go to Kiss

Monday, 12 April 2010

This weeks competiton canvas with Kiss101 and Upfest.co.uk

K74 - G-D Loves Monkeys



Respect to Mr K74 for making the trip to Upfest for the third year in a row! And there's a rumour he'll be colaberating with some wicked artists ;-)

K74 is one of the best known street artist and stencil cutter coming out of Los Angeles. K74 is a self-taught artist whose work is sometimes political, sometimes funny but always witty. K74 sees himself as a realist and gets his inspiration from the ever-changing canvas that is Los Angeles.

In the past few years K74 has exploded into the urban art scene and is exhibiting his works in several shows and galleries across the globe. With his work now owned by music artists such as Snoop Dogg he’s one crazy artist breaking out of America and painting the streets of our cities. More artwork and photo’s of street pieces from K74 can be found at www.K74art.com else come and see him paint live at Upfest’10.

Visit totalkiss.com to enter the comp.

Sunday, 11 April 2010

Upfest Prep and Competition!

Upfest preparation is well underway... All artists have been confirmed and will be released over the next four weeks...

Lots of amazing colaberations this yeah due to the Upfest mashUP... And over 50 artists travelling from all over the globe....

WIN - Artwork weekly from Upfest artists courtesy of Kiss101 and Upfest.co.uk

Register once to be in with a shout of winning artwork from from a string of wicked artists....

This weeks canvas from Rocket01

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My name is Rocket01 and i am an artist from Sheffield. I have been painting graffiti now for 16 years with no breaks or holidays. I have painted my work in many countries all over the world and i just cant get enough of painting. I enjoy working on large walls and collaborating with other artists to produce murals of different styles! I am interested in pushing the spray can to its limits and i have have an obsession with painting light.

Most of my work is painted in places of decay and neglect and out of sight from the public, I enjoy painting old buildings and abandoned factories as they leave behind great surfaces on which to work. More recently my work has been focused on organic styles in particular plants and animals. More images and further profile on Rocket01 can be found at www.rocket01.com .

Visit http://www.totalkiss.com/2010/03/upfest-2010/ to enter with this weeks simple question...

Guest the band...
Which virtual band was co created by artist Jamie Hewlett?

Easy yeah!

Looking forward to seeing everyone in Bristol on the 5th and 6th of June!

The Upfest Team