Banksy, thought to have been born in Bristol, England in the 1970s, has remained faceless and nameless throughout his career in spite of more or less convincing revelations of his identity. In a rare interview he gave to The Guardian in 2003 he revealed that he began doing graffiti in his early teens as a
Banksy, thought to have been born in Bristol, England in the 1970s, has remained faceless and nameless throughout his career in spite of more or less convincing revelations of his identity. In a rare interview he gave to The Guardian in 2003 he revealed that he began doing graffiti in his early teens as a way of escape problems such as spending time in prison for petty crime. His signature stencil pieces began gaining notoriety when he moved to the United Kingdom’s capital London in the late 1990s. In his book Wall and Piece the artist explains that he began using the speedy technique of stencilling as a way to escape police capture.
