Iconic Graffiti Artists
Iconic Graffiti Artists is a structured people dataset with 16 entries. Its fields include Artist, Born, Country. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 16 rows
- Fields
- 6 columns
- Source
- Community curated
- Data updated
- Apr 9, 2026
Included fields: Artist, Born, Country, Famous Work, Style, and 1 more.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Born range
- 1,951 to 1,983
- Across 16 preview rows
- Country groups
- 6 distinct values
- Across 16 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Artist, Born, and Country across people entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 16 downloadable records
Artist↕ | Born↕ | Country↕ | Famous Work↕ | Style↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Banksy | 1,974 | United Kingdom | Girl with Balloon | Stencil | Anonymous British identity, Girl with Balloon shredding at auction, political stencils |
Jean-Michel Basquiat | 1,960 | United States | Untitled (1982 skull) | Neo-expressionism | SAMO tags, rose from graffiti to gallery star, died at 27, record auction prices |
Keith Haring | 1,958 | United States | Radiant Baby | Cartoon line art | NYC subway chalk drawings, Pop Shop, AIDS activism, radiant baby and barking dog icons |
Shepard Fairey | 1,970 | United States | Obama Hope poster | Propaganda stencil | OBEY Giant sticker campaign, Obama Hope, Andre the Giant has a Posse |
Blek le Rat | 1,951 | France | Rat stencils Paris | Stencil | Father of stencil graffiti, rats across Paris, directly inspired Banksy |
Lady Pink | 1,964 | Ecuador/USA | Death of Graffiti | Subway bombing | Female NYC subway graffiti pioneer, appeared in Wild Style film, gallery career |
Dondi White | 1,961 | United States | Children of the Grave | Wildstyle subway | NYC subway legend, whole-car Children of the Grave, early style master |
Futura 2000 | 1,955 | United States | Break Train | Abstract graffiti | Abstract atomic aesthetic, Clash album art, streetwear collabs (Supreme, Nike) |
Taki 183 | 1,954 | United States | Tags across NYC | Tagging | Often credited as first modern NYC tagger, 1971 NYT article sparked graffiti craze |
Os Gemeos | 1,974 | Brazil | Yellow giants | Cartoon mural | Twin brothers from Sao Paulo, yellow-skinned dreamlike giants, global mural tours |
Invader | 1,969 | France | Space Invaders tiles | Mosaic tile | 8-bit tile mosaics in cities worldwide, Rubikcubism, masked anonymous identity |
JR | 1,983 | France | Face 2 Face | Photo paste-up | Giant photo pasteups on walls and trains, TED Prize 2011, border wall installations |
Swoon | 1,977 | United States | Wheat-paste portraits | Paper cut-out | Intricate cut-paper wheat pastes, Swimming Cities flotilla, MoMA collection |
Lee Quinones | 1,960 | Puerto Rico/USA | Whole-car subway pieces | Subway bombing | Painted over 100 NYC whole-car subway pieces, starred in Wild Style movie |
Kaws | 1,974 | United States | Companion | Pop character | XX-eyed Companion character, Kaws bus stops, massive inflatable sculptures, Uniqlo |
RETNA | 1,979 | United States | Script murals | Calligraphic | Invented script merging hieroglyphics, Arabic, and graffiti, Justin Bieber album art |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Iconic Graffiti Artists organized?
The table starts in the source data's default order. You can sort and filter the loaded rows by the displayed fields.
How much data is available on this page?
This dataset contains 16 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
Can I download the complete dataset?
Yes. CSV, JSON, and Excel downloads contain all 16 rows. Before republishing the data, review the source and any usage terms listed on this page; dtbse does not replace the original source's licensing terms.
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