Out of the Box Magazine

Six massive  industrial silos  on the Granville Island in Vancouver, Canada, have been wonderfully transformed into six vividly colored  giants  by Brazilian  graffiti  artist duo Os Gemeos. Octavio and Gustavo Pandolfo, the twin brothers behind Os Gemeos, dedicated roughly a month of their time to create this astonishing piece as part of the Vancouver Biennale.

Tilt is an internationally recognised traditional graffiti artist, originating from Toulouse in South France. A self declared "graffiti fetishist", he learned his trade in the streets and on trains as a youngster. In the time since he did his first tags on a skateboard ramp back in '88, his ensuing career has been nourished and influenced by extensive travel. 

Portugal ’s  street art  has really evolved over the years with an impressive number of artists, and you can see some of their work on websites like Stick2Target ,  Mr. Dheo , and  Underdogs . One of the house hold names is Odeith , a  graffiti  rider since 1996, spray painting cabinets and walls in railway routes. An innovator for using  perspective illusion  to compose pop-out letters on different  surfaces , which  led  to other artists doing the same. Despite the illegal nature of graffiti in the modern era, much has changed for some  writers in the last decade.  Odeith  for example, has created art for companies like Shell, Coca-Cola, Samsung,  Estradas de Portugal  and  S. L. Benfica .

French street art duo Vanessa and Stéphane, better known as Urban X Stitch, decorate ordinary chain-link fences across public city streets with bright and colorful cross stitched characters.