Inkie

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Inkie
Secret Wars 2007-01-27 Inkie cropped.jpg
Participating in the Secret Wars competition in 2007
Birth name Tom Bingle
Born 1969/1970 (age 42–43)[1]
Nationality British
Field Graffiti, Street art, Bristol underground scene
Website inkie.co.uk

Inkie is a London based painter and street artist, originally from Clifton, Bristol.[1][2] He is cited as being part of Bristol's graffiti heritage, along with Banksy, 3D and Nick Walker.[3][4]

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Career[edit]

Inkie began working as part of Crime Incorporated Crew (CIC) in 1983, along with Felix and Joe Braun.[5] He was one of many arrested in 1989 during "Operation Anderson", the UK's largest ever graffiti bust which he headed.[6] He arranged 1998's Walls On Fire event with Banksy, on the site of the future At-Bristol centre.[7] He has subsequently worked in the video game industry,[2] including some time as head of creative design at Sega,[8] where his work featured in Jet Set Radio.[9] Inkie was one artist present to do live painting at the launch of Banksy's book Bristol: Home Sweet Home.[10] Inkie has likened the time spent training as a graffiti artist to that of classical musicians.[11]

He now teaches art and graphic design to young children and college students.[12]

Between January 30th - February 29th 2012. Ikie's work was featured at Art Below's first "pop up" billboard show in America] in New Orleans Billboard space used normally for advertising featured a mix of urban and contemporary art. A curated selection of 20 billboards flanking the major Mardi Gras parade routes. Running alongside the billboard show was an exhibition of the artists original works at Gallery Orange based in the French quater. Scenes and moments from this exhibition was screened on the Art Below web site in April 2012.[13]

Influences[edit]

Inkie's works have been described as "diverse", incorporating styles from Maya architecture, William Morris, Mouse & Kelly, Alphonse Mucha, the Arts and Crafts movement and Islamic geometry.[14][15]

Works[edit]

CIC painted a mural in the canteen of South Gloucestershire and Stroud College, where Inkie and Felix Braun were students.[5] Inkie's works were featured in a 2009 exhibition at Bristol's Royal West of England Academy and he curated 2009's Ibiza street art festival, Urban in Ibiza.[16][17]

He hosted a show of his works in 2010 for which 25% of the proceeds would be donated to Southmead Hospital's cochlear implant programme.[1]

His works have included murals in buildings in the Bristol area, including a friend's restaurant in Keynsham[18] and Clifton pub The Grapes (after being taken over by former video director Bill Butt).[19] He has taken part in Bristol's annual Upfest, the largest free urban paint festival in Europe.[6]

In August 2011 and 2012 Inkie was named as the organiser of a major street art event in Bristol, See No Evil, which involved painting the buildings of an entire street. Nelson Street, in the city centre, was painted by a large number of international graffiti artists over a two-week period.[20]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Inkie show in Bristol to raise cochlear implant cash". BBC News. 2010-12-16. Retrieved August 31, 2011. "The 40-year-old from Clifton is holding a show from which 25% of all proceeds will be donated to Southmead's West of England Cochlear Implant Programme." 
  2. ^ a b Baker, Lindsay (March 28, 2008). "Banksy: off the wall". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved August 31, 2011. "Like Banksy, Inkie has moved from Bristol to London, and now has a senior job in computer games." 
  3. ^ "Street art show comes to Bristol". BBC News. 2009-02-09. Retrieved August 31, 2011. "Street art [...] erupted in the UK in the early 1980s [...] active on the Bristol scene at that time included Banksy, Nick Walker, Inkie and Robert del Naja, or '3D', of Massive Attack." 
  4. ^ Reid, Julia (2008-02-06). "Banksy Hits Out At Street Art Auctions". Sky News (London). Retrieved August 31, 2011. "Along with Banksy, Bristol's graffiti heritage includes 3D, who went on to form Massive Attack, Inkie, and one of the original stencil artists Nick Walker." 
  5. ^ a b Hicks, Roger (1998). The airbrushing book: the handbook for all airbrush users. Broadcast. p. 156. ISBN 1-85404-000-6. "Crime Incorporated Crew [...] began working illegally in 1983, and comprises three people: Felix Braun, Tom Bingle and Joe Braun. [...] they painted the mural in the canteen at Filton Technical College, Bristol, where Felix and Tom were students." 
  6. ^ a b "Celebrate home of graffiti". Bristol Evening Post. June 2, 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2011. "Europe's largest free urban paint festival, Upfest [...] alongside big names in graffiti culture, including Don, Spqr, and acclaimed artist Inkie. [...] He [...] was famously arrested as the head of 72 other writers in the UK's largest ever Graffiti bust, Operation Anderson." 
  7. ^ Levinson, Mark (2008-02-04). "Tribute To Banksy - Not Just Another Piss Artist". lankanewspapers.com. Retrieved August 31, 2011. "In 1998 [Banksy] arranged the enormous 'Walls On Fire' graffiti jam along with fellow Bristol graffiti legend Inkie on the site of the future '@t Bristol' development." 
  8. ^ Joseph, Claudia (2008-07-12). "Graffiti artist Banksy unmasked ... as a former public schoolboy from middle-class suburbia". Daily Mail (London). Retrieved August 31, 2011. "Those arrested included Tom Bingle (aka Inkie) [...] who is now head of creative design at the computer games manufacturer Sega." 
  9. ^ "Inkie". filthymodernart.com. Retrieved August 31, 2011. "[...] his graffiti featured in SEGA’s seminal video game Jet Set Radio." 
  10. ^ Nowak, Sara (2008-04-01). "Home Sweet Home: "Banksy's Bristol" Launch Due". Clash. Retrieved August 31, 2011. "Street artist Inkie, one such collaborator, will be doing a live painting at the event alongside fellow Bristol street artists Cheba and Lokey." 
  11. ^ Pheby, James (2009-04-30). "Guitar legends turn to graffiti to help Brazilian kids". news.com.au (Adelaide). Retrieved August 31, 2011. "British artist Inkie, long-time cohort of street-art superstar Banksy, and fellow contributor, also voiced concern at graffiti's recent rise in popularity. "It's like any art form, you've got to do your training. They say a classical musician should do 10,000 hours before they are a professional musician and it's the same with graffiti," he said." 
  12. ^ "Skill of spray can reaches masses". graffaholiks.com. 2010-12-06. Retrieved August 31, 2011. "Now Mr Bingle teaches others, leading workshops for children as young as six and lecturing college students in graphic design." 
  13. ^ http://www.artbelow.org.uk/ab/Exhibitions.action?Open&exhibitionId=71
  14. ^ "Inkie: See No Evil Bristol graffiti and street art festival interview". guide2bristol website. August 9, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2012. 
  15. ^ Lazrides, Steve (September 27, 2012). "INKIE – "Without Inkie there would be no Lazrides Gallery!"". Designwars. Retrieved December 17, 2012. 
  16. ^ W, Miss. "Ibiza interview: Inkie, Curator, Urban In Ibiza". Retrieved August 31, 2011. "Inkie [...] was first lured to Ibiza in 2009 to curate the inaugural Urban in Ibiza event at Atzaró [...]" 
  17. ^ "Urban art exhibition". thisissouthdevon.co.uk. 2009-09-04. Retrieved August 31, 2011. "Inkie has just returned from Urban in Ibiza, which brought together some of the UK's leading street and urban artists." 
  18. ^ "Opening night for Farrells - Keynsham's Irish/Italian restaurant". keynshampeople.co.uk. 2011-06-08. Retrieved August 31, 2011. "[...] one of Bristol's most famous graffiti artists Tom Bingle, aka Inkie, spent two days working on an image on the wall [...] said: "I'm an old friend of Barry Farrell, so he invited me down to the restaurant." 
  19. ^ "Moving in and moving on – all change in 2010". Bristol Evening Post (Bristol). 2010-12-30. Retrieved August 31, 2011. "In February, Clifton Village pub The Grapes was taken over by Bill Butt, the former pop video and wildlife film director-turned chef. [...] The Grapes was given a suitably cool makeover with walls covered with local art by the likes of 3D of Massive Attack and Inkie." 
  20. ^ "Art attack begins to transform Nelson Street, Bristol". Bristol Evening Post. 2011-08-16. Retrieved November 15, 2011. 


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