Street Art in Brick Lane, London, England

Brick Lane Street Art in London, England.

I saw a lot of Brick Lane Street Art when I when I was traveling in London, England. A lot of street art. I mean, when in Shoreditch and walking around the Brick Lane area it’s pretty hard to miss all of the walls full of colorful artwork.

Some, I was introduced to on the Eating London food tour I took in the area. Others I saw by just, well, wandering.

Some of the Brick Lane London street art is from pretty famous artists: 8-bit characters from Invader, a pink car from Banksy, D*Face’s car crushed by a winged bomb, and Ben Eine’s bright lettering.

Other “art” is just straight up graffiti.


One of the most iconic pieces of Brick Lane art is on Princelet Street: the artist Stik’s rendering of a “A couple holding hands in the street.” It shows two stick (or “Stik”) figures, one shrouded in black, in front of a bright red doorway.

Photos of Brick Lane Street Art in London:

Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.

Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.

Orange street art with boy on seesaw with a bomb | Balance The Bomb by Otto Schade | Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.
Balance The Bomb by Otto Schade

Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.

A Heart Painted on a Door on Fournier Street from Shok-1 | Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.
A Heart Painted on a Door by Shok-1 on Fournier Street

Fight the rich, not their wars. Mickey Mouse with a gas mask and gun by MAZE | Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.
“Fight the rich, not their wars.” Mickey Mouse with a gas mask and gun by MAZE

Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.

Stick figures in black and white on a red door | A couple holding hands in the street by Stik | Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.
“A couple holding hands in the street” by Stik

Art is trash | Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.
“Art is Trash.”

Banksy's pink car and D*Face's Car crushed by a winged bomb. | Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.

Banksy's pink car and D*Face's Car crushed by a winged bomb. | Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.
Banksy’s pink car and D*Face’s Car crushed by a winged bomb.

Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.

Invader 8-bit video game character street art. | Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.
Invader.

Blue man with feathers with a purple monkey on a chicken and a skull balloon | Brick Lane mural by Cranio. | Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.
Brick Lane mural by Cranio.

A work in progress. | Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.
A work in progress.

Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.

Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.

WARNING: You are now entering a street art zone. If you have not paid your viewing fee please close your eyes. | Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.
“WARNING: You are now entering a street art zone. If you have not paid your viewing fee please close your eyes.”

Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.

Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.

CAUTION: Slippery Life | Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.
“CAUTION: Slippery Life”


Animals with a hose spraying bright paint colors | Alex Face and Bon Pedley Street art in Brick Lane. | Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.
Alex Face and Bon Pedley Street art in Brick Lane.

Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.

Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.
Bart Simpson Brick Lane graffiti.

Baby in a bunny costume chick with scissors cutting his costume | Alex Face and Bon Pedley street art | Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.
Alex Face and Bon Pedley.

Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.

Gray wall with woman in white scarf yelling | Woman in a head scarf by Guy Denning on Hanbury Street. | Brick Lane Street Art in London. | Street Art at Brick Lane in London, England.
Woman in a head scarf by Guy Denning on Hanbury Street.

 

Want to check out more street art from around the world? Check out my gallery of street art in Valparaiso, Chile and The Wall Project in Mumbai, India.

 

Hi, I'm Val. I spent most of my 20s in a standstill, unable to pick which path in life I wanted to take. I wanted the nomadic life of a traveler but also wanted the husband, the condo, and the kitten. Unable to decide which life I wanted more, I did nothing. When I turned 30 I’d had enough of putting my life on hold and decided to start “choosing my figs.” So, I quit my job, bought a one-way ticket to Europe, and traveled for three years. Now I'm back in Chicago, decorating my apartment in all the teal, petting my cats, and planning my next adventure.

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  • Denice@ Graffiti Artists
    January 5, 2014at8:49 pm

    These are some fantastic find Val! Discovering street art is one of my favorite things to do too. Although sometimes even if I enjoyed the many kind of street arts, I didn’t find easy to understand the full story behind each piece, I just enjoyed glancing at it and admiring the artist. Thank you for sharing these to us!

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