Born out of Bristol
It’s believed that Banksy’s career first started in the early 90s, working as a freehand graffiti artist as part of the Bristol underground scene. His first known wall mural The Mild, Mild West, depicted a teddy bear holding a Molotov cocktail, and was painted in 1997 on a former solicitors’ office on Stokes Croft. Since then, his work has appeared on walls and buildings in major cities such as London, Paris, LA and New York, as well as everywhere in his hometown of Bristol.