best street artists in the world

Little known, and with only a Flickr of an online presence, Mesa creates wonderful photo realist works in Spain. His ghostly faces on rural buildings and his ominous black birds are standouts.

Ludo is best known for his Natures Revenge series, where military and industrial images are collaged to create natural forms

Zildas hand painted classical images are unique for the sense of history he brings to street art

Know Hopes poetic figures accompanied by lines of poetry deal with the tricky balance of life, love, and the struggle between optimism and pessimism that his name immediately conveys.

Only painting together for the last couple of years, Best Ever is a collaboration of Neil Edward and Hadley Newman that has quickly developed a strong reputation. Their photo realistic walls are anatomically based, but go beyond the pure form to convey emotion and turmoil.

Becca has been pasting hand painted characters for over a decade, mostly around L.A. Her pieces are typically glamorous ladies or playful kids, which become especially striking in gritty urban alleys and soulless Los Angeles streets.

L.A. based El Mac paints photo realistic portraits, often in collaboration with Retnas calligraphy based backgrounds. The pieces become local landmarks.

One of the Brazilian greats, Nunca paints indigenous style characters and strong political statements around the world. He has painted everything from a castle in Scotland to the exterior of the Tate Modern in London.

Philippe Baudelocque paints huge animals around Paris that are striking from a distance, but even more interesting on closer inspection because theyre made up of intricate patterns and details.

Specter has a huge variety of projects, from street sculptures to portraits to recreating storefronts.