best street artists in the world

Based in Madrid, Luzinterruptus creates light based installations using small battery powered lights. The installations are beautiful, and each is accompanied by a statement explaining their commentary on society.

More elusive than Banksy, Zoo Project creates amazing walls in Paris, and recently in southern France. Simple characters impart philosophical messages.

Conor Harringtons military inspired murals incorporate suggestions of calm figures against turbulent, graffiti inspired backgrounds.

Eines best known street work is his Shutter Font (bold letters on storefronts), including a complete alphabet in London. Recently he became more known when David Cameron gave Barack Obama an Eine canvas.

Legendary graffiti writer ESPO (Exterior Surface Painting Outreach), recently better known as Steve Powers, created his Love Letter murals in Philadelphia and Syracuse, where he used traditional sign writing techniques (and a lot of local young people) to create witty proclamations of love. So sick.

Herbert Bagliones simple human alien characters are complemented by beautiful, detailed patterns.

Fauxreels black & white photography based work is both striking and purposeful. His projects often reflect social issues, and are rooted in the local community. His recent Face of The City series merges portraits of local residents with the character and blemishes of the walls.

Frenchman C215 creates romantic stencilled portraits, often of his daughter Nina. His monochromatic stencils are great, which he paints on surfaces with character, like rusty doors or mail boxes.

An incredibly skilled illustrator, Phlegm creates beautiful hand made comics as well as huge walls with detailed scenes of mythical animals and characters. Hes not based in a major city, which is why Phlegm is not as well known as others on this list, but that wont last long.

Alexandros Vasmoulakis is known for enormous, often surreal walls that seem to embody a fashionable glamour and dream like quality.