Beast | |
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Born | Milan, Italy |
Nationality | Italian |
Known for | Artist |
Beast is an Italian anonymous contemporary street artist from Milan.[1]
Beast is the pseudonym for an anonymous Milan-based street artist who has been active on the streets of Europe and United States since 2009, with a focus on stencils at first and later at creating digital collages aiming to highlight political and social issues.[2][3][4]
Beast created public artworks that portray well-known political figures including Donald Trump,[5] Angela Merkel,[6][7] Marine Le Pen,[8] Matteo Renzi,[9] Silvio Berlusconi,[10] Matteo Salvini[11][12] and Mario Draghi.[13]
Beast uses photo manipulation technique[14] to create his works, as well as wheat pasting and billboard hijacking methods[15] to place his works in the public sphere.
Year | Exhibition | City |
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2019 | Affordable Art Fair [16] | Milan |
2018 | Stroke Art Fair[17] | Munich |
2017 | Public Art Festival[18][19] | Athens |
2017 | Oxford International Art Fair[20] | Oxford |
2016 | H Views Politics in Art[21] | Zürich |
2016 | Grenoble Street Art Festival[22] | Grenoble |
2016 | Dream Factory[6] | Milan |