Ireland, Derry: July 25-26, 2015 - Release The Pressure - Graffiti and Mural Arts Festival

July 25 - July 26

Ebrington Square, Derry, Ireland

UV Arts host a weekend celebration of Graffiti, Street Art and Mural Arts in a citywide festival, enjoying this unique and visually stimulating art form live and for free.

"Release The Pressure" festival will see 60 graffiti, street artists, and contemporary mural artists take to the streets of Derry in what can only be described as an explosion of colour. Witness an international lineup of artists working together to create art in the streets.

The hub of excitement will be at Ebrington Square and mute meadows with more sites across the city, so follow the sweet smell of spray paint to our various locations across the city. For more information contact our team on Facebook and Twitter for regular updates, or contact info@uv-arts.co

Tickets are available here.

Please pass this along in your networks. July 25 is coming.

NL, Amsterdam: The Bodé Battle Monster Jam: July 18, 2012

Videos: Bode comic class from 1996

Australia, Melbourne & Sydney: February-March, 2012: Mark Bode

For two generations Mark and his father Vaughn Bode have forged an artistic legacy that has had a profound effect on graffiti, street art and underground comics.

In the mid seventies, the iconoclastic Vaughn Bode's comic book characters, particularly Cheech Wizard resonated so closely with the revolutionary spirit of pioneering graffiti artist that these characters were adopted as the mascots of the movement, becoming the first used in graffiti.

In recent years Mark Bode, an accomplished graffiti artist, tattooist, illustrator and writer, has stretched the horizons of the Bode universe beyond imagination, creating several cult classic comics, perhaps the best known being Colbalt 60, which is currently slated by Zack Snyder for a live action film.

Bode is also something of a nexus for the world street art and graffiti art scene, the heir to the first graffiti characters, a genuinely positive visionary and a backbone of the community he has painted murals around the globe with an extended family consisting of the most respected graffiti and street artists.

For "Bode in Oz", In February Mark Bode will be taking a 2 week tour of Melbourne and Sydney, painting murals with Australian artists and exhibiting a collection of original work along with the performance of a Cartoon Concert in both cities.

Melbourne.
House Of Bricks
40 Budd St, Coillingwood, Vic
Opening. Saturday 18th February 6-9pm
Running from the 19th Feb - 4th March

Sydney.
China Heights
Level 3, 16-28 Foster St, Surry Hills, NSW
Opening, Saturday 25th February 6-9pm

Video: Vaughn Bode Toronto Comic Con 1974

NV, Las Vegas: June 3, 2011: Legends of Graffiti

FL, Miami: Dec 2-5, 2010: Bay to Basel, Bode, English, Giant, and more

Mural, too: NW 36th St

CA, San Francisco: August 27, 2010: Mark Bode Jigsaw Puzzle Party

Mark Bode "Wanna Ride" Jigsaw Puzzle Commercial from TOTT Global on Vimeo.


Vaughn Bode "Lizard of Oz" Jigsaw Puzzle Commercial from TOTT Global on Vimeo.

CA, San Francisco: June 25-July 31, 2010: Mark Bode

Wizards, Lizards and Broads

"Its the first time my father's brother Vincent Bode is attending a graffiti show opening, and he has varnished the oil painting he did of my father (in 1973) for the show. Lots of new stuff and a section of Vaughn's originals and sculptures on display as well as one-of-a-kind Bode Puma shoes. Must see if you're in the area and you know your graff history ! See you there!"

Mark Bode