Rarely is there a person (interested in street art) that has never heard of Banksy. Considering all the controversy around his art and persona, that is not surprising. He is a well-known pseudo-anonymous British graffiti artist.

He is believed to be a native of the Bristol area and to be born in the 1970s, but there is a substantial public uncertainty about Banksy’s identity or origin. In 2008, The Daily Mail (supposedly) unmasked the infamous and elusive artist to be Bristol resident Robin Gunningham. I am seriously questioning TDM’s story, as both Banksy and his closest friends seem to deny the allegations. Trying to predict who the mysterious artist is proves to be as difficult as predicting the location of his next artwork. His graffiti could be spotted in cities all over the world – Bristol, London, Brighton, Berlin, Boston, LA, Melbourne, Sydney, Mali and even Palestine.  You could have…