Artist Biographies in the artzine on artrepublic.com

Andy Warhol is probably the most famous member of the Pop Art movement. Virtually any image that was in the public domain was a prime target for the Warhol treatment. Sculptures of Brillo soap pad boxes, Coca-Cola bottles and replications of popular icons such as Elvis Presley, Elizabeth Taylor and most famously Marilyn Monroe are just some of his huge body of work.

London based A.CE is a graffiti artist who has been getting up in the streets in one way or another for the last 10 years. 

Abbott's work received enormous acclaim during her life time and stands today as an invaluable document of New York in the 1920s and 1930s.

Adam 5100's knowledge of printmaking and savvy ability with spray paint has developed into a love and talent for painting using stencils. His stencils represent hundreds of hours of meticulous work and the fine detail created is a hallmark of his work.

Ansel Adams is best known for his majestic black and white photographs of Yosemite National Park. He took his first photograph in the park in 1916 with his father’s Box Brownie camera and continued to visit the park every year from then onwards.

A self-taught award winning artist, Ben Allen has wowed the world with his eye for creativity and composition. An exotic cocktail of graffiti, street, graphic and pop art Ben’s is a truly diverse talent. His colourful, vibrant artwork is deeply rooted in the influences of urban popular culture and is held in private collections worldwide. 

Lawrence Alma-Tadema is the archetypal Classicist painter and at his peak his reputation rivalled that of Leighton. The unquestionable strength of his technical skill is most notable in the details bestowed on the many marble artefacts that characterise his work. 

AME72 (pronounced 'aim72') is a UK artist who has been active in the graffiti scene since 1985.

Bonnie and Clyde is a Brighton based artist who’s inspired by the movies, music, art and the politics of life. 

Sybil Andrews’ work has met with wide critical acclaim and ever increasing popularity. Her colour linocuts were featured extensively in the 2008 Fine Arts, Boston / Metropolitan, New York British Prints From the Machine Age - Rhythms of Modern Life 1914–1939 exhibition, and her work is held in major collections around the world. 

Edward Ardizzone is best known as an illustrator and in particular for his 'Tim' series of books which he both wrote and illustrated.

Armsrock is a young Danish street artist living in Germany.  

Francis Bacon is probably best known for his unique, disturbing and moving interpretations of Velasquez’s famous painting of Pope Innocent X. As an artist he wanted to show what was deep inside a person rather than their surface appearance. He often took lots of photographs of his subjects which he would fold and tear to create his distorted compositions.

Charming Baker is a graduate of Central St Martins Art College, London, who paints in oil on canvas, linen, wood and paper. 

The highly sought-after works of British artist Dan Baldwin have been exhibited in galleries worldwide. His work has also featured in magazines such as 'Elle' and as a window display at Selfridges in London. 

Writing a Banksy biography can be a challenge, given that his true identity remains a mystery. However, here’s what we know about Britain’s most celebrated graffiti artist: Originally from Bristol, Banksy’s stencils have become immensely popular throughout the UK and his subversive images can be seen daubed on walls throughout the world.

Gerry Baptist’s graffiti-inspired naive graphics and bold contrasting colours create striking compositions that comment on modern life and the contradictions of our consumer society.

During his brief career, tragically cut short by a drugs overdose in 1988, Jean-Michel Basquiat had been described in some quarters as an 'urban noble savage', yet this clearly belied his privileged background. Edward Lucie-Smith described his work as possessing "immense energy and a vast range of cultural reference".

James Bates is a London based printmaker, illustrator, designer & animator. His work covers a wide range of skills & disciplines having worked in design, advertising, interactive, music industry, print and moving image.  

Edward Bawden worked as a printmaker, graphic designer and illustrator. His early works included a mural at Morley College created with fellow artist and close friend Eric Ravilious.