Joe Caslin

Joe Caslin is an Irish street artist, activist, art teacher, and public speaker. He is known for realistic pencil drawings, often explicitly engaging with social issues. He challenges themes like drug addiction, immigration, consent, suicide, and marriage equality through his art.

Early life and education He was born in Roscommon, Ireland. He graduated from NCAD in Dublin,Ireland. It became a symbol of the pro-marriage-equality campaign side in the same sex marriage referendum. The referendum passed to extend civil rights to same-sex couples. A month later, he installed a mural of two women on the side of a castle, which was inspired by Frederic William Burton’s painting The Meeting on the Turret Stairs.

In 2016, he installed a five-storey mural of a married lesbian couple in Belfast. This was done to campaign for same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland.

Awards He was awarded the 2013 Association of Illustrators award for New Talent in Public Realm Illustration. He was named the Winner of the Public Realm New Talent Award by the World Association of Illustrators.