Stik

Stik, stylised as STIK, Born in 1979 and having no formal art school training, Stik is known for painting large stick figures that are six-lines, and two-dot figures.

Overview Stik paints stick figure-like people as signature characters in street art. He began in London, working in its northeast area of Hackney, especially in Shoreditch, In the neutrality of the figures he draws, they strike a chord with symbolism and emotion.

He liaises at the Central Saint Martins Graffiti Dialogues and has been funded to run graffiti workshops. He has worked with Amnesty International, British Waterways, the Mutoid Waste Company, Queeruption, and Reclaim the Streets. He paints unauthorised art as well as pieces that are authorised.

In 2011, Stik had a solo show at Imitate Modern, a gallery in London's West End. This led to further street artists including Conor Harrington, MadC, Mear One, Thierry Noir, Francisco Rodrigues da Silva (Nunca), Phlegm, James Reka (Reka One), Remi Rough and System, and ROA, becoming involved to form the Dulwich Outdoor Gallery of street art around the Dulwich area in 2013. In February 2013 he collaborated with Noir in Shoreditch.

In March 2013 Stik gave away poster copies of his art via The Big Issue.

In 2020 Stik's sculpture "Holding Hands" was installed in Hoxton Square in London.

The sculpture Wall, at the entrance to the Migration Museum in Lewisham Shopping Centre, is made up of two panels from the former Berlin Wall, one painted by Stik and one by Thierry Noir.

In June 2022 at Bonhams Post-War and Contemporary Art sale, Stik's work Children of the Fire achieved a sale of £247,000.

Publications Stik. Century, 2015. .