This document profiles 6 leading 3D street artists from around the world: Kurt Wenner transforms Renaissance art into 3D street paintings; Julian Beever creates chalk drawings that wash away after a day; Tracy Lee Stum holds the world record for largest street painting and works in biblical and exotic themes; Eduardo Relero illustrates fanciful sidewalk chalk drawings in Spain; Eric Grohe was a graphic designer who began creating trompe l'oeil murals depicting patriotic American scenes. These artists pioneer new techniques in 3D anamorphic street art, combining classical skills with modern urban media.
2. • 3D graffiti, whether it’s in
chalk or paint, on walls or
the street, represents a new
way of combining the
mastery of Renaissance art
techniques with the gritty
of amazing street art. These
3D street artists gives
graffiti a whole new
meaning – one that departs
from the conventional
interpretation of graffiti as
vandalism in the form of
images and letters scrawled
on public property.
3. Kurt Wenner
• Kurt Wenner‘s ability to
transform Renaissance
classicism into 3D street art is
unparalleled and has made
him the top anamorphic street
painting artist of our time.
Kurt aims to “reinvent
classicism for a new age”,
bringing his talent for realism
to the streets, literally, having
invented a pictorial geometry
that corrects the specific
distortion caused by viewing
his street paintings at an
oblique angle. A former NASA
illustrator, Kurt has had his
work featured in a lengthy list
of articles, television features,
ads, and documentaries.
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5. Julian Beever
• Julian Beever’s world-renowned
sidewalk chalk drawings have
been a viral hit all over the
internet, and it’s easy to see why:
he’s a master of the anamorphic
technique, which he’s been
perfecting since the mid 1990s.
Each of Julian’s creations
typically take a full day to
complete, and by the next day
they’re just a memory, washed
away by rain or walked upon by
pedestrians. The English artist
has been given the nickname
“The Pavement Picasso”, and he
continues to work all over the
world.
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7. Tracy Lee Stum
• Tracy Lee Stum is widely
considered to be one of
today’s finest street painters.
She has traveled the world
to be a featured artist in
many festivals and events,
and she currently holds the
Guinness World Record for
the largest street painting by
an individual, which she
completed in 2006. Tracy’s
work contains many themes,
from Biblical to exotic to the
mundane.
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9. Eduardo Relero
• Eduardo Relero is a
street artist working
primarily in Spain. His
fanciful illustrative
style looks like
storybook pages come
to life, and indeed each
of his anamorphic
sidewalk chalk
drawings seems to have
a story behind it.
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11. Eric Grohe
• Eric Grohe was a
professional graphic designer
and illustrator for decades
before beginning work on his
renowned trompe leil murals.
Eric’s murals appear to jump
off of the surfaces that he
paints on, and they grace
walls all over the United
States and the World, from
Seattle Washington to Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. Eric’s
work reflects a patriotic allAmerican theme, and his
depictions of scenes such as
football games and
picturesque towns have
turned blank walls into
works of art.