Banksy is an unknown artist, nobody knows who he is or where he lives. He or she is a graffiti artist that provokes change in the world. Banksy has been to the White House, but had a paper bag over his/her head so we don't know what he/she looks like. Banksy is famous for his/her artwork and his/her latest piece, 'Mobile Lovers' was sold for $800,000.
Banksy has been all around the world and has done artworks in the most crazy of places. He/she has an agent that meets with the buyers of his work instead of him. This may be because he might get arrested for doing graffiti in third world or war related countries. His work used to be removed and painted over but now it stays and sometimes there are structures built to protect his work from other graffiti artists.
Banksy does his/her work to prove a point and for free speech. A lot of Banksy's work is done in first world countries like the USA. The reason might be that there is a lot of deaths from broken rules that lead to stupid acts. Banksy mostly shows domestic problems with his/her work.
Banksy has also opened Dismaland in 2015. So you can enjoy a wild ride of dismal fun, the only thing is that it was only open for 5 weeks. The official opening was on Saturday, August 22. It is Banksy's largest exhibition and only 4000 people are aloud to enter daily with the tickets selling at the price of $5 each.
By Siobhan MacLeod