D*Face

Born in 1978, Dean Stockton aka D*Face is an English artist, sculptor and illustrator based in London, and a leading figure in street art. Fascinated since adolescence by the United States and the American Dream, with a passion for skateboarding and drawing, the artist discovered Graffiti and Street Art at the age of 15 thanks to the specialist magazines Subway Art and Spraycan Art. After studying design, he went on to work as an illustrator, developing his street art business in parallel. Recognizable by his use of pop art imagery, reminiscent of Roy Lichtenstein or even Andy Warhol, which includes images of icons such as Marilyn Monroe or the Queen of England, his work draws on American comics. His works deal with society's obsession with celebrities and over-consumption in a darkly satirical way. His frescoes depict highly expressive male or female figures, often accompanied by a comment or thought. In 2005, he opened his own urban art gallery, Stolenspace Gallery, in London. His frescoes can be seen in Barcelona, New York, Tokyo, Miami and Los Angeles, among other places.