All Female Artist Paint Jam on Blackall Street

The first real street art event of 2016 in London kicked off over the weekend. This was with an all female artist paint jam on the little alley known as Blackall Street in Shoreditch.

A popular spot for paste up artists in particular. The street has taken on a whole new lease of life over the past year. This on account of the demolition work that’s been taking place on one side of the street.

That work, which will soon result in the creation of a massive office block has seen the previous sixties buildings disappear. They had overlooked a row of turn of the century warehouse buildings. The resultant alley in between had become a haven for arty types. It’s one of the spots to see if you were ever going to visit the area on a street art tour.

WP_20160109_17_20_35_Pro (2) — Mondi finishing off her piece on Blackall Street with work from Mutiny in the foreground

Female Artist Paint Jam on Blackall Street

Now, the warehouse buildings remain yet hoardings have replaced the more modern affairs. Needless to say they’ve become extraordinarily popular with street artists and graffiti writers who have discovered a whole new series of canvases.

The art there changes very frequently although what will happen when the hoardings come down and the shiny new buildings are built is anyones guess. My thoughts are that the life of Blackall Street as a key location for street art in the city is a limited one and will soon come to an end as the area finds itself transformed.

For now though we have the chance to see plenty of art. The first paint jam of 2016 saw some of the area’s most popular female street artists gather on Blackall Street to paint some of the hoardings.

WP_20160109_17_18_42_Pro — Giusi Tomasello next to her piece

On a wet weekend in January. Giusi Tomasello, Elno, Amelia Unity, Pyklops, Mondi, Mutiny and New Art Rioter all got together. combined with the organising skills of Femme Fierce. They would crack open the paint cans and to decorate the hoardings resulting in a bit of a bonanza for the many street art tours that came past cameras in hand.

So for the first paint jam of 2016, check out the gallery below and if you can get down to Blackall Street yourself to see some of the hoardings for yourself, don’t wait too long. The times as they say, are a changing!

Blackall Street Paint Jam Gallery

WP_20160109_17_24_08_Pro — Looking down the street towards Shoreditch with Giusi’s work in the foreground

WP_20160109_17_23_20_Pro — Towards Old Street with work from New Art Rioter in the foreground

WP_20160109_17_12_34_Pro — Looking down the street with work from Elno

WP_20160109_16_27_17_Pro — Looking down the street with work from Unity in the foreground

WP_20160109_17_02_12_Pro (2) — Mondi in action

WP_20160109_16_31_45_Pro (2) — Elno in action

WP_20160109_16_36_25_Pro (2) — Artists in action with New Art Rioter in the foreground

WP_20160109_16_27_28_Pro — Giusi finishing off her work

WP_20160109_16_26_48_Pro — Close up of the work from Unity

WP_20160109_16_26_39_Pro — The finished piece from Pyklops

WP_20160109_16_27_00_Pro — Pyklops and Unity

WP_20160109_17_21_08_Pro — Almost finished work from Giusi Tomasello

WP_20160109_16_44_00_Pro — Farsi script as part of Mondi’s piece, it says ‘The subconsious mind’

WP_20160109_17_23_40_Pro — Finished work from Mondi

WP_20160109_17_10_04_Pro (2) — Mondi next to her work

jane laurie blackall street — Mutiny’s completed piece raising awareness of the endangered Bateleur. Photo courtesy of London Calling Blog

WP_20160109_16_38_30_Pro — New Art Rioter adding the finishing touches

WP_20160109_16_35_43_Pro (2) — New Art Rioter in action

WP_20160109_17_04_41_Pro (2) — Elno next to her finished piece

WP_20160109_17_18_55_Pro (2) — Giusi next to her work

InstagramCapture_31187006-1651-4cc7-8408-754c6da9bfff — Elno, Giusi and Mondi at the end of the day

Blackall Street was visited on Saturday 9 January 2016. For more art of the street check out this post from 2013 and for more posts featuring some of the artists here check out some of the pictures from Femme Fierce 2014, Femme Fierce 2015, Pop Brixton featuring Elno, Giusi and Mutiny and Street Art Margate featuring Giusi and Pyklops.