Stik offers Community Grant to Local LGBTQ+ Organisations.

The official Hackney 2016 Pride in London Banner designed by Stik will be auctioned at Christies to raise funds for a local LGBTQ+ organisation or charity. Based on recent auction sales of £35,000 this sale promises to be a substantial funding opportunity. Hackney Council who commissioned the banner will be assisting Stik in the selection process, applications for the grant can be made HERE.

Stik says: “I was delighted to represent Hackney in the London Pride parade last year. Our vibrant and varied community is known around the world and I am proud to live here.”

The banner is currently on display at Hackney Museum.  

Read the full story HERE.

Petition for Return of Community Mural

Please sign and share this petition created by the young people of Gdansk, Poland who are campaigning for the return of their community mural:

BRING BACK OUR MURAL.

We are the young people of Gdańsk

In 2011 our local art centre Laznia invited British street artist Stik to Gdansk, Poland and asked him to paint a community mural with us. It is called ‘To Skomplikowane’ (‘It’s Complicated’). It was funded by local money and painted on shipping containers. This is the beginning of our story. In 2014 our work went missing from Gdańsk and bits of the mural were later found in Lamberty Gallery in London, some cut in place where Stik figures were holding hands. We were not consulted, neither was Stik or Laznia.

We don't want the work to be used by a stranger for commercial use or to be put up for sale. The artwork we made with Stik was about community and being together but it has been cut up. Now it's about splitting community to make money, a sad symbol of today’s world. We believe that our work can inspire many and give hope for people living where the mural was originally placed. 

We are demanding for the mural to be sent back and we hope that you will do the right thing, Mr Lamberty. 

If you want to support our project:

You can support our work by signing the petition and by sharing our story with your family and friends. Please help us to get our artwork back. We can't do this without your support.

Stik Street Artwork Raises £35,000 At Auction To Save Arts Centre

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Stik (second from left) and the Magpie Collective at Phillips December 2016 ‘New Now’ Auction London with artwork, ‘Magpie’

12th December 2016, London/Bristol: A Stik street art piece has been sold at Phillips Auction in London for £35,000 to raise funds for the relocation of the Magpie Social Centre in Bristol. The piece was painted on the outside wall of the building back in 2009 on one of Stik’s trips to the city and was rediscovered shortly before the collective were evicted earlier this year. Stik only permits the sale of his street artworks when the money raised goes directly back to the community and he readily agreed to help them place the sale.

Lee Guy, one of the directors of the new Magpie Project Space enthused: “We’re grateful to Stik for authenticating this artwork and to Phillips auction for their generous support in the sale. The money raised will ensure that the Magpie will live on as a free arts space for our community for years to come.”

The collective who formerly squatted the vacant lot for 10 years are now browsing various properties in the Bristol area.

The former Magpie Building at Ashley Road, Stokes Croft, Bristol (Photo by Dave Stuart)

Upcoming Stik sale at Phillips Auction to raise funds for Magpie Social Centre

Stik met with the director of Magpie Project Space this week to authenticate the fundraiser sale on Thursday 8th December at Phillips Auction. Seen here at the private view the sale is expected to raise enough funds to rehouse the community centre.

Stik with Natty Lee form Magpie Social Centre at Phillips Auction Private view.

STIK
‘Magpie’

Lot 90
Phillips
New Now
London Auction
8 December 2016

Signed, dated and authenticated 'STIK 2009 2016' on the reverse. Spray paint on wood, in artist's frame.
139 x 29.8 cm (54 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.)
Executed in 2009. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the artist's studio.

Estimate
£8,000 - 12,000♠

Contact Specialist
Simon Tovey
Head of Sale
+44 20 7318 4084

https://www.phillips.com/detail/STIK/UK010816/90

This lot is an original street art work from the front wall of the Magpie Social Centre in Bristol, which had to give up its premises earlier this year. The artist has agreed to authenticate the panel so that proceeds can fund the relocation of the social centre.

Stik Helps Rehouse Bristol Social Centre

Stik Authenticates Magpie Social Centre Mural:

Magpie Social Centre

Street Artist Stik has agreed to authenticate and approve the sale of a street art piece he once painted on the front of the Magpie Social Centre in Bristol. This piece appeared in 2009 on the front wall of the not-for-profit social centre which was evicted earlier this year and is currently looking for a new premises.

Stik states: “The Magpie Social Centre was one of the free spaces that actively encouraged street art and helped me to become the artist I am today. I don’t generally approve of the sale of street pieces but here I will make an exception. It gives me great pleasure to authenticate this piece so that Magpie can continue to support the next generation of artists.”

Stik only authenticates street artworks when all proceeds benefit the community they were painted for. The artist was approached by the community centre earlier this year and helped set up the sale with London auction house Phillips. The piece titled ‘Magpie’ has been preserved, framed and logged and comes with a certificate of authenticity. This fundraising system has been set up to counteract the removal and unauthenticated trade in street artworks.

The log of all authenticated street artworks can be found at www.stik.org/fundraising

Lot 90 'Magpie' 2009

 ‘Magpie’ (2009)

Phillips, London Auction, New Now.08 December 2016 Lot 90

Spray Paint on Wood, in Artist's Frame
139 x 29.8 cm (54 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.)
Estimate: £8,000 - 12,000

Comes with Artist’s Certificate of Authenticity.

Stik Signing and Poster Giveaway

New York - 21st July 6-8pm

Win a pair of signed, un-folded artist’s proof Stik posters at Strand Books.

Anyone who buys a copy of ‘STIK’ or brings in a pre-purchased copy of the book to Strand Books for Stik to sign is eligible to enter a lottery to win a pair of artist’s unfolded, cardstock Stik posters, signed by Stik himself. The posters, one orange and one teal, are number one of only five artist’s proofs and depict the same image seen on the folded poster in the book (pictured).

Signing:
6-8pm
Thursday 21st July

STRAND BOOKSHOP
CONTACT: 212.473.1452
828 BROADWAY (& 12TH STREET)
NEW YORK, NY 10003

Press Contact: chsmith@penguinrandomhouse.com

Stik contact: http://stik.org/contact/

Strand Bookshop events: http://www.strandbooks.com/event/stik

Penguin Books: http://www.penguin.com/book/stik-by-stik/9780143108788

STIK - New York book signing at Strand Bookshop

July 21st 2016, 6pm-8pm

Stik will be signing copies of his book ‘Stik’ published by Penguin at Strand Bookshop. The historical venue is just minutes away from Stik’s iconic water tower ‘Union’ on Union Square.

For the first time ever Stik shares his personal archive of working photographs and recounts the social and personal motivations behind each of his murals in this beautifully designed and produced art book, from unauthorised pieces painted on the streets of East London when the artist was homeless through to the giant international murals for which he has become famous. This book is the culmination of 15 years of work and is a unique insight into the artist’s world.

This 220 page hardback edition is bound in lush red canvas and finished with black and white foils. The first edition comes with a free, limited edition lithograph poster in one of two unique colours, Teal and Orange which Stik will be signing on the day.

STRAND BOOKSHOP
CONTACT: 212.473.1452
828 BROADWAY (& 12TH STREET)
NEW YORK, NY 10003

Press Contact: chsmith@penguinrandomhouse.com

Stik contact: http://stik.org/contact/

Strand Bookshop events: http://www.strandbooks.com/event/stik

Penguin Books: http://www.penguin.com/book/stik-by-stik/9780143108788

Stik UK signing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1r8SGAtXLk

Stik Banner Represents Hackney at ‘Pride in London’ 2016

Central London June 25th 2016.

Photo: ©STIK Stik (centre in orange t-shirt) with Hackney crew

A bespoke banner created by artist Stik, was paraded with tens of tens of thousands of people at the Pride in London March on Saturday. The two metre high artwork depicts two androgynous figures holding hands on a rainbow background and completed the all-day rally on top a specially adapted Hackney Carriage Taxi.

The banner was commissioned by Hackney council and was hand-stitched in heavy body flag cotton in collaboration with Flagmakers Ltd. the oldest flag makers in Britain who also make flags for The Queen (of England!). The piece will be put into a London auction later this year to raise funds for a Hackney-Based LGBTQ+ charity or organisation to be chosen by the community. Until then the banner will be on display for free at Hackney Museum.

The parade was joined by Stik and friends from the LGBTQ+ community and queer underground movement and a large crowd of Hackney residents carrying their home-made Stik placards. 

Photo ©STIK: Kissing Couple

Photo ©STIK: Philip Sallon and Michael Voice

Photo ©STIK: New Best Friends

Photo ©STIK: Anarcho-Punk Comedian/Poet Becky Fury

Links:

Hackney Today D.I.Y Placards:
http://www.hackney.gov.uk/media/7431/20-June-2016-issue-381/pdf/HT381

Hackney Museum:
http://www.hackney.gov.uk/museum

Hackney Pride 2010:
http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/hundreds_join_together_in_hackney_pride_march_against_hate_1_624072?rate=true&id=1.624072&level=5

Stik Book, available on Penguin:
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1099443/stik/

STIK Pride Banner

-Stik commissioned to make banner for ‘Pride in London 2016 Parade’

-Banner to be auctioned off for LGBT Charity

-Every Hackney resident receives Stik poster/placard in their free copy of Hackney Today

STIK Pride banner.

STIK Banner

Stik will be representing Hackney at the annual Pride in London Parade with a 2 metre, bespoke banner for the event. The hand-made banner was commissioned by Hackney Council and is being made in collaboration with Flagmakers Ltd., the oldest flag makers in Britain. The banner will be mounted on top of a black Hackney Carriage Taxi then put on display at Hackney Museum until it is auctioned off to raise funds for a local LGBT organisation. 

STIK banner being made by Flagmakers Ltd.

Placards

108,000 Hackney Council residents will receive a free D.I.Y Stik Placard in copies of Hackney Today Newspaper and are invited to march alongside Stik at the Pride in London Parade on Sat 25th June in Central London. 

STIK placard in Hackney Today.

See you all there!

http://prideinlondon.org/

http://home.destinationhackney.co.uk/stik-london-pride-hackney-today/

STIK Book released in USA.

-Published by Penguin U.S.

-Available from 7th June 2016

-Hard back, cloth bound

-Comes with lithographic print in either blue or orange

The first collected volume of work from feted street artist Stik, fully illustrated and beautifully presented

“Social change IS what art does. I don’t know what else there is, to be honest. Social change seems to me the primary function of art. I feel that’s my duty. That’s why I’m here. That’s what art is supposed to do.” –STIK

Stik first came to notoriety as an underground street artist who painted life-size stick figures during the night around London’s East End. As a firm believer in the right to protest, the freedom of speech, and basic human rights, Stik has now painted murals in cities, towns, and villages all over the world, focusing his work in communities that face repression and disenfranchisement. 

Having gained an international following, Stik credits his audience with the intelligence to fill in the emotional details of his work, which always consists of just six lines and two dots. Each piece is a meditation.

This is the first collected volume of his work to date. It reveals the political and artistic inspiration behind the work of one of the street art community’s most brilliant and inspiring artists.

The first edition includes an exclusive limited edition lithographic print inside the book, in either blue or orange.

To reserve your copy:

http://www.penguin.com/book/stik-by-stik/9780143108788

Stik NHS prints raise £32,500 at Christie’s auction.

A set of prints by British street artist Stik titled ‘Sleeping Baby’ have sold at Christie’s auction in London for £32,500 in aid of Homerton Hospital Charitable Trust.  The ‘Sleeping Baby’ image which represents the vulnerability of the NHS has been adopted as a mascot by the Junior doctor’s industrial strike action and Stik, a keen advocate of a free and public health service has produced bespoke banners and rallied in solidarity with them since October last year. 

“The NHS is our baby and we need to look after it’ says Stik, ‘Homerton is my local hospital and it has looked after me for many years, now it is my turn to show my support to those who work there”

This is the second fundraiser Stik has made bringing the total funds generated for his local hospital to £82,500 in just under a year. 

The winning bidder Keiran-James Brown who says he sold a well-known portrait of the queen to make space for the ‘Sleeping Baby’ prints, said this about the image “Having been affected by my own battle with mental health over the years my life wouldn't be on track today without the great support I've had from the NHS. These images reflect, for me, the fragility of life itself”

Links:

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/oct/06/stik-nhs-sleeping-baby-mural-homerton-hospital-london

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iomp5Te_4BE

www.stik.org

http://stik.org/contact/

Street Artist Stik NHS fundraiser at Christie’s Auction

British street artist STIK’s iconic ‘Sleeping Baby’ print proofs will go on auction today at Christie’s South Kensington, London. The edition last year raised £50,000 for Homerton Hospital in London and this week the full set of four artists proofs will give an extra boost to the hospital with 100% of funds going to their charitable trust. 

The ‘Sleeping Baby’ image represents the vulnerability of the NHS and has been adopted by the junior Doctor’s as the mascot of their industrial strike action. This is a unique opportunity to own a piece of social history in the making.

Junior Doctors ‘rally with ‘Sleeping Baby’: 

Auction:

May 19th 2pm

Viewing times:

May 14, 11:00am - 5:00pm

May 15, 11:00am - 5:00pm

May 16, 9:00am - 7:30pm

May 17, 9:00am - 5:00pm

May 18, 9:00am - 5:00pm

CHRISTIE’S

85 Old Brompton Road

London SW7 3LD

Tel: +44 (0)20 7930 6074

Fax: +44 (0)20 7389 2869

Full listing:

Visit Christie's HERE.

Lot Description:

STIK

Sleeping Baby

the complete set of four screenprints in colours, 2015, on cream wove paper, each signed in pencil, inscribed AP 1/4, artist's proof impressions aside from the edition of 25 in each colour, the full sheets, apparently in very good condition, unexamined out of the frames

Image 590 x 1080 mm., Sheet 650 x 1120 mm. (each) (4)

Donated by the artist in aid of the Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Art Charitable Fund

This lot is offered with a Certificate of Authenticity from the artist.

Links:

Print release: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/oct/06/stik-nhs-sleeping-baby-mural-homerton-hospital-london

Doctor’s Rally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iomp5Te_4BE

STIK 'Sleeping Baby' NHS | Christie's Prints and Multiples Auction | 19th May 2016

A full set of STIK's 'Sleeping Baby' print, artist's proofs in all four colour-ways to be auctioned at Christie's. Donated by the artist in aid of the Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Art Charitable Fund. Stik's 'Sleeping Baby' print edition, which was released at London's Homerton Hospital in 2015 sold out instantly raising £50,000 for the NHS. The image has since been adopted as the mascot of the hospital's junior doctors strike. This is a unique opportunity to own a piece of social history in the making whilst supporting our NHS.

PRIVATE VIEW | Saturday 14th May - Wednesday 18th May.

Visit Christie's online catalogue.
Find out more about the project on theguardian.com

Junior Doctors Rally October 10th 2015 - Junior doctors march on parliament with STIK 'Sleeping Baby' placards.

22 April 2016

Stik has restarted negotiations for the return of ‘Solidarność’ (Solidarity), a community mural commissioned by Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art and painted by Stik in collaboration with the young people of Gdansk in 2011. The mural was removed without the permission of Stik or Laznia and reappeared, cut into pieces and offered for private sale in a West London Gallery in 2015. 

Gdansk Community Mural Update | November 2015

Stik is supporting Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art and the local community in the recovery of the missing 2011 Gdansk community mural which has re-emerged recently in a West London Gallery. A dialogue has been established. Stik will be presenting an overview of the situation to students and members of the Institute of Art and Law on the 28th Nov 2015.
The Polish Authorities are also investigating the case.
  
http://www.ial.uk.com/news/tag/stik/

Negotiating Return Children’s Community Mural

The 2011 Children’s Community Mural in Gdansk, Poland was commissioned by Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art and financed by The British Council and Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland and the City of Gdansk as part of the Brit-Cult Festival and was contracted for educational purposes only and not for commercial exploitation. The mural was painted by Stik in collaboration with children from the local area. In 2014 the mural was removed from its original location by a third party without the knowledge of Stik or Laznia and is now in the hands of a fourth party. Stik and Laznia are attempting to negotiate with the fourth party for the return of the mural to its original location. The Polish Authorities have been informed of the situation and are in the early stages of an investigation.

http://www.laznia.pl/mainart,258,statement.html

Stik Community Mural Destroyed for Commercial Exploitation

Stik does not approve the destruction and commercial exploitation of the Gdansk Community Mural. This non-commercial piece was created in 2011 through local funding in collaboration with young people from the community of Gdansk, Poland. The remains of this artwork will not be authenticated by the artist.

Stik NHS Hospital Fundraiser Print Edition

STIK 'Sleeping Baby' Print Release
Thursday 24th September 2015, 5-8PM.
The Education Centre, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Homerton Row, London E9 6SR

Closest Station: Homerton
Closest Tube: Bethnal Green
Bus: 26, 30, 308, 242, W15, 488, 425, 276, 394 and 236.
Disabled Access is available.

stikprints@homerton.nhs.uk

Print Name: 'Sleeping Baby'
Dimensions: 112cm X 65cm
Hand-Pulled Silkscreen Print on Somerset Card.
Cost: £500 unframed

NHS Blue Edition of 25
Red Edition of 25
Yellow Edition of 25
Silver Edition of 25
Total number of prints 100

Prints sold on a strictly 'First Come First Served' basis.

All proceeds go to the Homerton Hospital Regional Neurological Rehabilitation Unit (RNRU) Creative Media Room. The Trust offers long stay patients with acquired and traumatic brain injuries the chance to explore interactive art workshops as part of their rehabilitation and recovery. Funds will actively enable the Trust to develop and expand an arts workshop service for the ECU (Elderly Care Unit) specially formulated for people with dementia. 

Links:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34118088

www.homerton.nhs.uk/news/2015/september/world-famous-street-artist-stik-at-homerton/

Media Enquiries:
mark.purcell@homerton.nhs.uk

Stik: Exclusive London Book Signing.

Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0DT
Thursday 13th August 2015 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Stik will be signing copies of his new book at Foyles flagship store in London's West End. The book features a selection of large format photographs of Stik's unofficial street murals spanning over a decade, across three continents and reveals for the first time the stories and motivations behind them.

The first edition hardback has over 200 heavy gloss pages and is bound in lush red canvas with two colour foil details. Each copy contains an exclusive, limited edition lithograph print available in one of three colours.

The book is published by Century Penguin/Random House and is printed ethically in an ICTI accredited factory.

More information

'Big Mother' | November 2014.

Charles Hocking House, Bollo Bridge Road, South Acton, W3 8DA, London, England. 10 minutes from Acton Town tube station and is visible from the Piccadilly line and London flight paths. It is 125ft (38.2 metres) high!

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South Acton, London.