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February 1, 2013
Graffiti cleaners in Cardiff: destroying art or combatting vandalism?

We know how graffiti gets on to walls, but how does it come off? We went on a street clean with a Cardiff removal team to find out.

There are many different types of graffiti in Cardiff.

Glyn Burrell and Alex Quinn have seen most of it, from heart shaped doodles to scrawled slurs, in their work removing graffiti from the city streets. They let me come along on a clean, to see how they tackle graffiti and find out how easy it is to scrub away.

February 3, 2012
Graffiti makeover for industrial warehouse

London Graffiti collective BRS are transforming a Llandaff North warehouse into a tribute to New York art.
Painting is already in progress and the exhibition will take place at The Boiler House, a converted warehouse on the Andrews Road industrial estate.

London Graffiti collective BRS are transforming a Llandaff North warehouse into a tribute to New York art.


Painting is already in progress and the exhibition will take place at The Boiler House, a converted warehouse on the Andrews Road industrial estate.

BRS consists of graffiti artists Four, Ders, Skyhigh, Choc and Born, who have spent a week spray-painting the walls of the warehouse to get it ready in time for the launch party tonight.

“ We are trying to do some real funky stuff with this exhibition,” Born told The Cardiffian.

March 22, 2011
Image of Jesus painted on the side of Canolfan Beulah Community Centre, Rhiwbina

Jesus appears to residents in Rhiwbina.

A Banksy-esque Jesus has appeared in a Cardiff suburb as part of a church's preparation for Easter.

A modern-day image of Jesus has been painted on to the outside wall of Canolfan Beulah Community Centre in Rhiwbina.

The typical depiction of Jesus as a bearded man with out-stretched arms exists, but with a couple of subversions: a t-shirt and jeans.

February 4, 2011
Graffiti comes in from the cold in Cardiff

Cardiff artist Bryce “Best” Davies talks graffiti and why he set up The Boiler House, Wales’s first Graffiti and Street Art gallery.

GRAFFITI is an odd concept. To some it is an art form, to others it’s a political statement. To many, it’s just vandalism.


I talked to Cardiff graffiti artist Bryce “Best” Davies about what it means to him and why he set up The Boiler House, Wales’s first Graffiti and Street Art gallery.


The quiet, middle-class suburb of Llandaff North seems an odd place for the hub of graffiti art in Cardiff to be tucked away.