Collection: DS | Artist

David Schmidt, known in the art world as 'DS', is a US national and UK-bred urban artist striving to create visually attractive, mentally engaging art all wrapped up in rich colour and form. The life of this stencil artist is one of contradiction: the act of spray-painting is immediate and chaotic, while the stencil itself is created painstakingly with absolute precision, a fitting medium for an artist whose own life is full of contradiction and whose art continues the trend.

DS's mission is to improve walls, whether with hangable limited-edition art in a gallery or home, or on the street while hiding in plain sight. His work sits at the intersection of street art, graffiti and contemporary urban art, combining bold colour, graphic form and ideas that reward a second look.
"The first stencils I painted on the streets were in East London in 2002, an area heavily bombarded by some of the now 'greats' of the street art world. The stencils were crude black and white robots, but the art medium struck a note with me as a teenager." - DS

DS's limited-edition stencil prints and spray-paint artworks are sought after by collectors of urban art, street art and graffiti-inspired contemporary art looking for bold, colourful pieces with real street credibility.