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Bordalo II’s New Half-Half Koala Replaces His 2017 Plastic Frog in Lisbon

August 18, 2026

Bordalo II has transformed a historic Xabregas wall with a new Half-Half Koala, replacing his colourful 2017 Plastic Frog with a divided portrait of nature, waste and artistic renewal.

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Bordalo II swimming with plastic shark . Image copyright Selina Miles

Bordalo II and the Sea: Marine Life, Plastic Pollution and Art Made from Waste

July 1, 2026

From Trash Sharks swimming in Tahiti to Plastic Whales in Bora Bora, Sketchy Crab in the Algarve and Balloon Fish on Portugal’s Atlantic coast, Bordalo II has repeatedly turned marine life into a powerful language for confronting plastic pollution, waste and environmental responsibility.

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Bordalo II: Big Trash Animals, Provoc and the Politics of Waste

June 18, 2026

Portuguese artist Bordalo II transforms discarded materials and public space into a critical language for examining waste, wildlife, consumerism and society. From Big Trash Animals to Provoc, GraffitiStreet traces the evolution of his practice and our first-hand relationship with the artist since 2015

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Banksy’s NOLA: The Quiet Power of Banksy’s Umbrella Girl

June 17, 2026

Discover the meaning behind Banksy Nola, also known as Umbrella Girl, one of the artist’s most poignant works created in post-Katrina New Orleans. Explore the symbolism, print editions, artist’s proofs, market history and why this quietly powerful image remains one of Banksy’s most compelling works for collectors.

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Bordalo II Big Trash Animals: Waste, Wildlife and Meaning

June 16, 2026

Bordalo II transforms discarded materials into powerful animal sculptures that confront waste, consumer culture and ecological responsibility. Looking beyond the spectacle of his Big Trash Animals, this GraffitiStreet feature explores the recurring themes that define his practice, from habitat destruction and public art to the poetic transformation of urban debris into wildlife.

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Bordalo II’s Happy Quokkas Bring Big Trash Animals to Fremantle, Australia

April 3, 2026

Bordalo II’s Happy Quokkas brings the artist’s Big Trash Animals to Fremantle, Western Australia, transforming reclaimed waste into a monumental portrait of one of the region’s most recognisable native species.

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Exploring Resilience Through Street Art: Mona Caron’s Weeds Project

February 9, 2025

Mona Caron Weeds is one of the most poetic and powerful bodies of work in contemporary street art, transforming overlooked urban vegetation into monumental public murals about resilience, identity, and survival. Through towering depictions of weeds, wildflowers, and plants that grow through cracks in the city, Mona Caron asks us to reconsider what we dismiss, […]

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Street Artist in the Spotlight: Nature the Artist

September 21, 2024

Nature the Artist explores beehives, fossils and natural formations, reframing the artist’s role through discovery, presentation and the creative intelligence of the natural world.

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Street Artist in the Spotlight: Bordalo II

September 18, 2024

Portuguese artist Bordalo II transforms discarded plastics, car parts and urban waste into monumental Big Trash Animals that confront pollution, consumerism and environmental responsibility.

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Bordalo II Reveals One of His First Public Stone Sculptures: Técnico’s Rock Owl Becomes the Project’s 111th Object

June 10, 2024

Bordalo II creates one of his first public stone sculptures for Instituto Superior Técnico, transforming stone and recovered laboratory metal into a young owl representing knowledge, youth and untold histories.

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Bordalo II’s EVILUTION: First Neon Trash Animals Light Up Lisbon, 2022

October 5, 2022

Bordalo II’s EVILUTION exhibition in Lisbon brought together neon Trash Animals, Small Trash Animals and experimental works made from discarded materials, revealing a major evolution in the artist’s practice.

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