Pogo in Portsmouth
@POGO_UK is a French stencilartist / street artist based in the south of England whose works can be seen in Southsea, Portsmouth, Bristol, Cheltenham, London and Paris.
French artist POGO specialises in high quality stencil art which involves producing complicated, multi layered stencils that build up the picture as each separate stencil is spayed in sequence. The result are brilliant portraits such as those shown below.
All works on this page are by Pogo his website can be found at pogo-uk.com
The painting by @POGO_UK on the left used to be on a wall at Highland Road in Portsmouth just along from the Highland Fling fish and chip shop. (2020)
The lady in the red dress, on the right, can be seen in Osborne Road, Southsea, amongst a collection of works around the My Dog Sighs "Inside" exhibition site at the former Kimbells Ballroom.
The painting of the young lady with red roses aroung her head can be seen in Highland Road in Southsea just along from the Highland Fling fish and chip shop.
This square painting used to be on the wall outside of the Corner Collective studios and shop, which is on the corner of Leopold Street and Albert Road. Here you will find a great selection of street art for sale by local and international artists.
This large painting by Pogo above is on a hoarding surrounding the food stalls at Commercial Road, opposite Portsmouth and Southsea railway station. There is a collection of street art by a variety of different artists here.
The painting on the left is a classic Pogo stencil work and was on the temporary fencing at the old Debenhams building at Portland Road in Southsea.
The intricate work on the right, Evangeline, was painted as part of a Street Art weekend at Hilsea Lido, there is (was) a great collection of works on display there.
This work by Pogo was painted inside a local landmark at Broad Street in Old Portsmouth, as part of the Look Up Festival 2023.
The stencil process that Pogo employs involves the design and preparation of many layers of stencils, each one cut out and then overlayed one colour at a time, each layer indexed preciely to the next, until the final painting is completed.
This huge painting, Marianne, on an old advertising panel, can be found on Highland Road in Southsea, close to Highland Road cemetery.