Mr.Brainwash

Thierry Guetta who later became known as Mr.Brainwash is a french citizen who now lives in Los Angeles. When he came to the U.S. he had been a proprietor of a clothing store and he was a videographer. His cousin who is a french street artist called Invader introduced him to street art. Since Thierry knew how to use a camera he began to follow more street artists. Eventually he met up with artists Shephard Fairey and Banksy and recorded them as well. Soon, Banksy encouraged thierry to create his own street art since he had seen the various ways to do it. With his graphic designers he created his first art show called Life is Beautiful. The show was delayed many times until finally opening on June 18, 2008 in Los Angeles.