Selected Works
Mr. Brainwash – often written MBW – is a name used by French-born, Los Angeles-based filmmaker and street artist Thierry Guetta. According to the Banksy-directed film Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010), Guetta was a proprietor of a used clothing store, where he began as a security guard, and amateur videographer who was first introduced to street art by his cousin, the street artist Invader, and who filmed street artists through the 2000s and “evolved” into an artist in his own right in a matter of weeks after an off-hand suggestion from Banksy.
A number of critics have observed that his works strongly emulate the styles and concepts of Banksy, and have speculated that Guetta is an elaborate prank staged by Banksy, who may have created the works himself. Banksy insists on his official website, however, that Exit Through the Gift Shop is authentic and that Guetta is not part of a prank.
His work sold for five-figure sums at his self-financed debut exhibit Life is Beautiful, due, it is thought, to a mixture of an over heated and hyped street art market and – according to Banksy and Shepard Fairey as seen in Exit – his misuse of endorsements from Banksy and Fairey. The exhibit was held in Los Angeles, California, on June 18, 2008, and was a popular and critical success. In 2009, Madonna paid Guetta to design the cover art for her Celebration album.
EXHIBITIONS
ART FAIRS

Fresh Paint
May 30 - Jun 3, 2019

Art Central Hong Kong
Mar 27 - 31, 2019

Art Toronto
Oct 26 - 29, 2018

Art Central Hong Kong
Mar 26 - Apr 1, 2018

Art Stage Singapore
Jan 26 - 28, 2018

Art Central Hong Kong
Mar 21 - 25, 2017

Art Stage Singapore
Jan 12 - 14, 2017

Art Central Hong Kong
Mar 22 - 26, 2016

Art Stage Singapore
Jan 21 - 24, 2016

Mr. Brainwash, Brigitte Bardot,
Silkscreen and Mixed Media on Paper, 91 x 76 cm

Mr. Brainwash, Batman, 2017
Silkscreen and Mixed Media on Paper, 76 x 56 cm

Mr. Brainwash, Everyday Life, 2016
Stencil and Mixed Media on Wood Boxes, 152 x 127 x 18 cm

Mr. Brainwash, Michael Jackson, 2017
Stencil and Mixed Media on Wood Boxes, 123 x 122 cm

Mr. Brainwash, Einstein, 2015
Stencil and Mixed Media on Canvas, 213 x 182 cm

Mr. Brainwash, My Heart Is Yours, 2017
Silkscreen and Mixed Media on Paper, 96 x 127 cm

Mr. Brainwash, Chaplin, 2017
Silkscreen and Mixed Media on Paper, 127 x 96 cm

Mr. Brainwash, Justice League, 2017
Silkscreen and Mixed Media on Paper, 127 x 96 cm

Mr. Brainwash, Juxtapose, 2017
Stencil and Mixed Media on Paper, 142 x 218 cm

Mr. Brainwash, Mickey, 2017
Stencil and Mixed Media on Paper, 204 x 172 cm

Mr. Brainwash, Einstein, 2017
Silkscreen and Mixed Media on Paper, 127 x 96 cm

Mr. Brainwash, Juxtapose, 2017
Stencil and Mixed Media on Paper, 142 x 218 cm