Banksy
1974 to 2025
15 documented presences
10 places
Quo Fuit places 15 dated presences for Banksy across 10 places, from 1974 to 2025. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist, and film director.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Banksy was documented, and when
28 July 1974exact date
Yateattested
“In 2016, a study by researchers at the Queen Mary University of London using geographic profiling found that the incidence of Banksy's works correlated with the known movements of Gunningham, who was born on 28 July 1974 in Yate, a town…”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
2000year
Londonattested
“Banksy reportedly lived in Easton, Bristol, during the late 1990s, before moving to London around 2000.”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
2000year
Easton, Bristolattested
“Banksy reportedly lived in Easton, Bristol, during the late 1990s, before moving to London around 2000.”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
2003year
Alexandria, New South Walesattested
“Banksy, along with Shepard Fairey, Dmote, and others, created work at a warehouse exhibition in Alexandria, Sydney, for Semi-Permanent in 2003.”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
2003year
Alexandriaattested
“Banksy, along with Shepard Fairey, Dmote, and others, created work at a warehouse exhibition in Alexandria, Sydney, for Semi-Permanent in 2003.”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
19 October 2006exact date
Sotheby'sattested
“Another official for the same organisation stated: "We are concerned that Banksy's street art glorifies what is essentially vandalism." After Christina Aguilera bought an original of Queen Victoria as a lesbian and two prints for £25,000…”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
21 February 2007exact date
Londonattested
“On 21 February 2007, Sotheby's auction house in London auctioned three works, reaching the highest ever price for a Banksy work at auction: over £102,000 for Bombing Middle England.”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
5 May 2008exact date
Londonattested
“Blek has praised Banksy for his contribution to urban art, but said in an interview for the documentary Graffiti Wars that some of Banksy's more derivative work makes him "angry", saying that "It's difficult to find a technique and style…”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
June 2016month
Bristolattested
“* In June 2016, a painting of a child with a stick chasing a burning tyre was found in the Bridge Farm Primary School in Bristol with a letter from Banksy thanking the school for naming one of its houses after him.”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
2018year
New York Cityattested
“2018 saw Banksy return to New York five years after his Better Out Than In residency.”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
2018year
Sotheby'sattested
“In 2018, Banksy created a piece live as it was being auctioned at Sotheby's.”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
October 2018month
Londonattested
“In October 2018, a Banksy work, initially titled the Girl with Balloon, was sold for £1.042M (€M) at London auction house Sotheby's.”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
13 February 2020exact date
Bristolattested
“The auction house stated: "Regardless of where you sit in the Brexit debate, there's no doubt that this work is more pertinent now than it has ever been." On 13 February 2020, the Valentine's Banksy mural appeared on the side of a buildi…”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
November 2022month
Ukraineattested
“In November 2022, Banksy posted on social media images of a mural on the side of a damaged building at the town of Borodianka, appearing to confirm a visit to Ukraine following the Russian invasion.”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
21 December 2025exact date
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Places Banksy is documented in
London4 presences · 2000 to 2018Bristol2 presences · 2016 to 2020
Sotheby's2 presences · 2006 to 2018
Alexandria1 presence · 2003New York City1 presence · 2018Ukraine1 presence · 2022Alexandria, New South Wales1 presence · 2003
Bayswater1 presence · 2025
Easton, Bristol1 presence · 2000
Yate1 presence · 1974
Other places tied to Banksy in the record
In each of these, a source puts Banksy and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Banksy was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1997year
Bristolmentioned
“Banksy's first known large wall mural was The Mild Mild West painted in 1997 to cover advertising of a former solicitors' office on Stokes Croft in Bristol.”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
2001year
Mexicomentioned
“He was the goalkeeper for the Easton Cowboys and Cowgirls football team in the 1990s, and toured with the club to Mexico in 2001.”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
2002year
New York Citymentioned
“Asked about the artist's presence in New York, then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who had led a citywide graffiti cleanup operation in 2002, said he did not consider graffiti a form of art.”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
2003year
Londonmentioned
“In 2003, at an exhibition called Turf War, held in a London warehouse, Banksy painted on animals.”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
2004year
Londonmentioned
“* In 2004, he placed the piece Banksus Militus Ratus into London's Natural History Museum.”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
2005year
Westbourne Grovementioned
“These oil paintings were shown at a twelve-day exhibition in Westbourne Grove, London in 2005.”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
March 2005month
Brooklynmentioned
“* In March 2005, he placed subverted artworks in the Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan as well as the Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn.”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
March 2005month
Manhattanmentioned
“* In March 2005, he placed subverted artworks in the Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan as well as the Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn.”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
August 2005month
Palestinian territoriesmentioned
“In August 2005, Banksy, on a trip to the Palestinian territories, created nine images on the Israeli West Bank wall.”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
April 2006month
Sohomentioned
“* In April 2006, Banksy created a sculpture based on a crumpled red phone box with a pickaxe in its side, apparently bleeding, and placed it in a side street in Soho, London.”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
June 2006month
Park Street, Bristolmentioned
“* In June 2006, Banksy created Well Hung Lover, an image of a naked man hanging out of a bedroom window on a wall visible from Park Street in central Bristol.”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
September 2006month
Big Thunder Mountain Railroadmentioned
“Other pictures feature her with her chihuahua Tinkerbell's head replacing her own, and one of her stepping out of a luxury car, edited to include a group of homeless people, which included the caption "90% of success is just showing up."…”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
September 2006month
Anaheim, Californiamentioned
“Other pictures feature her with her chihuahua Tinkerbell's head replacing her own, and one of her stepping out of a luxury car, edited to include a group of homeless people, which included the caption "90% of success is just showing up."…”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
16 September 2006exact date
Los Angelesmentioned
“Banksy held an exhibition called Barely Legal, billed as a "three-day vandalised warehouse extravaganza" in Los Angeles, on the weekend of 16 September 2006.”
source: Wikipedia: Banksy
12 January 2007exact date
February 2007month
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August 2008month
5 October 2008exact date
December 2008month
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March 2011month
Documented at the same place, the same year
Dolores O'RiordanRoyal Society · 2018Jon LordSydney · 2003Annie LennoxBayswater · 2025Jeremy IronsLondon · 2000Alice CooperLondon · 2000Pope FrancisUkraine · 2022Alain DelonUkraine · 2022Frank-Walter SteinmeierUkraine · 2022Boris JohnsonUkraine · 2022Mircea LucescuUkraine · 2022Sergey LavrovUkraine · 2022Elon MuskRoyal Society · 2018
Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting. Quo Fuit will never say they met without a source that says so.
How to read this page
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Sources
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