Archives: Projects
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UpFirst Bus
First Bus were the Upfest Presents 2024 sustainable transport partner so Cheo was invited into the depths of their depot to put his magic touch onto a double decker bus. The bus is in circulation around Bristol and can be seen with all of it’s Somerset references in Cheo’s recognisable comical style.
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Mercure Bristol Grand Hotel
The Mercure Bristol Grand undertook a refurbishment in 2017, they were looking at bringing some street art into the historic building. Working alongside their design team artwork was supplied for the rooms and corridors by four artists and photographers, these were printed and framed locally by Niche Frames. To finish the refurbishment off a unique…
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Bristol City FC
As part of the redevelopment of Ashton Gate Stadium, we were commissioned to create a mural for Bristol City FC. The brief was to create a mural to celebrate the new stadium, the surrounding area and provide space for current players and off the pitch heroes of the club to be featured. The mural was…
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Planet Local
Commissioned by Tobacco Factory owner George Ferguson and backed by Bedminster BID and Local Futures, the iconic Tobacco Factory wall was painted by Bristol legends Inkie and Silent Hobo for the Planet Local Summit. Planet Local is an international event whose central ethos is local food economies; the event featured talks, workshops, debates and music…
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Propyard
To coincide with the Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience, Upfest worked with Propyard and local artist Farrah Fortnam to create a trail leading from Bristol Temple Meads to the venue. In Farrah’s own contemporary style, she replicated aspects of Van Goghs work to give visitors an on street experience before the digital experience within the…
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650 Paint Jam
Along with the hop scotch 650 celebrations, Upfest set to the derelict shop fronts of the Clifton Triangle and presented a paint jam in a ‘renaissance style’ to celebrate 650 years of Bristol. Each artist was tasked to paint with paint brushes to reflect the painting style of the time 650 years ago. Artists invited…
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Cadbury’s Secret Santa
Two Secret Santa’s in two remote secret locations were commissioned by Cadbury to shout about their yearly Secret Santa promotion. Painted with eco chalk paint onto grass in the Lake District and Cornwall the Secret Santa’s were 10m and 35m respectively and could be seen from miles away.
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Lionesses
In the summer of 2023, Upfest were involved with the KIND Snacks campaign that wished luck to and welcomed home the Lionesses from the World Cup! Equipped with some of the biggest letters you’ve ever seen, measuring 100m wide and 20m tall, we laid out the messages which were visable from 20,000 feet so the…
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Sheep>Lions
Working with Ready10 PR agency for Paddy Power, Upfest took to the fields and enlisted the help of 1200 sheep to send a message of support to the Welsh team in their World Cup 2022 game against England. The stunt saw sheep being rounded up into giant letters to spell out Sheep>Lions.
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Deliveroo
Deliveroo and Upfest came together to promote the thriving food and street art scene within Bristol. Bringing together 10 local artists to create artwork based on featured restaurants and a mural by Silent Hobo on Wine Street in the town centre made the collaboration a massive success. Artists and restaurants featured were: David Mcmillan/Biblos, Ejits/Cheungs,…