Prism is a notable street artist

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, with devil horns. Prism moved to Melbourne in 2001.

In 2002 Prism set up the website Stencil Revolution which has over 15,000 registered members.

Prism's subject matter and choice of topic varies greatly from stencil to stencil. He has worked with many different mediums including: Freehand Graffiti, characters, sculpture and paste-ups.

See also

• List of Street Artists
• Types of graffiti
• List of graffiti artists
• Spray paint art
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