I grew up in France, where I studied drawing and sign-writing from an early age. When I moved to the UK I threw myself into everything — sketching museum exhibits, studying graffiti, practising constantly. Art was never something I did part-time.
In 2004 I started selling custom T-shirts and hoodies from a shop in Camden, then a stall in Portobello Market. That led to murals. In 2007, while working full-time as a carpenter and studying for my degree, a fellow artist handed me a spray can. That was it — 20 years ago and I haven't stopped since.
Since then I've painted walls in London, Berlin, LA, Paris, Egypt, the Philippines and beyond. I've worked for Adidas, Porsche, Sky and Samsung. I've painted live at the Olympics. I've painted private walls for clients who wanted something nobody else had.
I specialise in two things: photorealistic portraits and automotive art. Every piece is painted by hand, at scale, on location.
I've also written Paint the wall: Everything You Need to Paint Walls, Build Skills and Make a Living — and created an online course sharing everything I know with artists around the world.
If you have a project in mind, I'd love to hear about it.
PREVIOUS CLIENTS
TESTIMONIALS
Leigh, Peldon Rose
We had the pleasure of working with Olivierr to help ‘liven’ up a boring reception desk at our clients’ offices. Olivierr was very professional, helpful and creative, and went above and beyond to provided us with a lot of samples to help our client make a decision. The end result was amazing, and our client was more than happy with the new look. I would not hesitate to work with Olivierr again.
Rob Allnut, Creative director, Wonderful Films.
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I worked with Olivier on a fast turnaround shoot in a London studio for major promotional video. Olivier was a pleasure to work with professional organised and helpful.
Olivier completed the project well within the time frame, allowing us extra time for more shots. Olivier had prepared for the shoot and his hard work had made the shoot much easier than we all expected finished artwork and video that we made got great response from our customers and clients always happy to work with Olivier in the future on any other product projects and have subsequently recommended him to other clients.
Ricardo, Venue manager
I have had Olivier done art work and other projects for me for over 10 years in different venues. I will always recommend his work due to the high quality he always delivers in every project.
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Ross, Owner of Portobello juice cafe group
Hey “Olivier is able to do things with just a handheld spray nozzle that look like they have been printed in a magazine. A true human photoshop able to create whatever you like on any surface.”
Oriana Zambakides, Interior Design Director, Maze Interiors
Working with Olivier R is always a creative and professional experience. He brings life to my clients vision and delivers a superb standard of work every time.
Petronella Bell, (Private client) Battersea.
We met Olivier about 7/8 years ago and subsequently he has done work of one sort or another in every room in the house and in the garden too. His painting is fastidious, thorough and painstaking. He shows relentless patience too, which he has needed from time to time when working here and nothing is ever too much trouble or too challenging - this has certainly been tested too! Olivier understands paint and the use of colour and it has been great to be able to talk through certain aspects with him before embarking on a particular commission and receiving such useful and helpful advice and feedback.
Olivier is quite brilliant at painting furniture too with new and original paint effects and his work is utterly transformative as he is so creative, and last but not least, he is a joy to have about the house. Everyone needs an Olivier!
Olivier G. Bordelaise restaurant.
We’ve been working with Olivier several times over the years. His creativity and professionalism has always been top class. An amazing final work on our walls. We highly recommend his services!!
Tima, Liftlab Portobello.
Olivier is an incredible graffiti artist who brilliantly brought my ideas to life. His mastery of colour, form, and attention to detail is remarkable. Working with him over the years has been a pleasure, and I highly recommend him to anyone seeking to elevate their creative visions through graffiti art.
COUNTRIES I’VE WORKED IN
I mainly work in the UK but occasionally I will travel to Europe or Worldwide to work on projects for my clients. So far the furthest was a trip to Cebu, Philippines where I painted a gym, a street art wall in Melrose, LA, and I painted the stables of a international actor in Egypt. There are many more places I’d like to work in, including Tokyo, Vancouver and Australia, Cuba and many more.
