Dean Stockton, better known as D*Face, born in 1978 in London, is an English street artist who is recognised as one of the most prolific contemporary urban artists of his generation.

D*Face grew up in London and developed an interest in drawing and graffiti in his childhood. As a teenager D*Face was fascinated by the USA, the American Dream, skateboarding and drawing. He discovered street art when he was 15 while discovering Henry Chalfant‘s coverage of subway graffiti in New York City in Spraycan and Subway Art and also Thrasher magazine’s coverage of skateboard deck graphics. The artist also credits his influences to Shepard Fairey‘s « Obey Giant » art campaign, Jim Philips, hip hop and punk music as well as ...