THE REBEL BEAR

The street artist, known as ‘The Rebel Bear’ has been creating street art over the last 6 years throughout Scotland as well as London, Calais, Havana, Mumbai & New York (completing a commission for the United Nations). His work is currently being exhibited in galleries across the UK and the US, as well as his work being displayed in the National Museum of Scotland and the Museum of Cardiff. The themes of his work cover politics, love, human emotion and comment on the ‘absurdity’ of the world we have created.

He has built up a large organic and engaged following on Instagram and his work often draws the attention of the media. To date, his work has been featured in the BBC, The Guardian, The Times, The Herald, NME, The LA Times, NBC, The Financial Times and many more.

The Rebel Bear is a Glasgow street muralist of unknown identity sometimes referred to as "The Scottish Banksy". The artist cloaks their identity while publicly creating work via the donning of a bear costume. The Rebel Bear is perhaps best known for their Glasgow street painting Fear and Love, of a male-female couple both dropping their protective masks a bit from covering their noses and mouths, to engage in a kiss.

Among their other works in Glasgow is a mural placed in an underpass making light of the mesmerizing power of Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook and a free Palestine/ free Wi-Fi' mural located at the top on Gibson Street, near the Glasgow University Library.

The Bear has gained worldwide attention for COVID-19 pandemic related art encouraging the wearing of protective masks (the celebrated aforementioned Fear and Love of a male-female couple both having lowered their protective masks to engage in a kiss) and thanking Frontline Healthcare workers (a nurse forming a heart with her hands on Ashton Lane in Glasgow.

The Rebel Bear also created a mural in the New York City borough of Brooklyn during a visit there called Rotten Apple.

Works by The Rebel Bear have also appeared in Calais, France and London, England.