10 Foot
10 Foot DDS | |
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A 10 Foot and Tox25 glass etching | |
| Style | Tagging |
| Movement | Graffiti |
| Website | 10foot10foot10foot10foot on Instagram |
10 Foot is the tag of a pseudonymous London-based graffiti writer. He has been described by the Financial Times as the city's most prolific, and one of the most productive globally.[1][2][3][4]
Career
[edit]10 Foot began writing graffiti at the age of 12.[4] On 18 November 2010, 10 Foot was convicted of being guilty of 25 counts of criminal damage totalling up to an estimated £113,000. He was subsequently jailed for 24 months, and handed a 5-year ASBO. [5]
Many 10 Foot tags notably appear in central London, alongside famous landmarks. 10 Foot is known for tagging locations which are difficult to access. Despite his notoriety in London, his work is also known to be in 53 cities worldwide. [citation needed]
10 Foot guest edited the 17 March 2025 issue of The Big Issue.[6] In June 2026 he created his first sculpture, entitled Faerie Newbuild, which was exhibited at the Museum of Homelessness.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ Ellingham, Miles (3 February 2023). "After hours with 10 Foot, London's most notorious graffiti writer". Financial Times. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ↑ Barradale, Greg (23 March 2025). "Walking through London with graffiti writer 10Foot". The Big Issue. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ↑ Bobowicz, Joe (21 March 2025). "An evening at 10Foot, Tox and Fume's gallery takeover". The Face. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- 1 2 McCormick, Carlo. "De-Generations of London Graffiti: A Story of 10FOOT, TOX and FUME". Juxtapoz. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ↑ London SE1 website team. "Hungerford Bridge graffiti vandal jailed for "wanton damage"". London SE1. Archived from the original on 27 August 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2026.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ McNamee, Paul (17 March 2025). "Inside the Big Issue: The 10Foot takeover". The Big Issue.
- ↑ "10Foot: 'All the disasters of this country are entirely predictable, preventable and intentional'". Big Issue. 24 June 2026. Retrieved 26 September 2026.