Seeing himself as a spray painter with a cause, Christian Guémy uses his street art to spread a message of solidarity from France to the people of Ukraine. His stencil works, first painted in the streets of war-damaged cities, are now on display at the French parliament as part of his mission to represent democratic values in public spaces.
Christian Guémy, alias C215, is a French street artist who admits he doesn’t quite cut the typical "punk" figure, suggesting his humble working-class origins haven’t prepared him to be "ironic" enough about the world.