Artrepublic competition winner announced.

 Brighton-based artist Grant DeJonge has been announced as the winner of artrepublic’s street art competition, for his work ‘Lost’. The contest was designed to raise awareness of the problems of homelessness, and to fund projects to help the homeless in both London and Brighton. The winning entry, chosen by established street artists Inkie, Eine, Static and Pure Evil, has been reproduced on a two-storey wall in Brighton, and will then be reproduced on a four-storey building in Covent Garden. The judges were unanimous in their choice, which the artist hopes “serves as a reminder of the homeless”. A limited edition print will be sold to raise money for StreetSmart, an organisation that encourages restaurants and other organisations to add a voluntary £1 supplement to meals etc., which is then split between charities for the homeless. To date, artrepublic, which has galleries in Soho and Brighton, has donated £1,500 to the charity.

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