Our Crew

We’re the organisers, local artists, fundraisers, and doers who keep the movement alive. From planning murals to rolling up our sleeves on painting days, the Crew is here to make sure creativity doesn’t just stay an idea — it happens on our streets.

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Rory Wilmer - Director

Founder of New Brighton Creative Futures, Rory has over two decades of experience in cultural strategy, creativity, and storytelling. He leads the organisation’s mission to protect and grow the mural trail while championing local heritage and community-led regeneration.

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Phil Olsen - Director

A New Brighton resident, Phil is a marketing professional and short story writer. He runs creative writing workshops on the University of Liverpool's Continuing Education programme, and locally with the Floral Civilians project. His writing focuses on place and voice, and often features seaside towns or characters who find themselves adrift.

Laura Newcombe

Laura is driven by a clear focus on impact: helping people change their lives through the right opportunities. She has a strong track record in guiding individuals into suitable career paths. At NBCF, Laura supports the development of new projects and plays a key role in identifying partners, sponsors, and funding opportunities.

Bobby Newall - Graphic Designer

Founder of Crystal Dinosaur, Bobby Newall is a heavyweight designer with a sharp eye for distinctive visual identity and brand expression. He brings creative depth and practical design experience to support NBCF’s visual direction and output.

Supporting Artists

We work with local, national, and international artists whose creativity transforms New Brighton into a living gallery. Each mural carries their vision and style, adding new layers of story and pride to our town. We are expanding our supporting artists list, get in contact if you are an artist who would like to be involved email: hello@inkbyte.co.uk 

Liam Bononi

Liam is a contemporary mural artist and illustrator known for his bold compositions and distinctive character work. His practice blends fine art techniques with street culture, creating visually striking pieces that bring energy and identity to public spaces and collaborative projects.

Andrew Wolfenden

Andrew Wolfenden is a Liverpool-based mural artist and designer with nearly two decades of experience across public art, branding, and placemaking. Working across large-scale murals, typography, and illustration, he brings bold, story-driven visuals to both community projects and major brands including Nike, Adidas, and Tate Liverpool.

SNIK

SNIK is a UK-based artist duo, Nick and Laura, known for their intricate, large-scale stencil work that blends fine art detail with urban environments. Their work is recognised globally for its precision and layered portraiture, bringing a refined, contemporary edge to public art and mural projects.

Nomad Clan

Nomad Clan is the street art collective of AYLO and Cbloxx (Joy Gilleard and Hayley Garner), based in Manchester and Los Angeles. They’ve painted some of Europe’s largest murals—one reaching 46 meters tall—and their emotionally potent, finely crafted style has gained international acclaim.

An artist with shoulder-length brown hair and a beard is sitting on the floor in an art studio, surrounded by several paintings of dogs. The paintings depict realistic dog portraits, some on canvases and some on easels. The artist is wearing a blue jacket, a black and white scarf, and brown shoes. Art supplies, including brushes and a palette, are scattered on the floor around him.

Adam Bresnen

A local experimental artist from New Brighton, Adam Bresnen aka BREZAUX is responsible for standout murals including the ‘Peggy Gadsby’ diver and works on The Harbour pub. He also painted a vibrant BRUTE!-inspired tribute in the Victoria Quarter and is a member of the band Veyu.

A man with glasses and a white t-shirt sitting at a cluttered workbench, holding a can of spray paint with a flame coming out of it. The workbench has spray paint cans, cash, and artwork. The background includes more spray paint cans, a lamp, and various art supplies.

Dotmasters

Leon Sessix, known as Dotmasters, is a pioneering UK street artist who emerged in the early 1990s and became a founding member of the prankster collective C6.org. His impeccably detailed stencils and photo-realistic half-tone street art, infused with dry British humour, have appeared at events like Banksy’s Cans Festival and in the Oscar-nominated film Exit Through the Gift Shop.

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Mr Penfold

Tim Gresham, professionally known as Mr Penfold, operates out of Bristol and blends graffiti, screen printing, and abstract painting across immersive installations and murals. Drawing on early experience in screen printing and influences from skate culture and 1980s graphics, his bold, globally exhibited work reflects an explorative, graphical sensibility.

Aidan Hughes

Born in Wallasey and formally trained by his landscape-artist father, Aidan Hughes—better known as BRUTE!—is a renowned graphic designer who created the noir-inspired pulp magazine BRUTE! and iconic album art for the industrial band KMFDM. His bold, high-contrast style owes as much to comic legends like Jack Kirby as to constructivist and futurist traditions.

Young man sitting on a colorful graffiti-covered ledge outside, wearing sunglasses, a blue sweatshirt, black pants, and sneakers, holding a tumbler.

Tom Blackford

London-born illustrator and muralist Tom Blackford, known as Inkfetish, fuses a lifelong love of animation and Japanese culture with graffiti and self-published comics. His vibrant characters populate walls across the UK and beyond, reflecting a gritty yet playful visual narrative rooted in comic art and street heritage.

A person on a yellow ladder painting a colorful mural on a brick wall.

NERONE

French street artist Nerone is known for his vibrant, dream-like murals that explode with colour, floral patterns, and surreal energy. His large-scale works have appeared worldwide—from London to Miami—and in New Brighton he transformed a gable end with his signature neon-flower style.

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Aches

Hailing from Dublin, Aches is one of Ireland’s leading street and mural artists, combining his Visual Communications degree with a graffiti background. His work innovates through the interplay of subtractive (CMYK) and additive (RGB) colour theory, creating large-scale, dynamic murals that continue to redefine digital-age aesthetics.

INSA

A graduate of Goldsmiths in London, INSA began as a graffiti writer and rose to international acclaim for his signature “graffiti fetish” patterns. His innovative work spans public murals, gallery installations, and pioneering projects like GIF‑ITI, reflecting a bold critique of consumer culture and digital obsession.

Adele Renault

Adele Renault is a French visual artist known for her large-scale murals that transform everyday urban subjects into finely detailed works of art. Her feather series, painted across cities worldwide, combines realism with a soft, atmospheric sense of movement and texture.

Mr KEOS

Mr KEOS is a long-standing figure in the UK graffiti scene, active since the late 1980s and widely recognised for his large-scale murals and classic graffiti lettering. Based in Liverpool, his work is a staple of the city’s street art landscape, bringing authenticity and heritage to contemporary mural projects.

VLAD art

VLAD is an internationally active street artist known for his bold, graphic style and distinctive visual language rooted in graffiti culture. His work spans large-scale murals and commercial collaborations, bringing a sharp, contemporary edge to public spaces across Europe and beyond.

Joe Forrest

A fine artist based in New Brighton, Joe Forrest brings over 20 years of experience crafting bespoke murals, portraits, signage, and large-scale wall art for both homes and businesses. His recent “Spirit of the Lake” mural celebrated the 90th birthday of New Brighton Marine Lake, drawing attention to the town’s coastal heritage.

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Partners

We work with a growing network of creative partners across the UK and beyond, from studios and cultural organisations to independent businesses. These collaborations help us deliver projects at scale, unlock new opportunities, and bring diverse creative thinking into New Brighton. If you’re interested in partnering with us, get in touch at hello@inkbyte.co.uk.

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