Bio: Will Barras is an artist, illustrator and animation director living and working in London.
He grew up in Birmingham and moved to Bristol to study graphic design.
After college Wills glittering career began in a call-centre where doodling stopped him from going insane. Here he developed a fucked up way of holding a pencil and a distinctive illustration style.
Will became one of a new crop of young artists working within Bristol's world renowned street art scene.
This led to Will appearing in and becoming a founding member of the Scrawl collective.
'Scrawl' originally published in 1999 was a seminal book documenting a new movement in street art, graphics and illustration.
He was chosen alongside Steff Plaetz and Mr. Jago as one of the original three artists for the collective, noted for his representations of fluid movement, unique narrative driven composition and line work.
This led Will to travel extensively, Live painting and exhibiting work in Asia, throughout Europe and the U.S.
Activity within this collective slowed down after a few years, but Will continues to Paint and Travel, following a grueling schedule and continually evolving his style and technique. Working closely with his gallery Stolen Space and the HLP space based in Brussels.
When Will isn't traveling and painting, he continues to take on commercial projects which interest him, and Direct animated commercials at the Th1ng studio in central London.