Decoy

DECOY is a muralist from Ireland known for creating large-scale, colourful, abstract compositions. We first became aware of his work when he came to Hit the North in 2018 as part of Subset. We subsequently invited him to paint solo for us at Hit the North in 2020 and 2021 because he’s a total pro and a total gent. We’ve invited him to paint at a small jam in Fountain Lane in 2021 and did a large commission for us in Ballyhackamore in 2021. Finally with Daisy Chain we asked him to paint as part of a Street Art project in Banbridge. Belfast residents will also recognise his work at 2 Royal Avenue where he was commissioned directly by BCC.

In recent years his public profile and reputation as an emerging artist has been building from strength-to-strength. Completing multiple large-scale outdoor commissions over the years he has been a practicing artist since 2008, graduating from a degree in Fine art in NCAD, Dublin. With a background in Sculpture he has always wanted to expand to larger than life art which led him to fall into the world of murals for the last 7 years.

Over these years he’s played an ongoing role in the muralist community in Ireland by engaging with arts festivals; ‘Waterford Walls Project’, ‘Limerick City Build’, ‘Dun Laoghaire Anseo’ and obviously ‘Hit the North’. Internationally he has painted murals in London, Paris, and Lisbon