Banksy is a pseudonymous English street artist, political activist, and filmmaker whose identity remains publicly unconfirmed. Emerging from Bristol’s underground art and music scene in the 1990s, he is known for satirical, politically charged works that combine dark humour with a distinctive stencil-based style. His art appears on streets, walls, bridges, and other public spaces around the world, often engaging with themes such as war, capitalism, migration, and inequality. Much of his work is deliberately temporary and exists outside traditional galleries, although some pieces have later been removed from their original locations and resold.