Cheo

5267. Dean Lane skate park (602)

Dibz and Cheo, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2023

Well, well, well, how nice to see Cheo back again painting on the streets of Bristol. I wonder what has coaxed him out from what feels like a much too long absence, but whatever it is, it is great to see some fresh work from him. This is a superb, how could it be anything else?, collaboration from Dibz and Cheo.

To fit the collaboration on this wall, Dibz has contracted his style somewhat, and I am not certain his writing says DIBZ, but I can’t quite make out what it does say. Everything about the writing is close to perfect – this guy performs miracles with a spray can. Cheo has painted one of his characters, complete with baseball hat and ski goggles. The t-shirt says Neo Geo, which is lost on me, and of course we have his signature bee – it is great to see Cheo out and about, and I look forward to seeing more from him over the summer.

4486. Dean Lane skate park (498)

One of the highlights of the last few weeks has been the appearance of a couple of Cheo pieces, something there has been a distinct lack of over the last two years. Here he has combined with Kopsky, an artist I am not familiar with.

The central character is classic Cheo. A caricature in a cartoon style with all the trappings of hip-hop culture. Beautifully painted and finished. It really has been way too long without his quality on the streets. I hope that this pieces is something of a renaissance.

Cheo and Kopsky, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2022

The letters Arne by Kopsky and are obviously the work of a very accomplished writer. I’m not too sure what the letters spell out, but the greyscale tones are a perfect foil for Cheo’s colours. I love the tape and plasters ‘attaching’ the piece to the wall. Fine work indeed in this collaboration.

3144. Raleigh Road (9)

At last Cheo has broken cover. He seems to have spent much of the last six months on his studio work and commercial activities and painting walls has taken a back seat. This new piece on the wall outside the Souk Kitchen (a favourite for Upfest) is actually a kind of promotion for an augmented reality piece he has done recently.

Cheo, Raleigh Road, Bristol, August 2020

The crisp piece shows a character fusion with a television set – a proper old one like we grew up with… It is called ‘Retro Flow’ and is the first time Cheo has worked with augmented reality. It is so good to see something on the street from Cheo after such a long break, looking forward to more soon.

2616. Gas Ferry Road

It took me a little while to find this magnificent piece by Cheo. I knew roughly the area where it had been painted but because it was a new wall in a light industrial area I had to use my intuition to find it. The mural is on a building near the Aardman productions (Wallace and Gromit) Bristol office and was painted to celebrate thirty years of this hapless pair.

Cheo, Gas Ferry Road, Bristol, November 2019

Cheo has shown his extraordinary skill by incorporating the extractor fans on the side of the building into the piece as an integral part of the ‘celebrate o’tron’. You also have to love the idea of old socks feeding the machinery. Cheo has produced many works in Bristol in partnership with Aardman many of which are still alive and kicking.

There is something very wholesome about this piece and represents the Wallace and Gromit brand beautifully and responsibly. Definitely one for all the family to enjoy, and just around the corner from the SS Great Britain.

2352. Elton Road

Being in the right place at the right time is a tenet that chimes for street art hunters, and finding this Cheo piece on a yellow van as I hopped off my bus on the way home from work, is a great example of that.

I have never seen this van before, although I expect I’ll keep on seeing it now (that is the way of things) and the bee motif used by Cheo works so very well here. It is a subtle piece of van art, not too showy and only on this one wing of the van. Mobile street art at its best.

A gallery of wonderful character pieces and graffiti writing by Bristol’s awesome Cheo.

All photographs taken by Scooj.

Dibz, Cheo and Soker, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2026

3 Dom, Dibz and Cheo, Dean Lane, Bristol, March 2026

Soker, Cheo, Fade and Zuke, Brunel Way, Bristol, August 2025

Cheo, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025

Cheo and Dibz, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2025

Cheo, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, May 2025

Cheo, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2024

Cheo, North Street, Bristol, January 2023

Cheo, North Street, Bristol, December 2023

Cheo, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2023

Dibz, Cheo and Fade, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2023

Cheo, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2023

Cheo, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2023

Cheo, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2023

Dibz and Fade with a Cheo bee, Dean Lane, Bristol, June 2023

Fade with a Cheo bee, Dean Lane, Bristol, June 2023

Cheo and Dibz, Dean Lane, Bristol, June 2023

3Dom and Cheo, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2019

Cheo, Norfolk Place, Bristol, April 2017

Silent Hobo and Cheo, We the Curious, Bristol, November 2018

Cheo, Raleigh Road, Bristol, September 2018

Dibz and Cheo, Dean Lane, Bristol, June 2018

Cheo, Old Bread Street, Bristol, September 2016

Cheo and Inkie, North Street, Bristol, January 2016

Cheo, Raleigh Road, Bristol, October 2017

Soker, Cheo and Deamze, Church Road, Bristol, September 2017

Cheo, Church Road, Bristol, September 2017

Cheo, North Street Green, Bristol, August 2017

Cheo and Soker, Bond Street, Bristol, June 2017

Jody and Cheo, North Street, Bristol, April 2017

Cheo Silent Hobo and Deamze, Frogmore Street, Bristol, July 2015

Cheo, North Street, Bristol, February 2016

Soker and Cheo, New John Street, Bristol, September 2015

Cheo, Shaun the Sheep, Broad Quay, Bristol, July 2015

Cheo, Broad Quay, Bristol, July 2015 — Cheo, Wallace and Gromit, Broad Quay, Bristol, July 2015

Cheo, North Street Green, Bristol, April 2016

Cheo, Redland Station, Bristol, July 2015

Cheo, Millennium Parade, Bristol, December 2015

2211. Dean Lane skate park (212)

When you see a piece like this in blue tones with a dash of white and it is so incredibly clean and tight, you can only stand back in wonder and admire the extraordinary talent of Bristol’s Cheo.

Cheo usually paints character pieces, and I don’t think there is anyone better at creating this cartoon style anywhere in the country. Every line and shadow is immaculate and skilfully laid down. As always he has marked the piece with his signature bee. This was a lovely surprise piece to find in Dean Lane and is another little reminder of the world class street art scene in Bristol.

2075. Dean Lane skate park (199)

When Cheo and 3Dom get together for a collaboration it is guaranteed to be interesting and of the highest quality, and so it is with this recent piece in Dean Lane.

The whole piece is a clever section of a Cheo character, the inside workings of which are by 3Dom. The character is a graffiti artist, complete with baseball cap, backpack and spray-paint can, primed to do his best. The innards of the character and his backpack are altogether a little weird.

There is a good chance that the piece may be around for a little while, as both artists are highly respected and the paintwork itself is flawless. Having said that, there are no rules. The final photograph just provides a little context for the wall and its surroundings in the skate park. A treat of a piece.

2055. Norfolk Place (4)

There is something about Cheo’s work that oozes class. I think it stems from his great compositions and characters, but most of all his incredibly clean lines. The whole thing looks like it has been painted with fat felt tips rather than spray cans.

I love the smoking cat character with his gold chain in the centre of the piece, and I’m not too sure what the white creature on the left is, but he is clearly animated about something.

I struggle to read Cheo’s writing, mainly because he doesn’t simply write ‘CHEO’ which would of course make things much easier. Crazy that I’ve only just posted this one.

1885. We the Curious (2)

It is great to see that VisitBristol (the local tourist authority) is putting its weight behind the creative arts, in particular street art, by commissioning this mural on one of the walls of We the Curious (formerly @Bristol). The idea behind the mural is to increase visits to the city over the Christmas period to boost tourism as this little YouTube video shows.

The artists chosen for the commission are Cheo and Silent Hobo, both of whom have featured on these pages many, many times before. Here they combine to produce this sumptuous Bristol-themed Christmas mural with a whole ton of identifiable Bristol icons.

Silent Hobo, We the Curious, Bristol, November 2018

The left hand side of the mural is mostly the work of Silent Hobo and features the aquarium, the ice rink, the cathedral and harbourside among other things and in the foreground we have a few bristol carol singers representing the two (rival) football teams.

Cheo, We the Curious, Bristol, November 2018

On the right Cheo’s mural includes the Clifton suspension bridge, the zoo, the Christmas market, the M Shed and Isembard Kingdom Brunel (the greatest ever Englishman). The whole thing is surrounded with a golden frame and the whole thing is rather delicious.

Given that street art and graffiti are part of the USP for Bristol, I would love to see VisitBristol and the Council do more of this kind of thing in recognition of the street artists who bring free art to the city rather than locking it down, for example in The Bearpit.

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