Banksy identity theory supported by UK academic study

March 04, 2016 22:43

British academics have used geographic profiling in a study which backs up a theory about the identity of mysterious street artist Banksy, they said today.

Scientists at Queen Mary University of London said the pattern of how Banksy's artworks were distributed suggested he was artist Robin Gunningham, in a study published in the Journal of Spatial Science.

Gunningham was first named as Banksy by the Daily Mail newspaper in 2008.

Banksy's often politically-themed street art has made him a celebrity in Britain, despite his true identity never having been confirmed.

His most high-profile recent project was Dismaland, which last year mocked the conventions of amusement parks and was located in southwest England.

Geographic profiling is a technique used in fields from criminology to studying patterns of infectious disease.

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