As keen observers of the built envi­ron­ment we note that Welling­ton has its fair share of graf­fi­ti and graf­fi­ti artists.

But some­one Welling­ton has that the oth­er homes of massed human­i­ty does not is Mephis­to Jones. You’ve seen his work, even if you haven’t known who was behind those near ubiq­ui­tous sten­cil art­works across Te Aro and fur­ther afield. And if you’ve ever want­ed to know more about the artist and his work, you are not alone.

Pro­ceed imme­di­ate­ly then to Rex Royale at 106 Cuba Mall, where Mr Jones (oth­er­wise known as Otis Cham­ber­lain) is exhibit­ing some of his lat­est works (through to August 11). And a minor mys­tery of your Welling­ton sojourn will start to be resolved.

Fur­ther infor­ma­tion on Mr Jones may be obtained here and here and here…

Thanks to Tani­wha a.k.a. Bren­da for the pho­to.