Work from the ‘Look Up Portsmouth’ street art festivals . The festival started in 2023, reappearing in 2024 and 2025 on an annual basis but paused in 2026. The Look Up Portsmouth website currently says ‘We are busy working on a new event with a slightly different vibe… when funding is confirmed we’ll share more details’. It’s an excellently run festival, lets hope it returns bigger and even better. In the meantime here’s some of the works from previous events. Many may still be in situ but best to check before travelling if there is a particular piece you wish to find.
Epod’s piece as a work in progress, with the barriers and scissor lift still in place and a fair amount of detail work yet to be completed.Detail from the completed Epod piece for Look Up Portsmouth.Getting Up To Stuff produced and installed this sculpture on the wall of a school. It features a lady with a box of fish and chips, surrounded by seagulls.Skyhigh’s multi colour, multi font, multi texture work is instantly recognisable.Snub23 for Look Up Portsmouth, large scale future mechanoid in a car park.Herakut produced one of the largest works for Look Up Portsmouth with this child and deer on the side of an industrial unit.Herakut for Look Up Portsmouth – detail.Stunning work by My Dog Sighs in an alleyway for Look Up Portsmouth. Painted on a previously untouched wall, the brickwork only adds to it’s impact.The London Police totally dominate this space with a beautifully executed large scale mural featuring multiple instances of their lads motif. Hayley Welsh’s piece is tucked away on a residential side street and is an unexpected find for any passer by. Hayley Welsh for Look Up Portsmouth. It’s a tricky one to photograph and get the whole piece in frame. Hay Welsh often includes positive, reassuring messages in her work. ‘Home is the port as your storm passes through, but remember your home can be found in you.Large scale Roo’s crew – in this case mice and an elephant enjoying a story – as part of Look Up PortsmouthPOGO street art in PortsmouthFurther out of town I found Skyhigh working on this Kingfisher on a block of garages. Outside of the official Look Up Portsmouth programme there are no other examples of street art appearing, such as this work by Epod.
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