Thank you for taking part in OTTER's Bristol Art Quest!

We've created this page in order to share some more information about the various artworks, architecture, sculptures and small businesses you've found along the way. We hope you enjoy learning more and do give your favourites a like and follow on the socials, it all helps.

Stage 2

Andy Council - St. John on the Wall Murals (Broad St.)

Andy Council’s murals at St John on the Wall were created in 2021, painted within the pedestrian arches of the historic church in Bristol. Commissioned by Bristol City Council and the Churches Conservation Trust, the works reimagine the city’s coat of arms: a lion and a unicorn. The lion is constructed from modern Nelson Street buildings and street art, incorporating even the dramatic ‘Doom’ mural from inside the church, which depicts souls descending into hell. In contrast, the unicorn is formed from Old City architecture, including the long-lost Dutch House.

Website: www.andycouncil.co.uk
Instagram: @andycouncil

Stage 2 (referenced)

Nick Walker - The Vandal (Quay St.)

Nick Walker is a pioneering Bristol graffiti artist who helped define the stencil movement in the 1980s. In 2011, he painted The Vandal, an imposing 20-metre-tall stencil of a bowler-hatted gentleman tipping a bucket of paint, on the side of St Lawrence House during Bristol’s See No Evil festival.

Website: www.theartofnickwalker.com
Instagram: @nickwalker_studio

Stage 3a

Inkie - See No Evil mural (Nelson St.)

Inkie’s See No Evil mural, a towering Art Nouveau-style figure, was first painted in 2012 as part of Bristol’s See No Evil street art festival. The event transformed Nelson Street with huge, colourful works by international artists, turning a grey cut-through into an open-air gallery. Though Inkie’s original mural was later removed, he returned in 2022 to repaint and revive the piece, keeping alive both the artwork and the festival’s creative legacy.

Website: www.inkie.co.uk
Instagram: @inkiegraffiti

Stage 3b

EDWARD EVERARD BUILDING (37–38 Broad Street, Bristol)

The exuberant Art Nouveau façade of the Edward Everard Building (originally Everard’s Printing Works) is a narrative in tile. Conceived by architect Henry Williams (1900–01) and decorated in Doulton’s Carrara-ware tiles by chief designer W. J. Neatby, the facade showcases three towering arches at ground level, reminiscent of nearby St John’s Gateway. At the top, a female figure holds a lamp and mirror, embodying Light and Truth. Either side of the central motif are William Morris (right) and Johannes Gutenberg (left), each rendered in their characteristic typefaces. Between them, the winged “Spirit of Literature” spreads over the arched windows, with Everard’s name inscribed below in Art Nouveau lettering.

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Stage 3c

Bristol Guidhall (Broad Street)

Bristol Guildhall was built in 1846 to the designs of Richard Shackleton Pope in a Gothic Revival style. The limestone façade features a central tower with octagonal turrets, Tudor-arched doorways, and mullioned windows with tracery. Statues of Queen Victoria, Edward III, Michael Foster, John Dunning, Edward Colston, and John Whitson stand in niches across the front, each with heraldic shields. The building originally served as law courts and has been a landmark of Broad Street for over 170 years.

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Stage 3d

QUEEN VICTORIA DRINKING FOUNTAIN (St Nicholas Street)

Cast by Coalbrookdale and sculpted by the Wills Brothers in 1859 to honour Queen Victoria’s 40th birthday, this Grade II-listed cast-iron wall fountain features a crowned relief of the young monarch set within a shield-like frame. Below, a shell motif feeds water into the basin, while two cherubs, a symbol of innocence, hold daffodils, suggesting renewal and hope, atop ornate acanthus foliage. Beyond its decoration, the fountain also served a practical purpose, offering free drinking water to the public.

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Stage 5

SHREDENHAMS (The Horsefair)

Shredenhams, opened in 2025 inside the old Debenhams store, is a community-run indoor skatepark and café operated by Campus Skateboarding, a Bristol not-for-profit. Blending skating with socialising, the space features custom-built ramps alongside places to meet, eat and hang out, transforming a disused department store into a vibrant hub for the city’s skate scene.

Website: https://shredenhams.com
Instagram: @shredenhams

Stage 6

SPARKS (The Horsefair)

Sparks, opened in 2023 in the former Marks & Spencer on The Horsefair, is a department store with a difference. Co-created by Global Goals Centre and Artspace Lifespace, it combines shops, installations and events on the ground floor with affordable studios, rehearsal rooms and performance space upstairs, making it a vibrant hub for creativity and community in the city centre.

Website: www.sparksbristol.co.uk
Instagram: @sparksbristol

Stage 7

KATE MALONE – BRONZE SCULPTURE (Castle Park)

Kate Malone’s bronze sculpture in Castle Park draws on Bristol’s layered history, blending references to the city’s maritime trade, the medieval castle, and local industries. Its form suggests both a cog merchant ship and the castle’s gateway, with details including tobacco leaves, North Sea fish, and Saxon coins marking the year of creation. A winged face, modelled from a slave’s grave in a Bristol cemetery, offers a sensitive acknowledgment of the city’s links to the transatlantic slave trade.

Website: www.katemaloneceramics.com
Instagram: @kate_malone_ceramics

Stage 8

DAVE BAIN – A CRACKING DAY OUT IN BRISTOL (Quakers Lane)

Dave Bain’s mural A Cracking Day Out in Bristol celebrates the city’s creativity, combining beloved Aardman characters with local landmarks such as the Clifton Suspension Bridge, colourful houses, hot air balloons and harbourside boats. It also nods to The Grand Appeal charity through the inclusion of the iconic ‘Lollipop Be-Bop’ sculpture outside Bristol Children’s Hospital.

Website: www.davebain.com
Instagram: @davebainuk

OTTER Produces

OTTER Produces is a not-for-profit arts collective that has been crafting monochrome, immersive artworks for over 15 years. We fuse theatre, music, puzzles, art, and technology to build surreal, visually striking worlds designed to dismantle barriers and spark creativity through play. The Bristol Art Quest embodies these values: a bespoke, all-analog adventure using a real Quest Trail Map, real performers, and hands-on puzzles, no screens, apps, or AI. It’s been crafted in Bristol to highlight the city’s creativity and the importance of playful connection.

Website: www.OTTERProduces.com
Instagram: @otterproduces