Martyn Reed is a British artist, writer, independent researcher, curator & exhibition organizer based in Stavanger, Norway. He is the founder and artistic director of the Nuart Festivals and network. Much of Reed’s work and the platforms he devises are international collaborative events that revolve around promoting art as part of everyday life utilising counter cultural strategies, values and thinking. He is the program leader for Nuart Plus and Editor in Chief of the Nuart Journal and has written extensively on street art and its related practices.