VICTORIA Warehouse clings on to its industrial past with a bare brick, musty décor and shunter railway tracks outside. So it makes sense that an artist focused on the city's industry would choose this space for their exhibition.

I use the streets of Manchester as my gallery

Anonymous artist Mancsy has been making prints since 2012 and placing them around Manchester for people to find. Taking the bee from Manchester’s coat of arms, he designed a bee with a more 'hazardous' element and produced twenty limited edition screen prints for people to discover around the city.

Using social media to give out clues, it's a treasure hunt of sorts; you'd have to be quick though, there's plenty want to get thier hands on an original Mancsy.

“I give work away because I want to engage people with art," he tells us. "I use the streets of Manchester as my gallery as I want people to see what is around them. By participating they look and see more than they had before."

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After giving away prints for two years he set up a website where people could buy prints to fund ongoing work and various charities. He’s gained an international following, with work posted around Paris, Istanbul and New York.

The inspiration behind his prints, the Manchester 'worker bee', can be found all around Manchester on lamposts, bollards and even on the original Boddingtons logo. They can also be found scattered on the mosaic floor of Manchester Town Hall, perhaps why the artist has teamed up with Manchester Mosaicist, Amanda McCrann, for the Victoria Warehouse exhibit.

“Exhibitions like this are fantastic for my art, they get my work out there," McCrann tells us. "Online images don’t always give you the true feel of each piece, seeing them in the flesh is important. Mancsy has close links with Victoria Warehouse, he designed the giant wrap-around banner on the side of the mill."

The mosaics replicate some of Mancsy’s prints, but Amanda told us she hasn’t met Mancsy either. The collaboration came about when Mancsy approached her via Twitter to say that he loved her work. He then posted a picture of her market stand to let her know he'd stopped by.

Manchester Mosaics has another collaboration coming up with Private Eye cartoonist Tony Husbands. “The plan is to have him produce a quick cartoon sketch on a board then I’ll spend weeks turning it into a mosaic," she said. "Our art isn’t what you’d say is traditional, it’s fun." The work with Husbands will go on display at Albert’s Chop House as part of the MIF Fringe Festival.

You can get involved @RealMancsy and see where @Mcrmosaics is going to pop up next.

The exhibition at Victoria warehouse runs until 10 May.

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