David Buonaguidi

David Buonaguidi aka Real Hackney Dave is a Hackney-based artist who combines the visual and verbal language of advertising and propaganda with unique imagery and materials of found objects and ephemera.

In a previous life, Dave worked in advertising for over 35 years, founding several creative agencies including St. Luke’s, 4Creative, and Karmarama.In 2003 he created the iconic MAKE TEA NOT WAR poster for the anti-war march. It is now part of the collection at the V&A and hangs in the Trento Museum of Modern Art.

He also played cricket for Italy.