Meet the street artist who is quite literally bringing a smile to the streets of Russia.
Nikita Nomerz's unique quirky faces are causing quite a stir in the cities of the former grey, concrete-clad Communist heartland.
His exhibition, entitled The Living Wall, features a variety of different faces sprayed on to the sides of derelict buildings.
Nomerz has travelled around various cities in Russia, including Irkutsk, Perm and of course his home city of Nizhniy Novgorod, to create the eye-catching works of art.
After finding a suitable abandoned structure, the artist attempts to bring it back to life.
By adding eyes and facial features he makes old buildings laugh, smile, scream or just look at the passersby with an eerie gaze.
From laughing water towers to grinning walls with lights for eyes, Nomerz has brightened up dilapidated corners of Russia with his signature faces.
He began his love affair with art by developing his skills as a classic hip hop graffiti artist but he later began to experiment.
On his blog site the artist says he likes to play with space and objects and is inspired by the place itself.
He says he usually doesn’t spend much time creating a work and sometimes finishes a piece in less than an hour. But he says it all depends on the size of the object and his ideas.
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