Spray paint artist John Feeney has been shortlisted for the world stencil art prize held in Australia.

John from St Albans, who works under the name Grafeeney, has been a spray painter for over 10 years and his work has been seen locally at the Childwickbury Arts Fair.

He spray paints for a company called graffitikings and through them has painted for BMW and completed a promotional time lapse video to promote the film Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

The Stencil Art Prize is in its fifth year and John together with 56 other stencil artists from around the world will have their work exhibted in a Sydney art gallery until the end of October.