In 1984, Joe Rush founded the Mutoid Waste Company, an underground traveling collective of artists.That same year, he launched the first "Installation Party" in the disused Kings Cross coach station. From then on, he produced installations of his pieces in environments he mutated, occupying derelict warehouses and factories.

Today, salvaging the consumers society waste, he transcends it into various artworks ranging from design to piece of art, infinitely small to monumental. A renowned artist faithful to the upcycling process which transforms, ennobles and transfigures salvaged materials by the act of creating art itself, Joe Rush is deeply involved in defending the planet.

Banksy cites Joe Rush as a major inspiration for him and the Street Art movement in general and Damien Hirst commissions Joe’s work to be cast in bronze.

His giant installations, sculptures and machines have led him to become the art director and production designer of the vehicles, mobile stages and props of the closing ceremony of the London Paralympic Games.