MARITIME GREEN PARTY
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
In mid-2021 renowned Hong Kong street art festival organisation HKwalls launched ‘Tools of the Trade’, an intimate insight into the historically hidden world of graffiti and street art. This year, BSAF is proud to be collaborating with HKwalls in the first international exhibit of ‘Tools of the Trade’, here at Brisbane’s Superordinary Northshore, which will run for the duration of the festival’s two-week program.
‘Tools of the Trade’ documents the tools, traditions, and techniques that have facilitated the works of street artists for the last seventy years. From early stencils and spray cans to the introduction and integration of complex and modern technology, this exhibition offers up a rare and incredibly diverse glimpse into the practical demands of street art.
Please note: This exhibition is part of a paid ticketed event for Now is Nigh on May 21
Brisbane based artist with 14 years experience. Specialises in characters and letters. Common tools of choice are house paints, spray paints, and inks.
I am a dreamer, visual artist and designer of Venezuelan origin. Due to the social, political and civil war in my country I was forced to leave home from a very young age. After a long time stuck in survival mode, I decided to live my life and become an artist. This was how Artdosis was born. Art saved me and healed me. It will always be my own way of self-expression. In my hometown I was recognised as an artist by The Venezuelan association of plastic artists Unesco.
Ash Taylor is an Australian muralist and illustrator born and based in Brisbane, Queensland. The wildly positive reception of public art overseas inspired her to pursue the practice in Australia, hoping to contribute to create more vibrant spaces in our cities and towns. Her public art is heavily inspired by nature and her style is guided by her roots in design. Ash’s work often features botanicals hoping to remind the viewer of the exceptional natural beauty of our land and explores themes shaped from experiences of her own and stories of those around her. Ash’s work can be found in Australia, Ecuador, Peru, and Argentina.
Aurora Campbell is a mural artist and illustrator. Using fine intricate line work to capture organic forms, Aurora’s work is bold, raw and vibrant. Her concepts are conceived from observational sketches, creating a site-specific and evocative outcome. A passionate and avid drawer, Aurora takes any opportunity to put lines down – sketching in nature, going to life drawing classes or capturing people in public spaces. Currently living in her hometown of Brisbane, she has spent the last 11 years practising in Melbourne, teaching life drawing, painting murals, and exhibiting regularly.
Painting since 2009, the peruvian artist based in Melbourne creates a colorful world inspired by feminity and nature.
I mix lettering and calligraphy with patterns and textures to create art that asks questions and brings life to the viewer.
David Don is a Brisbane-based artist whose practice investigates the intersection of contemporary art, architecture, space, and identity. Through his practice, David seeks to explore how the built environment and spaces we inhabit offer a narrative beyond their utility. Working across a range of media including animation, video installation and painting, his work creatively and speculatively examines the notion of national identity and its relationship within in a broader context of Australia’s post-colonial history.
A Meanjin (Brisbane) based, Gunggari, illustration & digital artist. Art helps me to express myself as I often can’t find the words to do so. I like to incorporate culture into my artworks as naturally as it lies within my life. Always there, deep rooted and causing a constant current within. Emotion is what heavily inspires my artworks. A lot of strength can be channelled and learnt from emotions of pain, anger and disappointment. So much emotion can be portrayed without the need for words. My artworks are like fragmented pieces of my own emotional & mental states. Apart of me hopes my creations will empower those (especially Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander women) who can see a small part of themselves reflecting back through the artworks.