David is Creative Director of Liveworm, a work integrated learning design studio within the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University. Liveworm operates as a working design studio with students engaging with a large range of ‘real world’ projects for not-for-profit, cultural, educational and small to medium commercial clients. As a practitioner, David is interested in the power of expressive type forms and their potential to create impact, celebrate diversity, and generate change.
My practice of art in Brisbane has spanned over twenty years from studying at QUT to running ARI ‘Lovelove Studio’. My work consists primarily of painting and sculpture. A defining element to the painterly aspect of my practice is the colour palette. At first there is no plan to my painting; colours, bold and bright command. Eventually the abstract leads to form and the meld of colours births objects and landscapes both natural and man-made. This is often overlayed with specific subject matter and that of late has been the portrayal Australia’s unique bird life. My sculptures take a more refined path where there is a plan and end goal. I build mini replicas of inanimate objects with attention to detail, yet purposeful imperfection. What does art mean to me? The freedom of expression, escape from the minds chatter. My art keeps me centred.
Mandy Schöne-Salter is an interdisciplinary artist working in urban art, photography and community art. She studied photography at the Nepean Arts and Design Centre and participated in an intensive Public Art workshop lead by New York Artist Kendal Henry. Since 2013 Mandy has worked on multiple street art projects in Australia and Germany under the pseudonym MAN.De. Her work has been exhibited in group shows across Germany and Australia including Photoszene Köln, K4 in Nürnberg, Casula Powerhouse and VIVID Ideas 2017 in Sydney.
Tori-Jay Mordey is an emerging Indigenous Australian illustrator and artist based in Brisbane. Her most well-known works include; illustrating/ concept artist for K’GARI (SBS interactive web documentary) 2017, designing the letter S for the G20 BRISBANE sign (2014), Maiwar Vibrant Laneways Project in King George Square (2017), and illustrating for the children’s book Bakir and Bi written by Jillian Boyd (2012). Her works consist of personal digital illustration, drawing, painting, printmaking and film. A lot of her previous concepts within her art practice revolved around cultural hybridity; expanding and encouraging diversity within our identities and exploring how society often reacts to or ignore these differences. Growing up in a mixed cultural environment with her mother being Torres Strait Islander and her father being English, Tori-Jay often reflected her artwork around her family and siblings as a way of understanding herself, her appearance and racial identity.
ASIO makes street art, fine art and paints surfboards and skateboards. By composing photos of subjects and arranging them into montages, ASIO combines mediums into pieces that both engage and inspire.
Burgkaba is the creative project developed by Brisbane based artist and musician Adam Stockdale. With heavy influence drawn from 90’s video games and cartoons, as well as graffiti, street art and anime, the visual style of Burgkaba displays precise bold line work and carefully selected palettes of limited colours. Profound and profane, virtuous and vulgar, Burgkaba’s work explores sexuality, mental health, the positives and negatives of drug culture, the natural beauty of Earth and it’s inhabitants, and the simple joys of shape and colour. A variety of mediums all come together to help Burgkaba deliver artworks with impact and vibrance.
Benny Pierce is a Brisbane based emerging artist, with a core practice revolving around illustration. Taking inspiration from scenes around the city, Pierce is constantly scribbling on anything he can find, making his murals, graphic novels and virtual reality pieces probably the most proudly Brisbane art we’ve seen for a long time.
Xandolino has a versatile style that can be applied to different surfaces and material. From small watercolours to big murals he plays around with different themes from abstract to figurative.
Diz Brown, aka Disney, aka JB, is a brisbane artist who rose to artistic esteem during his days as a Graffiti writer in the late eighties, early nineties. He uses his art to express his views, feelings & absurdities. Diz is comfortable with multiple mediums from digital to lead but mainly gravitates to spray paint and oils.
Sirmano is the alias of Anna, a Brisbane artist and illustrator who has been creating playful illustrations working with paint, wood and mixed media since her hands could pick up a pencil. She creates characters which are strong, independent beings who occupy a space which is rich in colour and mystery. Since graduating design from Queensland College of Art in 2005, she has studied illustration at the Alberta College of Art and Design, Canada, taken part in an artist residency in Barcelona, exhibited her work nationally and internationally and contributed to street art festivals across Queensland. Sirmano’s creative practice has drawn influence from her love of travel, different cultures and her heritage. She has a keen eye for colour which is a big part of her work, it evokes a feeling and is what keeps her creating. When she isn’t painting Anna works as a senior graphic design for a design studio Bright Yellow.
