Author: Brisbane Street Art Festival

Claire Foxton is a Wollongong-based artist and designer who is most known for her large body of public art found across Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

With a distinctive mix of abstract and realistic techniques, Claire’s painted mural works explore a site specific narrative often concerned with the connectedness of people and place.

Through considered colour palettes & acute attention to textural details, Claire’s work draws the viewer into a deeper conversation responding to land, story & identity.

Most known for her vivid photo-realistic portraiture, the chosen subjects are often local identities, who through their actions and strength of character, remind us of our shared humanity.

Image credit: Liverpool City Council, Bigge Street, Liverpool, NSW 

Camille is a multi-disciplinary artist, specialising in illustration, visual art and graphic design,
living on Yugambeh country, Burleigh Heads, Qld. Combining digital illustration with acrylic and gouache painting techniques, Camille uses distinct, vibrant colours and depth to share dynamic visual stories, often involving figures intersecting with nature. She sees art as being crucial to engage, inspire and challenge broader audiences and conversations. Camille has worked with a number of organisations including Sydney Festival, the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the City of Gold Coast, and is currently illustrating her first picture bookwith Affirm Press.

Cam Scale initially started out in Sydney in the early 2000s, before moving to Melbourne where he has immersed himself in the street art and graffiti scene for more than 10 years. He’s now based in the Tweed Shire and has been working on large murals, studio and digital work using primarily aerosol, oil and acrylic.

Callum Francis is a Brisbane based artist, painting both in the studio and outdoors. Drawn from his experiences with the surrounding environment of the urban landscape and nature, Callum’s work is an expression of self; articulated through form, colour and composition. Through the exploration of abstraction, he invites the viewer to interpret or elicit meaning as they wish; ultimately creating a unique experience.

Bronte Naylor (b.1993) is an Australian Visual Artist working across exhibitions, public art, installation, research and community engagement. She recently completed a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) Graduating First Class at University of Southern Queensland, Australia. Collaborations with St+ART India, Sea Walls: Artists for Oceans, First Coat International Art Festival and Big Picture Festival have firmly positioned her as an emerging heavyweight within the international public art landscape.
Mixing photography and digital illustration, Naylor has established a signature collage aesthetic and methodology. She employs a considered and respectful approach to the creation of site specific public art, working across three stages: initial research including documentative photography, the conceptualisation of design and rational and then realised through the act of painting in the public sphere.

Wiradyuri man Birrunga Wiradyuri, is the founder and principal artist of the multi award winning Birrunga Gallery & Dining situated in the heart of Brisbane’s CBD. Dedicated to fulfilling his cultural responsibilities, following and practicing the central Wiradyuri law of Yindyamarra, Birrunga is a cultural practitioner and visual artist whose narrative works explore the spirituality of the Wiradyuri people, in historical and contemporary contexts. Birrunga’s motto, ‘If not for me, then whom’, resulted in the co-founding of the Wayne Weaver Foundation, a charity that provides pro bono pre and post release, transition and reintegration support for Indigenous prisoners and has seen Birrunga unescorted inside prison, spending time with Indigenous prisoners on matters of Cultural priority since 2015. Before all that though, he attended Buderim Primary School from 1969, moving onto Maroochy High where he survived until his expulsion in early Gr10, from there, moving to Nambour High where he successfully completed his junior certificate under duress. Noted artist, Archibald and Wynne Prize winner, Sam Fullbrook, awarded Birrunga 1st prize in the Buderim Primary School’s all of school art competition in 1969, in the self portrait category, noting at the time that Robert showed talent worthy of support and development. Birrunga is committed to supporting, developing and promoting emerging Indigenous talent.

Aleja is a visual artist and muralist based in Brisbane. Her style involves a form of realistic composite art with enhanced and abstracted colours, drawing from the ideas and style of surrealism. She largely focuses on depicting women and nature in unique ways to tell stories about the world. Her art offers a perspective on the ideas surrounding the feminine archetype, playing with the ideas of balance and power.

Adam Busby is an American born, Brisbane based Illustrator, Designer and Mural Artist.

Although the application, medium or situation may vary his goal is always the same: communicate, inspire and clarify. Adam’s background is in fine art and design, which continues to influence his work in a very unique and profound way. Whether branding, large scale murals, animation or products, Adam’s unique style cuts through the noise every time.

Finding comfort in creative constraints, Adam often works in a focussed colour palette which draws inspiration from the tactility and simplicity of screen printing and other early print methods.

Constantly evolving and progressing, his work is graphic, bold and always pushing the line between design and illustration.

Maxim established @MCRT.Studio in 2017 to represent conceptual and commercial visual culture worldwide. His diverse but distinct portfolio reflects and engages the contemporary landscape across a range of creative platforms including but not limited to murals, design, paintings, prints, and publications.