Dean Tyson, whose tribal name is Bingkin, is a respected Goori artist and cultural practitioner from Southeast Queensland. Proudly identifying as a ‘Brisbane Black,’ Bingkin is of the Meerooni tribe of the Gurang Nation and the Ngugi tribe of the Quandamooka Nation, with ancestral ties to the Gungalu and Gunggari peoples.

Bingkin’s artwork is deeply influenced by the wisdom passed down from his elders and his strong connection to his cultural heritage. His paintings, often featuring saltwater lore & Dreaming stories, honour the traditions of his people and the landscapes of his ancestral lands. Painting is both a way to keep culture alive and sharing his cultural knowledge, with meaningful stories into every piece.

Fintan Magee is a Sydney based social realist painter, specialising in large-scale murals. Born in 1985 in Lismore, New South Wales, to an architect mother and father who was a sculptor, he started drawing at a young age. His earlier large-scale paintings often inhabited the isolated, abandoned and broken corners of the city, and today are found all over the world including in London, Vienna, Los Angeles, Miami, Atlanta, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Kyiv, Rome, Jordan, and Dublin among others. 

Magee’s practice is informed by a profound interest in political murals, inspired by exposure at a young age to those of his father’s native Northern Ireland. This is reflected in the socialist nature of his public artworks, which combine journalistic elements with public art. Magee’s work is driven by his recognition of the power of murals to communicate political and social viewpoints and thus divide or unite communities. 

Drawing from personal experience and the mundane, his figurative paintings are deeply integrated with the urban environment and explore themes of diversity, migration and transition, waste and consumption, loss, and the environment. His works exude an inherent sentimentality and softness influenced by children’s books and the Low Brow art movement.

Simon Degroot is a Brisbane based artist who considers how contemporary abstract painting can interrogate and form a dialogue with pre-existing image details and abstract forms. He completed postgraduate studies at the Queensland College of Art where he was awarded his PhD in 2017 with an exhibition titled, Familiar Beyond Recognition: Translation in Contemporary Abstraction.

Degroot maintains an active profile of solo and group exhibitions including: Decorate at Wellington St Projects, Sydney (2017), Picture Building at Kick Arts Contemporary, Cairns (2016), Indirect Response Postgraduate and Other Projects Griffith University, Brisbane (2015), Composite Orders Rubicon Ari, Melbourne (2015), Shallow Space Australian National Capital Artists Gallery, Canberra (2014). In 2015 and 2018 he was awarded the Moreton Bay Art Award.

In addition to his studio practice Degroot creates large-scale wall paintings and exterior murals. He has completed significant public work for a range of high profile clients including The City of South Perth, Bundaberg Regional Galleries, Queensland Rail, Cairns Regional Council, Brisbane City Council and The Brisbane Hilton. These projects compliment his studio investigations and provide opportunities for expanded painting.

Rossella, originally from Brescia, Italy, has always had a passion for art. After studying Fine Arts in Bologna, she set off to explore the world, creating murals inspired by the places she visits. Her travels continue to fuel her creativity, with each mural capturing elements of the local culture and landscape. Through her work, Rossella aims to bring color and joy to the spaces she paints, using art to connect with people and share stories. Her murals reflect her belief in art’s ability to build understanding and bring people together, making each piece a unique celebration of the world’s diversity.

In my work, I am creating compressed versions of the Australian environment where indigenous species are competing for space between the introduced flora and fauna. 

I start with research and images of the particular species and then assemble my palette. I am inspired by colour combination and patterns that I see in everyday life, in nature and design. My process is playing with patterns, colour and negative space to see what emerges and take risks, do something I haven’t done before. Behind the playfulness is the question, can there eventually be a harmonious balance between the different species?

Leans is a young artist based in Brisbane, Australia. His work Is influenced by his daily intake of the internet, art history, the people that surround him, the past, the future and everything in between. Through his work he strives to fabricate a surreal vision that can be seen by the viewer on numerous occasions and enjoyed in alternative ways on each visit.

Leans is an interdisciplinary artist. Through the mediums of oil paint, wooden sculpture, embroidery, animation and Bronze, Leans combines psychedelic pop elements with traditional techniques to give birth to a new world.

The artist draws inspiration from the likes of Rick Griffin, R.Crumb and living artists such as Takashi Murakami and Daniel Arsham. Leans combines these influences with his graffiti roots and offers a captivating stance on modern psychedelic art.

Leans believes that through the use of new technology and traditional techniques, he can carve a new path in the psychedelic pop world.

Russell Fenn, better known as Sofles, is an Australian graffiti artist originating from Brisbane. Self-taught, he has been honing his skills for over 20 years, exploring various mediums such as spray paint, acrylic, drawing and brush painting, as well as digital and illustration works. Sofles’ large scale murals have taken him around the world ten times over and now grace many of the world’s largest cities, including Berlin, Copenhagen, Oslo, Las Vegas, and LA. Sofles has a clear goal with his art; he aims to create strong images that evoke emotions in people.

“I believe art should be an important part of the city landscape. I want to create public art for people to enjoy, to transform spaces”