Suki is a Melbourne based artist who works primarily with urban art installations and printmaking, though also explores materials including fabric, fibre, ink and found objects. Combining subtle femininity and the natural world she creates works that contrast and complement the walls of the city. Travelling around the country and overseas to share her art Suki seeks to draw attention to the beauty in the decay of urban walls and the disparity of quiet images against the busy world of city life.

Spectator Jonze is the moniker of the artist within Deena Lynch. Jonze was born in Yokohama, Japan to a Taiwanese mother and Australian father. She migrated to Australia under interesting and less than certain circumstances when she was 6 years old.
She grew in many different homes and situations – not quite an orphan, not quite belonging anywhere. This put her in touch with a myriad of people and demons coming from disjointed backgrounds themselves or from a position of power. Being in contact with emotional, physical and sexual abuse pushed her into the safety of PTSD where suppression, depression and dissociation became a survival tactic.
Having always carried a creative mind, it was only natural for Jonze to use art and music as an outlet of expression. 2017 was the year she finally came to an age and understanding to tackle her mental health, quirks and trauma. Art became a medium she utilised as a cathartic vessel to uncover the secrets she had even hidden from herself. ‘Spectator Jonze’ is the culmination of self-discovery and healing that has evolved into a people project of passion – bringing mental health to light by depicting the often taboo subject of our individual battles into a colourful, comedic display of imperfectly perfect beauty.

We are Artists, Designers, Illustrators, Photographers, Painters, Teachers and Learners. First and foremost, we’re creative thinkers dedicated to bringing a glass half full attitude to everything we do. From rural Australian silo murals to laneways in Nepal, we strive to bring colour and empowerment to communities everywhere.

As a collaboration between the Queensland Poetry Festival and Brisbane Street Art Festival, watch a wall of words emerge as six of Australia’s most exciting and acclaimed poets create an artwork with stunning original poetry and illustrations. Emerging local poets, Anna Jacobson, Anisa Nandaula, Shastra Deo, Raelee Lancaster, Sachem Parkin Owens and Mindy Gill, will be writing their words on a Temporary Wall in the Fortitude Valley Mall, in a blending of poetry and public art.

Wasp Elder is a socially engaged artist whose aim is to paint murals that communicate varying levels of history and social-poetics with people and in place. He often paints pictures populated by figures and unstressed backgrounds, enticing a sentiment of an obscure journey. His paintings present an evocative combination of solitary figures, collaged scenes, close-ups and obscured features. Through this working process he is able to present often marginalised figures through a dignified representation. Sam also co-ran a DIY multi functional art-space called The Abacus as well as a street art project called Empty Walls. He has collaborated on many projects across the world and continues to use his experiences to learn about people, place and environment.

Rachael Sarra is an artist and designer whose work does the talking. As a contemporary Aboriginal artist from Goreng Goreng Country, Rachael uses art as a powerful tool in storytelling to educate and share Aboriginal culture.
Her style is feminine, fun and engaging but is strongly drawn from her heritage and her role as an Aboriginal woman in a modern world. Rachael is fuelled by passion to continue exploring her Aboriginality through art and design, with each piece strengthening her identity.

Xandolino is a Brisbane based Brazilian artist with a background in architecture and graphic design. His art is about responding to the moment, and the environment surrounding him. He uses collections of simple shapes and colours to build patterns. Although the end result is often abstract, people can find unintentionally hidden figures in his pieces. His inspirations include old maps, nature, board games, puzzles, graffiti, electronics, people, music, mechanisms, comic books, history, etc. In his own words: “While I am creating it feels like turning my logical mind off and flowing with the unconscious, with small steps back to check the overall result. It is an intricate relationship between random and systematic.”

Mainly known by his artist name “RESIO” works as a full-time artist painting commercial artworks and private commissions. Predominantly a street based artist who also dabbles in the studio and exhibitions, Resio is a Melbourne born and bread artist. Mainly using aerosol or acrylic as a preferred medium. He has had the pleasure on working with a wide variety of internationally renowned artists and clients. His talent is displayed through his incorporation of complex compositions, realistic imagery and masterful pieces. Weaving these all together in a one man collaboration piece after piece sets Resio apart from what you’d expect to achieve with multiple artists.

Born in 1990 in Bogotá, Colombia, Zurik is a graffiti writer who started drawing and painting at the age of 9. In 2009, while studying Graphic Design at the National University of Colombia, she began to paint on the street, influenced by the challenge of construction and deciphering graffiti letters. Through self-learning, she developed an exploration of new constructions and color combinations, leading her to the path that she continues on to this day. Currently Zurik is based in Sabadell/Barcelona choosing to devote herself full–time to painting, taking up certain forgotten parts of the study of drawing, traveling and exploring new ways (for her) to integrate recognizable elements with her letters, without losing the essence of what it means the role itself. For her, the technique above the concept remains almost an unbreakable norm, giving the latter a secondary position in what is to paint graffiti.

Roms is attracted to symbolic motifs and over his 31 years as an artist his signature work includes his Flying winged Pyramids and Flying TV’s, brightly coloured skulls also make a regular appearance. Roms started painting in inner city car parks in the late 80’s and early 90’s. He delights in using contrasting colours to enhance the impact of the content, since the early 90’s his trademark drawing style has been driven by building up a large amount of linework which has had an ongoing influence in his practice.