British born artist Hayley Welsh, has established herself as one of the newest creatives in the street art scene, creating her whimsical artworks across the globe. Quoted by Jetstar Magazine as being one of the ‘Top Ten Street Artists You Should Know By Now’ and having exhibited internationally in Berlin, London and New York, she is renown for her surreal, wide-eyed characters, reminding us all to ‘Listen To Your Little Voice’. There is something quite fantastical and a little bit dark lurking in Hayley’s work. Utilising various surfaces from walls to found objects as her canvas, she reveals curious creatures, so cute they can’t be trusted. With their ominous softness, Hayley explores inner voices of self doubt and fear, weaving a poignant narrative into every piece – a message for each person to reflect on in the moment. Hayley’s unique style displays a technical approach, mixed with nostalgia and humour. Surface images that might otherwise seem inviting, have an other-wordly quality that take them places beyond the image in front of us. Her playful aura eludes to a childlike innocence, yet this is juxtaposed with darker undertones of the unknown and abyss.

Adnate is an artist that realises his portraits in spray paint. Having grown within the Street Art medium, he utilises the practice to carry his realist style into the realm of fine art. Heavily influenced by the chiaroscuro of renaissance painters like Caravaggio, Adnate embraces portraiture like the masters of the XXI Century.

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.

Benjamin Reeve is a mixed media artist & curator based in Australia. A self taught painter, Reeve began working with oils at the age of 10 before transitioning to aerosol cans in 1987. His artwork from this period was predominately character based and regularly sighted on Brisbane’s train network until around the year 2000. His creative works have featured in many Australian and international productions from large scale murals to big budget films. He is currently working on his Doctor of Creative Industries.

Blu Art Xinja has been a street artist for the last five years, installing the iconic blue sculptural pieces in and around Brisbane and whenever Blu travels to other cities or abroad. The goal is to bridge the gap between graffiti and authorised public sculpture/art. Blu enjoys placing pieces in hard to reach places, as well as very public areas, the brilliant blue contrasting against the structures of the urban environment. Blu’s work for this festival will be harking back to their very first pieces they placed around Brisbane: Sprouts and organic forms growing from side spaces and alleyways, beautifying those areas that are often neglected, but always visible in our periphery. 

Jak Rapmund had spent years as a self-taught artist, before entering into a Bachelor of Fine Arts at VCA in 2018. He has worked across many mediums, including drawing, murals, tattooing, printmaking and painting, and while Rapmund’s focus has been predominantly on tattooing since 2012, it is now shifting back towards mural work and painting, to develop a more focused practice that is wholly his own.

I am an indigenous Ngarabal man. My culture and my expression are an integral part of who I am.
I am self-taught and have been developing my craft all my life, however I have only been pursuing visual arts professionally for 2 years. My goal is to connect people to their inner dialogue and to provoke discourse on these thoughts we hide from.

I strive to convey who we are as a society, and the effects of colonialism on my country and my culture.
Art creates a space where I can scream without making any sound, and unlike my music this allows me to target a very unique internal energy which otherwise would be left dormant. I am inspired by street art, abstract works and traditional art of my aboriginal culture. Whether you see tragedy or beauty in my work is all about the individual.

Tori-Jay Mordey is an established Indigenous Australian illustrator and artist currently based in Brisbane. Over the years Tori-Jay has honed her skills in digital illustrations, drawings, painting, printmaking and film while also expanding her skills as a mural artist. A lot of her work revolves around human connection and exploring her racial identity. In her illustrative work Tori-Jay often combines stylistic cartoons with realism to help capture the complexities of our emotions; distorting and exaggerating the characters in a way that helps express and expose their vulnerabilities.

Keziah Gall (kezamine) is a mixed media artist based in Meanjin. Her practice provokes discussions of gender, sexuality and intimacy. By use of a vibrant colour palette, she depicts sexually graphic imagery in a way that is inviting, tantalising and stylistically unique to her work. Combining techniques from her studies in animation, comic book design and street art, Kezamine’s work is illustrative, bold and unapologetic.

Total Boys Club is a Brisbane based duo comprised of female identifying artists, Kezamine and Shani Finch. Exhausted by the male dominated industry, Total Boys Club embraces femininity, sexuality and the colour pallet that society has designated to its female members.

Scott Nagy & Krimsone are an artistic duo of painters/muralists from the Blue Mountains, Australia. Having grown up together painting graffiti, they then went on to study fine art. They paint colourful dreamy narratives themed around flora & fauna, the human relationship within that environment, through a romantic lens.