Brisbane Street Art Festival is back in 2019 bigger and better. One of the highlights of this year’s BSAF is the live painting and panel happening in Nundah this weekend.
Brisbane Street Art will set up a pop-up studio at the Toombul Shopping Centre on Saturday, 11 May from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. for the Live Painting and Panel event.
Established mural artists will complete an artwork live, whilst a small group of participating BSAF artists converse in a panel discussion.
The participating artists will be encouraged by a mediator to elaborate on their development and experiences in the arts, and take questions from the audience.
Panellists will contribute to the painting to illustrate ideas and techniques that will be unveiled in the discussion.
For more details about the upcoming live mural event, check out the Brisbane Street Art Events Page.
Artists
Leans
Leans, a 23-year-old artist based in Brisbane, gets inspiration from his daily intake of the Internet, the people that surround him, the manmade environment, the past, the future and everything in between. He strives to create entities that can be seen by the viewer on numerous occasions and enjoyed in alternative ways on each visit.
Karri McPherson
Karri was born in Hong Kong and emigrated to Australia soon after. She is a contemporary painter and muralist living in Queensland, Australia, and is currently undertaking a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) at the University of Southern Queensland.
Gus Eagleton
Gus holds a Bachelor of Fine Art from the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University. He is compelled and influenced by the environment around him – the problematic high-rise development in the city, the gentrification in the suburbs, the fascinating abandoned industrial areas on the outskirts of town. These spaces are his subject matter and his canvas.
Kristopher Ho
Kristopher Ho is a Hong Kong-based artist and illustrator. Born in Hong Kong and raised in Blackpool, UK, he is well known for his monochromatic and highly intricate murals and illustrations. His work has been described as both impactful with his strokes yet also filled with intricate details.
John Kaye
John is a self-trained Australian born painter currently based in Seoul, South Korea. He specialises in large-scale paintings with a conscious split practice that focuses on public street work and private studio work, and the separation and balance of these two worlds colliding.
Sortwo
Sortwo has been doing art since he was 13 years old. Born and raised in Spain, he got an appreciation for the street art around his neighbourhood and it developed into his lifestyle. Art has opened doors for him and allowed him to travel to different countries and practice his passion.
Wasp Elder
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.
