KILL PIXIE
Kill Pixie cut his teeth
publishing his mural art on the streets of Sydney, Australia. Growing rapidly
in maturity by working with no respect for slumber, Kill Pixie, uncompromised
by the establishment, is an uninhibited and original figure in contemporary
art. In the studio, his work on hand-made wooden boxes in ink, watercolour,
acrylic and resin coating has attained much attention, his mediums recently
have included works on paper and sculpture. Currently, much of the work is influenced
by indigenous cultures and informed by the folk art they create.
Kill Pixie has had several solo shows in Sydney and Melbourne and has exhibited
in group shows worldwide including London, Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles and
San Francisco. Embedded with symbols and life experiences, the work is often
a suggestion what could have been. His strong graphic characters and patterns
are delicate, unorthodox, at times absurd and humorous. Kill Pixie presents
a prophecy for an abstracted, urban version of folk art.
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EDWARD WOODLEY
Edward Woodley is a
Sydney based artist, known for working across a variety of mediums - from
dynamic sculpture, to canvas, steel and brick, to graphics.
He has been exhibited world wide, and his pieces have become highly collectable.
Woodley is the co-founder and director of the Surry Hills China
Heights gallery, and curates the Oxford Art Factory in Darlinghurst.
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ANDY UPROCK
Vice & Mooks present
Cuprocking, a graffiti revolution by Andy Uprock. From bboying to painting,
revolutionising the streets and bumping into galleries, the freshest kid in
town has unveiled more of his skills with Cuprocking. This exhibition is the
first of many he will showcase around the world starting in July as part of
a Mooks & Vice global campaign.
Uprock used 10,000 recycled cups on the wall at the Oxford Art Factory, and
is currently accepting commissions to Cuprock a wall near you - feel free to
contact OAF to grab Andy's contact details.
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MARK DREW – HIGHSCHOOL CLASSICS
"Mark Drew manages and co-directs the China Heights gallery in Surry Hills, as well as producing freelance graphic art and design under the name Making Ends. This wall of 150 tape cassettes was hand painted by him and Luka du Chateau, from Marks collection as a teen."
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MINT & SERF
SERF born in 1979 in Brooklyn, and MINT, born in 1978 in Moscow, have combined their passion for graffiti to create a marketing company that comprises a collective of artists and designers, working together to establish an understanding of graffiti through a series of projects with cutting-edge companies including Mass Appeal magazine, Neverstop records, ALIFE, Stuck on Earth Productions, The London Police, MissBehave, Warp Magazine, and Beautiful Decay magazine, among others. From product placement and guerrilla marketing to art exhibitions and editorial photo shoot’s. 1134nyc aims to rebrand graffiti and challenge the public’s (mis)perception of it.
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STEVE GORROW FOR INSIGHT
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NUMSKULL – THE
AMAZING TREND
NUMSKULL
is probably not the name on his tax return but it would be dead funny if it
were. Numskull was born in Japan and considers himself an all-round painter
& decorator who currently lives and works in Sydney, Australia.
The characterisation or delination of his work is not something he likes to
do. Nor is using big words to describe this process. Imagine a world where your
favourite childhood memories are ripped to shreds and discarded to come full
circle as something you wouldn't normally expect. This gives you a small glimpse
into the absurd and sometimes contraversial concepts that Numskull portrays
through pop and street art styles.
His work has been exhibited in galleries up & down the east coast of Australia
including China Heights, The Galeries Victoria, Blank Space and in numerous
publications such as YEN, Witout Reason and more...
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BRETT CHAN - SHAKA
BRAH
Brett Chan is a future primitive, and an artist in the classic sense – working
with a palette broad enough to encompass not just painting, but also poetry,
skateboarding, photography and design.
'Shaka Brah', Chan's 2007 work at Oxford Art Factory, is a 25 metre long installation
featuring collaborations with Lee Ralph, Dustin Dollin, Trent 'Burger' Whitehead,
Swayzack, and Ainslie Fletcher.
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For more work by Ben, check out Ben Frost is Dead.
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