The Street Art Explosion has hit our city just in time . All across our fair city a dedicated group of tireless street artists are hard at work transforming our lifeless and bare walls into colourful works of art.
But this isn’t exactly your typical art viewing experience. Encompassing 19 sites across the CBD and suburbs, Street Art Explosion not only showcases work by some of Australia’s finest artistic talent but also provides viewers with an immersive augmented reality experience.
Let’s meet some of the artists shall we?
Dave Court
An Adelaide based painter, illustrator and designer, Dave Court is comfortable working across a variety of media. After graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts with honours specialising in painting at the end of 2013, he participated in immersive art project Mr IST and has gone on to work on multiple public art projects since.
Dave has been working on the Bakehouse Theatre for Street Art Explosion:
Leah Grant
Leah Grant is an emerging artist based in Adelaide. She explores the textures and colours of various mediums, focusing most recently with photography, ink, aerosol and gouache.
Graduating with a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Federation University in 2009, Leah also went on to complete a Diploma of Education (Secondary) in 2012. She has completed numerous public art pieces in Adelaide and Geelong. This includes Powerhouse, Little Rundle Street Project and Blyth Street Light Box Gallery. Leah has also exhibited at solo and joint shows in Adelaide, Melbourne and Geelong.
Leah has been working at Tatham St for Street Art Explosion:
Tom Buchan
Thom Buchanan is a painter, drawer and cross-disciplinary artist. He has exhibited extensively locally, nationally, and internationally and has been a finalist and winner of numerous art prizes. In 2011 Buchanan collaborated with Australian Dance Theatre on ‘Worldhood’.
In 2013 he was commissioned to produce several major collaborations including, the Centenary of Canberra 2013 live performance drawing with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra and the State Theatre Company on The Kreutzer Sonata for Adelaide Festival 2013. He was one of several artists commissioned as part of Rise Festival, Christchurch, New Zealand, to create a mural in Canterbury Museum.
Tom has been working on the wall outside of the SAE on Tatham St for Street Art Explosion:
To view Dave, Leah and Tom’s work, as well as all the other amazing street art on display, download the Street Art Explosion map.
WHEN
Friday, February 12 – Monday, 14 March
WHERE
littlerundlestreet artproject: Little Rundle St, Kent Town
Noarlunga Centre: Ramsay Pl, Noarlunga
Bakehouse Theatre: 225 Angas St, Adelaide
Tenth & Gibson: 87 Gibson St, Bowden
Salisbury Secret Garden – Civic Square: Cnr John St & Church St, Salisbury
Red Fox Cafe: Cnr Gray St & Currie St, Adelaide
Warradale Hotel: 234 Diagonal Rd, Warradale
The Maid: 1 Magill Rd, Stepney
Gawler Place Canopy: Rundle Mall
Mama Jambo: 12 Eliza St, Adelaide
Plant 1: Cnr Fifth St & Park Tce, Bowden
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