Tāmaki Makaurau artist Elliot Francis Stewart’s mural for the inaugural Flare Street Art Festival may have been the final work produced for the event (the artist’s arrival in Ōtautahi was delayed), but it definitely proved worth the wait! The serene scene, apparently at the end of a long day of toil in the garden, is both vibrant and peaceful.
Read MoreAgainst a bold and striking orange background, Kophie’s massive female figure (a sort of stylised self-portrait of the artist) serves as a powerful declaration of existence and a personal ode to the influence of hip-hop.
Read MoreCape of Storms’ retro-inspired collaged paste-ups have become a common sight across central Ōtatutahi, pasted onto surfaces from brickwork to utility boxes, like winking jokes for the passing audience to overhear. Bringing a sense of humorous absurdity to the streets, the artist searches through vintage magazines and publications, snipping anything of interest with a magpie-like curiosity before compiling disparate pieces together in playful juxtapositions.
Read MoreIt’s amazing what you can miss when you don’t look that little bit closer! Fixed onto concrete seating in the heart of City Mall, Tāmaki Makaurau artist Levi Hawken’s small cast concrete sculpture is overlooked by the majority of oblivious passers-by, a reminder that not all street art is bright, bold, and imposing in scale.
Read MoreSweeping across the exterior wall of the famous Micky Finn’s Irish Pub on Hereford Street, a cacophony of Whanganui artist Cracked Ink’s signature characters play out a range of stories.
Read MoreProduced in January 2020, this bright and humming collaboration was part of Robert Seikon and Anastasia Papaleonida’s residency at urban art gallery Fiksate. Seikon, from Poland, and Greek artist Papaleonida arrived in Ōtautahi in late 2019 following wider travels across the globe.
Read MoreThis vibrant production takes the viewer through a decades-spanning journey, celebrating graffiti art’s global and local legacies while also playfully riffing on popular culture icons.
Read MoreOverlooking the quiet Evolution Square in the heart of the SALT District, an illusionistic mural both designates the surrounding area and playfully subverts the architectural environment.
Read MoreProduced as part of the inaugural New Brighton Outdoor Art Festival, this striking, stretching mural was conceived as a participatory paint-by-numbers production.
Read MoreLocated in the unassuming setting of the YMCA rear car park, Aotearoa-born, Melbourne-based artist Mayonaize’s stunning mural was produced as part of 2017’s Street Prints Ōtautahi event.
Read MorePainted for OiYOU!'s first Spectrum festival, based at the YMCA in 2015, Adnate's mural is representative of the artist's combination of realism with abstract flourishes, while diverging from his interest in portraiture (often members of marginalised and indigenous communities).
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