Public Art and Placemaking Artist

From: Murals & Illustrations / Specific to: Placemaking / Street Artist

Placemaking Artist & Public Art

One of my main focuses as a placemaking artist with street art is to create public artwork that makes a place more visually interesting and enjoyable to experience. By using public art it can help communities connect through colours and underlying themes which resonate with the people and cultures of the area.

With public art and placemaking, the work can range from temporary or permanent work, small or large scale and use any aspect of the styles of art both in the modern-day and that of the past.

Placemaking art can also not just be on walls as a single artwork but extend beyond those boundaries into the street, objects and internals of buildings. An example is the urban mural street art that I painted that flowed through Bendigo Park.

placemaking artist — Placemaking artist at work creating public art

street art mural — Street art helps to make the town centre more colourful and engaging

melbourne-looking-mural — Using public art in the form of a pavement mural to transform this laneway

party-melbourne-street-art — Making this urban space more dynamic along with community involvement

walking near placemaking mural canberra — Placemaking mural with the meeting place in Canberra

public art at university — Public art at a Canberra university campus to help welcome first-year students

Public Artist

As a part of my public artist practice, I have focused on understanding ‘place’ and how people interact with it. This can be done through workshopping with communities to gather input on how a space is used or would like to be seen for public use.

Art can help create an enhanced environment for the community to experience and engage with.