Guido van Helten

Guido van Helten (born 1986)^[1] is an Australian artist, known for his photorealistic murals.^[2]

Van Helten was raised in Brisbane and was a graffiti artist in his youth. He moved to Lismore, New South Wales to study visual arts at Southern Cross University, majoring in printmaking.^[3]

Works

Van Helten's work Brim Silo Art project, a large mural painted on the grain silos at Brim, Victoria, an example of the growing genre of silo art, was a finalist in 2016 Sulman Prize.^[4]

Van Helten painted a mural on the former BB&T building in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, "to give voice to traditionally Black communities on the west side of Greenville", after a commission in 2019.^[5]

During the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, Van Helten painted of a photograph of the reactor taken in 1986 on the side of a cooling tower.^[6]

In 2021, he was commissioned as lead artist to paint 16 murals in and around the small Western Australian town of Collie, which included an 8,000-square-metre mural at the Wellington Dam Hydro Power Station.^[7]

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^ Arias, Enriqueta. "Interview: Guido van Helten". Instagrafite. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
^ "Graduate Story: Guido Van Helten". Southern Cross University. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
^ "Brim silo artist Guido Van Helten a finalist in Sir John Sulman Prize". Wimmera Mail-Times. Fairfax. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
^ Stamp, Elizabeth, "A Powerful Mural Marks the Desegregation of South Carolina Schools", Architectural Digest, 12 October 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
^ "Chernobyl Cooling Towers". Chernobyl Story. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
^ Loney, Georgia (20 February 2021). "Massive Wellington Dam wall mural unveiled, boosting economy in Collie". ABC News (Australia).

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