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{{Short description|Australian artist (born 1986)}}

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| birth_place = [[Brisbane]], Australia

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| known_for = Large-scale photorealistic murals

| style = Photorealism

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Australian artist (born 1986)

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Guido van Helten

Born 1986 (age 38–39)
Alma mater Southern Cross University
Known for Large-scale photorealistic murals
Style Photorealism
Movement Street art (former graffiti artist)
Brim Silo Art project (2015)

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]
  • 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]

References

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