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Tuesday
Dec022025

Smug One 'Saint Mungo' Prints Release Details

Artist: Smug One
Title: Saint Mungo
Medium: Giclee Prints
Size: 48.2 x 59 cm
Edition: 200
Price: £150

   

*available at 1pm EST on Wedneday December 3rd, 2025

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Smug One, a moniker adopted by a Scottish street artist whose legal name is Sam Bates stands as a pivotal figure in the evolution of contemporary photorealistic graffiti. His work, characterized by breathtaking precision and emotional depth, has transitioned from underground urban environments to high-profile gallery exhibitions across the globe. Originating his artistic practice in the vibrant graffiti scene of the 1990s and early 2000s, he developed a distinctive style that sought to push the technical boundaries of aerosol artistry, moving beyond traditional lettering into highly complex, often large-scale, figurative murals.
His pieces typically focus on the human condition, capturing subtle nuances of expression and moments of quiet contemplation. The hyper-realistic detail in his murals from the intricate textures of skin and hair to the reflective quality of eyes often defies the physical limitations of spray paint as a medium. This meticulous application of color, tone, and shadow creates an immersive illusion of photographic reality that engages viewers on an intimate level. Smug One’s art frequently incorporates surreal or narrative elements, with subjects sometimes interacting with ethereal elements or existing in ambiguous settings, prompting observers to delve deeper into the implied stories. His dedication to refining his craft and consistently delivering universally resonant imagery has solidified his reputation as one of the world's most influential and sought-after muralists, celebrated for elevating street art to a fine art standard.
Saturday
Nov292025

Mark Drew 'PTP' (LL Cool J) Print Application Open

Artist: Mark Drew
Title: PTP (Competition's Paying The Price)
Medium: 3 Color Screen Print
Size: 60 x 60 cm
Edition: 200
Price: ¥50,000

*application open until 10am EST on Sunday November 30th, 2025

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Mark Drew, an Australian graphic artist born in 1978, has carved a unique niche in the contemporary art world with his clever and nostalgic cultural mashups. Best known by the moniker "Chronic," Drew is celebrated for works that fuse the innocent aesthetic of Charles M. Schulz's classic Peanuts comic strip with the raw, often mature, lyrics of 1990s hip hop music. His signature style involves unaltered comic frames where the original dialogue is replaced by quotes from legendary rap artists like the Wu Tang Clan, Nas, Jay Z, and the Notorious B.I.G., creating a layered interplay of unexpected meaning and a sense of shared nostalgia for pop culture of that era.
Drew's artistic approach is deeply personal, mirroring the hip hop practice of musical sampling by visually "sampling" beloved cartoon characters and "mixing" them with lyrical snippets that resonate with his own youth. This technique allows his pieces to function as a visual mixtape, inviting viewers to both read and "listen" with their eyes as each lyric lands like a line of dialogue. His compositions are clean and deliberate, often using a stripped down, bold color palette that references the original comic while lending a graphic, contemporary feel.
Relocating from Sydney to Tokyo in 2009, Drew also co founded the China Heights Gallery, which began as a studio space and evolved into a prominent Sydney gallery. His work, which primarily includes paintings and screen prints, can be found in private collections worldwide, including that of the artist Drake. Drew's international presence is substantial, with exhibitions in major art hubs such as London, Los Angeles, Miami, and New York, cementing his status as a pivotal figure in the intersection of street art, hip hop culture, and contemporary fine art.
Saturday
Nov152025

Nicole Evans 'Reflection' Print Available

Artist: Nicole Evans
Title: Reflection
Medium: Giclee Print
Size: 54 x 43 cm
Edition: 50
Prices: $130 AUD

Nicole Evans is a contemporary Australian artist, illustrator, and muralist renowned for her hyperrealistic yet surreal oil paintings that explore environmental themes. Originally from Tasmania, where a childhood love for nature and animals was fostered, she is now based in Melbourne.
Evans's work is characterized by a meticulous, multi-layered use of oil paint to create incredibly detailed depictions of wildlife. Her art often features animals in unusual or unexpected environments, a deliberate choice to allude to climate change, habitat loss, and forced displacement. The animals are frequently anthropomorphic, acting as symbols for her own emotions or personal life struggles. Her series Smoke Signals, for example, features oversized, prehistoric-looking animals inspired by phrases like "canary in the coal mine," positioning the creatures as harbingers of environmental danger.
A graduate of RMIT University with a Master of Fine Art, Evans has exhibited her work nationally and internationally, with pieces held in private collections worldwide. She has been featured in publications such as Beautiful Bizarre Magazine and The LA Times and actively accepts both public and private commissions.
Thursday
Nov132025

Joel Rea 'Surrender' XL Print Available

Artist: Joel Rea
Title: Surrender
Medium: Giclee Print
Size: 80 x 80 cm
Edition: 180
Price: $350

 

Joel Rea is an acclaimed Australian contemporary surrealist painter renowned for his large, hyperrealistic oil paintings that explore the intersection of the human condition and the raw power of nature. Born in England in 1983 and raised on Australia's Gold Coast, he graduated from the Queensland College of Art in 2003 and draws inspiration from the turbulent coastline of his youth.
His meticulous craftsmanship, with paintings sometimes taking months or over 700 hours to complete, results in incredibly detailed, lifelike images with a dreamlike twist. Recurring motifs include self-portraits, tigers, dogs, and immense, crashing waves, often juxtaposed to create a "sublime" effect that merges beauty with a sense of fear and destruction. Rea's allegorical narratives delve into themes of social consciousness, personal introspection, and the enduring human drive to survive, often presenting a paused snapshot of a larger story with a strong emotional intensity.
Internationally recognized, Rea has exhibited in the US, Europe, and Asia, and his works have garnered numerous prestigious art awards, including the ANL Maritime Art Award and the People's Choice Award for the Black Swan Portraiture Prize. He has gained a significant following, with collectors like Joe Rogan and Kelly Rowland, and continues to create art that challenges perceptions and evokes powerful responses.
Wednesday
Nov122025

Anthony Lister 'Spider Woman' Print Available

Artist: Anthony Lister
Title: Spider Woman
Medium: Giclee Print
Size: 21 x 26 cm
Edition: 30
Price: $290 AUD

 

Anthony Lister is an Australian painter and street artist born in Brisbane in 1979, celebrated for his raw, expressive style that fuses high and low culture into visceral contemporary narratives. He studied at the Queensland College of Art before moving to New York in the early 2000s, where he apprenticed under pop surrealist Ron English, absorbing techniques that blend graffiti energy with classical figuration. Working across canvas, wall and found objects, Lister builds surfaces through layered aerosol, oil stick and acrylic, allowing drips, smears and gestural marks to remain as evidence of speed and emotion.
His imagery centres on masked or distorted figures, often female, who appear to wrestle with inner turmoil or societal expectation. Eyes are frequently obscured by splashes or bold strokes, suggesting vulnerability and defiance simultaneously. Colour is applied with urgency, hot pinks and bruised purples colliding against asphalt greys, creating a visual tension that mirrors the chaos of urban life. Influences range from Francis Bacon’s existential anguish to the raw mark making of Jean-Michel Basquiat, filtered through a distinctly antipodean lens that celebrates both beauty and decay.
Lister's work has been exhibited internationally, from London’s Saatchi Gallery to public walls in Berlin and Los Angeles, while his paintings are held in private collections worldwide. Despite commercial success, he continues to paint illegally, believing that the street offers an unfiltered dialogue with the public. Whether rendering a six-metre wall or a small canvas, Lister seeks to capture the fragile moment when personal emotion spills into shared space, reminding viewers that vulnerability can be a source of strength and that art, like life, is most powerful when it remains unfinished, honest and free.
Sunday
Nov092025

Angela Lee 'Warm Heart' Print Available

Artist: Angela Lee
Title: Warm Heart
Medium: Giclee Print
Size: 16 x 20 Inches
Edition: OPEN
Prices: $20

 

Angela Lee is a digital artist and photographer based in Sydney, Australia. What began as a passion during high school turned into a professional pursuit since 2021, during COVID-19 lockdown. Angela taught herself photography and digital art, using the stillness of the pandemic as a time to create, experiment and grow. Her distinctive style blends abstract and otherworldly elements, drawing inspiration from personal experiences, emotional phases and her unique perspective on life. Each piece she creates carries an intention to break boundaries and offer something that hasn’t been seen before. Angela’s passion in music has led her to photograph renowned musicians both nationally and internationally some including PARTYNEXTDOOR, Kehlani, Lil Tjay, Lancey Foux and more as well as her artwork being featured in platforms such as XXL. Angela’s message is to inspire people to do what they love and that anything is achieveable with passion and persistence.

Friday
Oct242025

Anthony Lister 'Street Face' Print Available

Artist: Anthony Lister
Title: Street Face
Medium: Deckled Edge Giclee Print
Size: 21 x 21 cm
Edition: 50
Price: $250

 

Anthony Lister is an Australian contemporary artist born in Brisbane in 1979 who helped pioneer the nation’s street art movement as a teenager. He studied at Queensland College of Art and later worked under influential New Zealand painter Max Gimblett in New York, an experience that sharpened his fusion of high and low culture. Using charcoal, acrylic, spray paint and oil, he creates raw, expressionist works that straddle street art, pop culture and classical figuration. His canvases and walls burst with masked superheroes, burlesque dancers and fragmented portraits rendered in a scratchy, gestural style that critics compare to early Basquiat.
Lister's public murals appear across Sydney, Melbourne, London and Berlin, while solo exhibitions at Urban Spree Gallery, Robert Fontaine Gallery and Olsen Gallery have cemented his international reputation. Commercial collaborations include Hermès, Vogue Australia, Samsung and Mercedes-Benz, yet he continues to paint unauthorized walls, arguing that “public places are for public people” and describing himself as a “freedom fighter for visual speech”. His work is held by the National Gallery of Australia and the David Roberts Collection, and the 2017 documentary Have You Seen the Listers? chronicles his rise from skateboard kid to global art phenomenon. Bold, sometimes unsettling and always immediate, Anthony Lister’s art invites viewers to embrace chaos and to find beauty in the blurred line between gallery and gutter.
Monday
Nov282022

Fikas 'Untitled' Print Available

Artist: FIKAS
Title: Untitled
Medium: 8 Color Screen Print
Size: 16.5 x 23.6 Inches
Edition: 20
Price: $184

*untitled name is lame


Saturday
Nov052022

Joel Rea 'The Last Resort' Prints Available

Artist: Joel Rea
Title: The Last Resort
Medium: Giclee Print
Size:  39 x 78cm
Edition: 180
Price: $310 Each

Check it out HERE

*there is also a Large 54 x 105cm size version

Saturday
May302015

Joel Rea 'Conquest' AMAZING Print Release Details

Artist: Joel Rea
Title: Conquest
Medium: Giclee Print
Size: 51.5 x 66 cm
Edition: 50
Price: $250

Check it out HERE

*available at 5pm EST on Sunday May 31st