Guido van Helten (born 1986) is an Australian artist, known for his

photorealistic Photorealism is a genre of art that encompasses painting, drawing and other graphic media, in which an artist studies a photograph and then attempts to reproduce the image as realistically as possible in another medium. Although the term can be ...

murals. Van Helten was raised in Brisbane and was a

graffiti artist Graffiti (plural; singular ''graffiti'' or ''graffito'', the latter rarely used except in archeology) is art that is written, painted or drawn on a wall or other surface, usually without permission and within public view. Graffiti ranges from s ...

in his youth. He moved to

Lismore, New South Wales Lismore is a city in northeastern New South Wales, Australia and the main population centre in the City of Lismore Local government in Australia, local government area; it is also a regional centre in the Northern Rivers region of the State. It ...

to study visual arts at

Southern Cross University Southern Cross University (SCU) is an Australian public university, with campuses at Lismore and Coffs Harbour in northern New South Wales, and at Coolangatta, the most southern suburb of the Gold Coast in Queensland. It is ranked in the top ...

, majoring in

printmaking Printmaking is the process of creating artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand processed techniq ...

. Van Helten's work ''Brim Silo Art project'', a large mural painted on the grain silos at

Brim, Victoria Brim is a small town in the Wimmera region of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The town is located north west of the state capital, Melbourne on the Henty Highway. It is on the banks of the Yarriambiack Creek. It is in the Shire of Ya ...

, an example of the growing genre of

silo art A silo (from the Greek language, Greek σιρός – ''siros'', "pit for holding grain") is a structure for storing Bulk material handling, bulk materials. Silos are used in agriculture to store fermented feed known as silage, not to be co ...

, was a finalist in 2016

Sulman Prize The Sir John Sulman Prize is one of Australia's longest-running art prizes, having been established in 1936. It is now held concurrently with the Archibald Prize, Australia's best-known art prize, and also with the Wynne Prize, at the Art Gallery ...

. Van Helten painted a mural on the former BB&T building in downtown

Greenville, South Carolina Greenville (; locally ) is a city in and the seat of Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. With a population of 70,720 at the 2020 census, it is the sixth-largest city in the state. Greenville is located approximately halfway be ...

, "to give voice to traditionally Black communities on the west side of Greenville", after a commission in 2019.Stamp, Elizabeth
"A Powerful Mural Marks the Desegregation of South Carolina Schools"
''Architectural Digest'', 12 October 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

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Official website
Living people Street artists Southern Cross University alumni 1986 births {{Australia-painter-stub