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Meggs

Meggs

Growing up in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Meggs spent many hours absorbed in the comics and figurines of 1980's cartoons and movies. His vivid childhhod imagination was fuelled by a love for the Sci-Fi, fantasy and Horror genres which were major influences on his development as he'd copy and absorb the bold graphic styles of toy packaging and comic books.

Meggs later developed a passion for skateboarding and interest in graffiti art which furthered the love for bold comic and pop art iconography. Weekends spent catching trains and skating factories proved instrumental in exposing Meggs to various styles of street related artwork.

After becoming frustrated with client based design work, Meggs started exploring the technique of street stencilling in 2003. His background in both graffiti and design helped Meggs quickly develope a recognisable style of complex stencil images and paste-ups, as well as focusing on character based work and a tongue-in-cheek exploration of the notion of good vs evil. Early works such as the 'devil kids' and 'spew blobs' become familiar aspects of the back alleys and laneways of Melbourne's CBD and surrounding suburbs.

In 2004, Meggs joined forces with artists Sync, Rone, Phibs, Reka, Wondalust and Meek to become a core member of the 'Everfresh Studio', a unique collective of street/graffiti/gallery artists who are recognised as one of Australia's most progressive and prolific street art collectives. Sharing skills, knowledge and passion Everfresh are renowned and respected for their collaborative styles in group murals and exhibitions, as well as accomplished solo artists with their own unique strengths and styles.

Meggs' work continually references the nostalgia of childhood heroes and villains and explores the notion of 'duality of self' and an on-going inner struggle of right vs. wrong. Reflecting on personal experience Meggs produces energetic depictions of heroes, villains, and subverted collages of pop culture icons.

Spreading his street work as far as Paris, London and Tokyo, Meggs has also contributed to numerous group exhibitions both nationally and internationally. His work has more notably been sold through 'Artcurial Auctioneers' (Paris) and is included in the 'National Gallery of Australia's' (Canberra) permanent 'works on paper' collection. Continually evolving his painting style with a continued passion for graffiti and character painting, pop-art and abstract expressionism has led to Meggs being well recognised as one of Australia’s pioneering street to gallery artists.

Other Artworks

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  Green Widow - White

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  Don't Know, Don't Care - Wood

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  Two Faced - White

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