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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]
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]
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- ^ "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.