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Like most kids from the '80s, the Melbourne artist known as Meggs, spent much of his childhood days reading comics, watching cartoons and drawing. Fast forward a couple of decades and the boy from the burbs is, today, a member of Melbourne’s Everfresh studio, shows his work in galleries and on streets all over the world and curates Backwoods Gallery in Collingwood with a bunch of fellow creatives.

His pieces, revolving loosely around the themes of the hero vs the villian, good vs evil and darkness vs optimism, draws much inspiration from his boyhood hobbies. Originally a graphic designer by trade, Meggs began to experiment with stencil art in the early 2000s before joining Everfresh, an artist collective renowned for their overt graffiti pieces throughout Melbourne and across the globe.

Using a broad range of skills that see him mix stencilling, paste-ups and an arsenal of street and painting techniques, his distinctive style is heavily layered, highly technical and deeply complex. Having just wrapped up a new collective Everfresh piece at Melbourne’s NGV Studio, this year will be one of the artist’s biggest yet with forthcoming shows in LA, Hawaii, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, London, Denver and Venice.

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MEGGS X VANCOUVER

Meggs for Endeavor from Endeavor Snowboard Design on Vimeo.

 

Meggs has been super busy since wrapping up his video series for us here at NB574.com with his own solo show in Melbourne to the major Australian group show in San Francisco called Young & Free. Here in this video by Canadian snowboard company Endeavor Meggs creates a collection of works, including his largest solo wall mural to date, for the brands HQ. Amazing stuff as always.

MEGGS | INNER DEMONS II | OPENS AUGUST 19

Meggs Inner Demons II at Backwoods Gallery

Following the success of his first London solo show, Inner Demons, the artist will now bring it to Melbourne in the form of Inner Demons II. Like the UK show, Inner Demons II will focus on themes of duality (good vs evil, fear vs desire). Opening on August 19 at Backwoods Gallery, the show is expected to draw a big crowd for what is one of the most anticipated exhibitions of 2011.

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MEGGS | INNER DEMONS | EXHIBITION RECAP

Meggs Inner Demons Exhibition Recap

As you would of seen during parts three and four of Australian artist Meggs video series here at NB574.com he had been preparing for a solo show in London that took place late June in conjunction with Zerocool. The show, titled Inner Demons, from all accounts was a great success and received an enthusiastic crowd of art lovers on opening night. You can catch the work below and of course if you consider yourself an art collector and are looking to add a ‘Meggs’ to add to your collection then your in luck as a few of the works from the show can be found for sale via Zerocool’s online store.

 

 

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MEGGS | INNER DEMONS | ZEROCOOL GALLERY

MEGGS | INNER DEMONS | ZEROCOOL GALLERY

Meggs will be in the UK later this month for the opening of his Inner Demons show at Zerocool Gallery. Meggs discusses the preparation for this show in his latest video here at NB574. You’ll find part three of his series right here.

MEGGS | FLASH SHEET PRINT | NOW AVAILABLE

New from Meggs is this short run Flash Sheet print featuring various iconography from his extensive lexicon of images. The print comes in at 560 by 380 mm and is a screenprint with gold aerosol on 250gsm Dutch Etching paper. Each print is numbered and signed by the artist with a total of 50 produced.

 

You can purchase here.

 

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PHOTO DIARY PT. 1

The enigmatic street artist, Meggs, gives us a rare insight into his studio, his neighbourhood and his life.

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PHOTO DIARY PT. 2

Meggs has a brief respite at home, giving us a rare insight into his private life, but as usual, he’s never too far away from the studio as the artist preps for yet another show.

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PHOTO DIARY PT. 3

With his upcoming solo show in London, Meggs doesn’t work anywhere other than his studio these days. In a very rare public appearance, he takes us to an abandoned warehouse in a far-flung Melbourne suburb for a day of painting.

 

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PHOTO DIARY PT. 4

As he continues to prepare for his London show at Zero Cool gallery later this month, Meggs and the Everfresh crew move into Federation Square’s NGV STUDIO for a June/July residency. In the final phase of his NB574 Journey, we spend a day in the city with the artist and check out his temporary home at Fed Square.

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FILM DIARY PT. 1

Famous for unique mix of popular culture and comic book references, Melbourne writer come contemporary artist Meggs tells us why his work is all about the middle ground and our never-ending search for balance.

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FILM DIARY PT. 2

For one of the biggest independent art events of the year, Meggs made a trip over to sunny Hawai’i for Pow Wow, a gathering of some of the world’s most prolific creatives and artists.

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FILM DIARY PT. 3

Meggs gives us a preview of his upcoming solo exhibition, Inner Demons, opening soon at London’s Zero Cool Gallery. The exhibition of screen prints, canvases and paintings will also feature a secondary element: a wall of photos and sketches portraying an intimate insight into his creative process.

 

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FILM DIARY PT. 4

From prepping for his London show to moving into a temporary studio space at Fed Square with the Everfresh crew, Meggs has been one busy guy. With more exhibitions slated in this year, Meggs’ journey shows no sign of slowing down.