Adnate

<div>Wall painted September 2014 for Street Art Festival<br>Adnate wordt sterk beïnvloed door schilders uit de renaissance. Je kan zijn realistische stijl tegenwoordig niet enkel terugvinden in de vorm van graffiti, maar ook binnen het gebied van de schone kunsten. Zijn laatste exposities zijn steevast uitverkocht en zijn vaak politiek bewustmakend werk heeft hem al tot bij de Dalai Lama gebracht.<br><br>Adnate is strongly influenced by painters from the Renaissance. Today, his realistic style not only can be found in the form of graffiti, but also within the field of fine arts. His latest exhibitions have all sold out, and his often political, awareness-raising work has even led him to the Dalai Lama.</div>

Untitled

<div>Indigenous boy for the Upper West Side project curated by Juddy Roller</div>

Indigenous Boy

<div>Adnate created a huge portrait of an indigenous boy looking over the lane way &amp; out towards Birrarung Marr – a sacred indigenous land mark in the centre of the city. It was designed to represent and empower Indigenous culture. &nbsp;<br><br></div><div>The project was called Paint UP; a simple play on words; extending access to artists to the untouched walls (never painted before) above ground level in Hosier and Rutledge lanes, 2 of Melbourne’s most recognised street art locations.<br><br></div><div>From Hosier Inc: <em>“Six artists were invited by Hosier Inc to submit a concept for a large-scale image to be painted on the rear of McDonald House in Hosier Lane. The successful proposal was to demonstrate a rationale and a design that showed an affinity with the location of the wall &amp; building. Members voted and selected Adnate’s submission”</em>.<br><br></div><div><br></div>

Marlu

<div>This enormous painting is a portrait of 11 month old Matari, an aboriginal child of the Muthi Muthi and Nukunu people. It can be found on the wall of the Blak Dot Gallery in Brunswick, and Indigenous art space. He is represented wearing a traditional kangaroo head band and ceremonial face paint.</div>

Matari

<div>Adnate met the Dalai Lama in India in 2016 - this three story mural is a tribute to him.<br>It has recently been tagged<br><br></div>

Dalai Lama

<div>This work by Matt Adnate is in the centre of Melbourne but in a "discreet" location, passed by a steady stream of busy traffic. Featuring those signature mysterious eyes.&nbsp;<br>It is a mystery how it has been defaced in this secure position, but it has been.</div>

<div>This 20 storey wall, with its four portraits, is the largest mural in the Southern Hemisphere. It was painted by Adnate in September and October in 2018. It represents four of the people living in this housing tower, and highlights the multicultural background of Melbourne, and this area in particular. These four residents hail from three continents; from Vietnam, Ethiopia and West Papua.<br>With the support of Juddy Roller</div>

Li-Hill

<div>Featuring those signature soulful eyes, this wall was incorporated into the design of new apartments in St. Kilda east.</div>

Slicer

Bryan Itch

<div>This wall is the result of a collaboration between Adnate, Slicer and Itch of the AWOL crew. It has recently been freshened up but the figure of the Aboriginal boy by Adnate remains central. The harmonious colours help to blend the very different techniques and styles of the artists.<br>* in early 2018 Adnate refreshed the portrait of the Aboriginal boy - it's beautifully fresh. But it has already been badly tagged by fire extinguisher</div>

Rone

AskewOne

Guido van Helten

Mayonaize

<div>Adnate, Rone, AskewOne and Guido van Helten worked together over a couple of days to create a long mural, bound together by its black, white and grey palette and Mayonaize's calligraffiti.&nbsp;</div>

Collingwood Substation

Sofles

<div>Three sides of this wall of a small power substation were painted by Adnate and Sofles. The wall facing Hoddle St has recently been defaced but the other two remain in good condition</div>

Shida

<div>This wall has been here&nbsp;since 2012&nbsp;and will undoubtedly last for another 10 years</div>

Twoone

<div>The wonderful collaboration of two such different styles work together beautifully. The white bird's head by Twoone adorns the gorgeous veiled figure by Adnate.</div>

Collaboration Adnate and Twoone

<div>Melbourne-based Adnate has spent a good deal of time in remote Aboriginal communities. Through his work he hopes to raise awareness of indigenous issues. This portrait is in a back yard near the corner of Green St and Balmain St in Cremorne and can be seen from a suburban train as it passes through Richmond.</div>

<div>The exterior walls of this cafe were painted by Adnate, inspired by Renaissance paintings. the two hands are those of Adam and God the Father, painted on the Sistine Ceiling by Michelangelo</div>

<div>This delightful painting of a boy and a kookaburra in flight graces the wall of a school playground in Preston. Another stellar work by Adnate</div>

<div>Portrait of a Tibetan woman living in exile. Adnate met and photographed her in 2015. The artist is well-known for his sensitive portraits of Indigenous people from around the globe<br>This is one of the seven portraits that make up Faces of Fitzroy, also known as Fry's Wall.</div>

Faces of Fitzroy

<div>Portrait of Dr. Alf Bamblett - a respected Aboriginal leader and proud Yorta Yorta, Bangerang and Wiradjuri man&nbsp; in the Victorian community.</div>

Matt Adnate

@adnate

Sheep.Chen

@sheep.chen

<div>Created for Brisbane Street Art Festival 2019 @bsaf</div>

<div>Adnate created this Ono'u Festival mural on a facade of a building in Papeete in October 2016.</div>

Adnate in Papeete

<div>Lumbee Indian in traditional dress.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/adnate/">https://www.instagram.com/adnate/</a></div>

Plea

<div>An old one from Adnate and Plea that still looks good. The mural faces Station St.</div>

<div>This wall by Matt @adnate is a portrait of Dr Andrew Peters, a lecturer in Indigenous Studies at Swinburne University. Behind him are symbols of the culture that is so important to our First Nations. Dr Peters has been closely involved in the university’s Reconciliation Action Plan and this tribute portrait was painted on a wall of a building on the university’s Hawthorn campus.<br>The details of the portrait reflect the artist's consummate skill with aerosol<br><br></div>

Dr Andrew Peters

<div>Adnate's mural for Wide Open Walls in Sacramento, CA United States</div>

Unknown

Amara Por Dios

Starfightera

Irony paints on things

<div>Some amazing pieces that have lasted years in clare st Bethnal Green, need to be early or evening to snap them.</div>

<div>Portraits of Annie Borate and William Barak, the ancestral heroes of the Wurunjeri people.&nbsp;</div>

Annie Borate and William Barak 

<div>Art fix with your caffeine fix. Adnate for Axil coffee on Flinders Lane.</div>

<div>For the Aboriginal Advancement League in Thornbury.</div>

Smug

<div>Three faces from Adnate, Sofles and Smug at Northland.</div>

Salad Bowl Art

<div>This pair of powerful Indigenous portraits were painted by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/adnate/">@adnate</a> on a long wall in Melbourne CBD. They are connected by symbolic patterns created by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jirra_jirra/">@jirra_jirra</a>, assisted by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saladbowlart/">@saladbowlart</a>. They are connected by symbolic lines, shapes and transparency&nbsp;</div>

Australian Silo Art Trail

<div>When you round the corner in Sheep Hill and see the silos for the first time, you are absolutely blown away by the colours and the sheer spender of this silo. Sheep Hills is the 5th silo in the Australian Silo art trail and the 3rd in the Wimmera-Mallee of Victoria.</div><div>Adnate, who is a Melbourne based artist, has spent much of his carer telling the stories of Indigenous people and their native lands by painting wonderful murals of them through out Australia.&nbsp;</div><div>To get inspiration for this mural, Adnate spent time among the Barengi Gaijin Land Council in north-west Victoria, building friendships and getting to know the people better.</div><div>Adnate mural is of a Wergaia Elder named Uncle Ron Marks, along with a Wotjobaluk Elder, Aunty Regina Hood. They both stand beside two young children, Savannah Marks and Curtly McDonald.</div><div>Conceived over four weeks in late 2016, Adnate wanted to shine the spotlight on the areas young Indigenous people, but he also wanted to portray their strong ancestral connection that they share with the elders in their communities.</div>

Sheep Hills Silo

<div>Two portraits and indigenous-inspired background by Matt Adnate with assistance from @akweke_stories and @saladbowlart<br><br>It was painted for the 2022 Big Picture Festival and can be found on the ramp up to the rooftop car park.&nbsp;</div>

<div>Large wrap mural featuring members of the indigenous @djirridjirri dance group at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.&nbsp;</div>

Belin

Does

<div>Large scale collaboration piece by Belin, Adnate and Does depicting Wonder Woman, Wolverine and Deadpool. Curated by Kotis Street Art. <br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/adnate/">https://www.instagram.com/adnate/</a><br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/belin_official/">https://www.instagram.com/belin_official/</a><br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/digitaldoes/">https://www.instagram.com/digitaldoes/</a></div>

<div>Lumbee Native Indian girl painted on cement underpass curated by Kotis Street Art. Adnate is an artist that realises his portraits in spray paint. He has moved past his roots in Street Art, utilising the medium to carry his realist style into the fine art realm.Adnate has always held a connection towards indigenous people of their native land, especially with Indigenous Australians.&nbsp; He paints large scale murals in the main cities around Australia and the world, creating a statement of reclaiming the land that was always theirs.&nbsp; He endeavours to capture the stories and emotions of each subject he paints, encouraging the audience to feel through their own experience.<br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/adnate/">https://www.instagram.com/adnate/</a></div>

<div>Portrait of Babaji by Adnate on an Indian restaurant in Clayton.</div>

Babaji 

<div>Laser Possum!&nbsp;<br>Second of the two large scale murals by &nbsp;@adnate @sofles @smugone at the Northland Shopping Centre. Crested in 2014, still looking good.</div>

<div>The Goorambat Uniting Church contains a wonderful mural titled “Sophia” and can be found just down the road from the Goorambat Silos. It was painted by Adnate as part of the Benalla “Wall to Wall Festival” in 2017.<br>Visitors are able to view this beautiful piece of art daily from 9am to 5pm, however if the church is not open when you arrive, please call the number on the door and one of the church’s volunteers will be happy to assist you.<br>This is not to be missed and well worth the drive if you are near the area.</div>

Sophia

<div><br></div><div>Lady Gladys Nicholls was a leading Aboriginal activist. Together with her husband, Pastor Sir Doug NIcholls, and along with many of her contemporaries, Lady Gladys worked to advance Aboriginal rights. Like so many Aboriginal activists, Lady Gladys was born on the Cummeragunga Mission. Her family was involved in the Cummeragunga Walk-Off in 1939 and moved to Melbourne. Fundraising was crucial to fighting for Aboriginal rights and like other resourceful women like Margaret Tucker and Geraldine Briggs, she was involved in various activities to raise money. Lady Gladys opened a number of successful opportunity shops around Fitzroy to help raise funds and she worked for the establishment of the hostel to provide a safe place for Aboriginal youth.<br><br></div>

Lady Gladys Nicholls 

<div>This old piece was painted in approximately 2012 on one the buildings at Victoria Market. It is definitelty Adnate, with potentially some help from other AWOL crew members but I'm not sure exactly who. Still looking great in 2023.</div>

<div>Jirri Jirri dancers portrayed in this incredible mural by Adnate in Moonee Ponds.&nbsp;</div>

Ray Thomas

<div>&nbsp;</div><div>A huge mural on the two-storey Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VAHS) building in the Melbourne suburb of Preston tells a story of struggle, loss and hope.<br><br></div><div>Supported by Darebin Council and VAHS, the mural pays tribute to the services’ history of working with Darebin’s Indigenous community and families and saving lives.<br><br></div><div>It was painted by 2013 Victorian Aboriginal artist of the year Ray Thomas (Gunnai Nation) and internationally renowned mural artist Matt Adnate.<br><br></div><div>VAHS acting chief executive Michael Graham said the mural represented a journey of self-determination in both holistic health and equality for Aboriginal people.<br><br></div><div>“The mural includes an Aboriginal community march depicting the faces of the people who campaigned hard to establish VAHS and to fight for recognition of, and equality for, Aboriginal people,” he said.<br><br></div><div>“Passersby can take a photo of themselves or friends in between the people on the mural at the march.”<br><br></div><div>Mother and daughter Nikita Rotumah and Yindi are featured on one side of the mural. They represent the importance of support in good health outcomes. The mural also features a poem by creative writer and VAHS employee Joanne Dwyer, written for the 40th anniversary of VAHS.<br><br></div>

VAHS

<div>Mural celebrating the cultural diversity of Brimbank. Illustrated are four faces including a Wurundjeri girl (at the top), a young African woman, an elderly Eastern European man, and a young Vietnamese boy<em>.</em></div>

Faces of Diversity 

<div>Mural by Adnate at the Maha restaurant in the Melbourne CBD.</div>

Deams

Lucy Lucy

<div>Large scale mural by AWOL Crew at the Fountain Gate Shopping Centre. The theme of this mural is centred around sleep and subconscious activity. It captures the transition from conscious to unconscious realities and experiences.<br><br></div>

<div>Art by Adnate for the Oxygen Youth Space in Coburg.</div>

David 'Meggs' Hooke

<div>Great collaboration between Matt Adnate and David "Meggs" Hooke for the Lennox St Gallery.</div>

<div>This wall and its four portraits were painted by Adnate in Sunshine in Melbourne's west. It celebrates the diversity of this vibrant community</div>

Eric Mangen

<div>Collaboration of both artists the covers entire building and parking lot with images of native americans and blue and green abstract designs. Curated by Kotis Street Art. <br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/adnate/">https://www.instagram.com/adnate/</a><br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/ericmangen/">https://www.instagram.com/ericmangen/</a></div>

<div>A portrait of Jessica Crema beautifying Melbourne Airport, located next to Axil Coffee Roasters in Terminal 2</div>

<div>Tucked away in an undercover carpark Adnate's mural of a woman holding a paper crane aloft is sure to impress.&nbsp;</div>

<div>Located at the Old Library on the eastern wall, not at the intersection as marked but towards West Terrace. Found also behind Vita Health &amp; Fitness.</div>

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