Alleycat Creative was engaged by South City Square to design a project brief and source the artist to complete a large scale mural upon the side of apartment Tower Five at South City Square, Woolloongabba. The artwork was to compliment the existing collection of public artworks located at South City Square. Artist Claire Foxten 9assisted by Ash Taylor) was commissioned to install the piece. Her work, entitled “Don’t forget to look up” was created in January 2022 upon a swing stage.
Artist: Claire Foxten
Photography: Ash Taylor.
Category Archives: Curate Art
Shed180
Alleycat Creative has been engaged to provide Consultancy services to Perri Projects regarding the inclusion of Urban Art within a development site in West Melbourne.
As part of the transformation process one of the existing historic buildings has been transformed into a Street Art Gallery.
The Gallery (Shed180) was created over a six month period in 2015 and will remain in place for 4-5 years as part of a broader transformation and activation of the area.
The Urban art upon Shed180 celebrates a wide range of different forms of expression that make our city vibrant.
Artist: Makatron & Conrad
Artist: Lucy Lucy & Slicer
Artist: Aaron McKenzie
Artist: Buff Diss
Artist: ID Crew
Artist: Be Free & Mupz
DPGallery 385 Bourke St – Co Working Space Commissions
Alleycat Creative was engaged to assist the Dexus Group with the curation of two artists to be included in the gallery collection within a recently refurbished Co Working space at 385 Bourke Street.
Local Melbourne Artists were selected to compliment and contrast to other artists within the Co Working space and ‘to bring some of the outside in’.
Artworks were created directly upon the wall surfaces in November 2015.
Artists: Klara
Artist: Be Free
South City Square Woolloongabba
Alleycat Creative has been engaged to work with Pellicano and Perri Projects creating an urban Art Strategy for a Development in Woolloongabba Brisbane.
The Development of the South City Square precinct will include a very strong visual public art presence throughout the public areas.
To set the tone for exciting public art to come, Alleycat Creative managed two preliminary public art initiatives in October 2015.
(1) The End of the Line Festival performance piece
An artist was engaged to paint live at the End of The Line Festival upon wooden panels.
The artwork was painted during the festival so the public could enjoy viewing the process and be introduced to the creative aspects of the new precinct. This artwork is to be displayed at the Development site.
Artist: Gimiks Born created a pink and blue mermaid and river bull shark
(2) Artwork created on Development Site
An artist was engaged to create an ‘experimental piece’ (whatever they wanted) upon an existing blank wall on the Development site. The idea behind this is to engage the public and celebrate artistic expression even in the early days of the building process.
Artist: The Zookeeper
Depo 8 – Creative Working Space Commission Piece
Alleycat Creative assisted Depo 8 transform a previous white wall in their co working office into a vibrant feature wall within the office space.
The brief was to install a hand painted design that reflected playfulness, creativity, people and the local surrounds of Prahran yet also compliment the existing 1970’s style interior fit out.
The effect is a colourful, elegant design incorporating solid colours and fine line whimsical elements.
The artwork was installed in November 2015.
Artist: Klara
The Gemba Group Board Room
Alleycat Creative was engaged to help deliver the concept of an engaging and interactive artwork upon the walls of the Boardroom in Gemba’s Melbourne office.
Gemba’s concept was a collection of 15 very different people standing in line, all waiting to buy tickets from a ticket booth. Each individual character represents a consumer of sport and entertainment found in the world of Gemba’s insights business. Each individual illustration has a QR code on their body that can be scanned to reveal a profile of the person. The art work was created in June 2015.
Artist: iandtheothers
Perri Projects Board Room
Alleycat Creative was engaged to assist the interior designer of Perri Projects, Melbourne add a hand made element to the recent refurbishment of Perri Projects South Melbourne office. An art work was commissioned to be installed directly onto the board room wall. The art work was to reflect the companies values of design, urban development, people & community. The art work was installed over a 2 day period in May 2015.
Artist: Buff Diss
Private Commission Melbourne
This is an example of one of the many private commission hand made art works facilitated and managed by Alleycat Creative.
The artist created a 2.5 meter by 3.5 meter hand illustrated art work featuring an elk head using pastel crayons drawn directly onto the wall surface.
The artwork was installed in February 2015.
Artist: Twoone
The Eureka Hotel
The Owners of the Eureka Hotel Geelong were looking to refresh their entire 7 room venue using a combination of Street art and quirky refurbishment.
Alleycat Creatives preference was to predominantly use recycled, vintage or pre-loved items through the refurb.
Alleycat Creative was engaged to (a) design the Creative Concepts for the 7 different personalities of the areas in the venue, (b) source the quirky items for the space, (c) work alongside the Client to manage aspects of the interior design aspects of the refurbishment and (d) curate the collection and project manage the installation of several Street Art works within each of the areas of the venue.
A curated team of 18 Street Artists were commissioned to install their works directly upon the wall surfaces within the rooms.
The refurb occurred over a 3 week period in June 2013.
The result is a total transformation of a ‘soul-less’ space into a warm, interesting, atmospheric venue, filled with personality inviting visitors to question, explore and play.
Forte Magazine Issue 563 July 2013 Pg 43
Article here