Jimmy Dvate

Jimmy Dvate is a renowned Australian contemporary artist, specialising in large scale murals. Painting on the streets of Melbourne since 1997 his name is synonymous with the graffiti and street art scenes and can be found all over the world. With key works in Adelaide and Melbourne Zoos, Phillip Island Nature Park, Darwin, Alice Springs, Wollongong, Benalla, Shepparton and more recently, not daunted by the scale of the works, silos at Rochester, Goorambat and Waikerie.

His reputation has led to overseas projects in Denmark, London, Belgium and Spain and the soon to be opened Amsterdam Street Art Museum. In America he has exhibited and painted in LA, SF, St Louis, Miami, NYC and Denver while his travels extended as far afield as Tahiti as runner-up in a global street art competition.

Trained in graphic design and visual arts at Monash University, Jimmy’s work has included a wine label for Longview Vineyard, an innovative pack for KitKat and a huge promotional hand painted canvas for Disney’s The Lion King that hung on the Regent Theatre in Melbourne CBD. His art shows a strong sense of design combined with the accuracy and eye for detail of photo-realism.