Always an artist we love seeing hit our fair city, Fintan Magee returns with a grand new show at Backwoods Gallery this weekend, and it’s gunna be pretty damn nice to boot.

“Fintan Magee first became involved in Brisbane’s thriving graffiti scene in the late 1990s. An interest in painting gradually led Fintan to break away from traditional graffiti lettering and move towards figurative painting and street art. Even before obtaining his Bachelor degree in Fine Arts in 2009, Fintan was well on his way towards becoming one of the world’s most renowned street artists.

Fintan’s success has in part been due to his prolific global campaign of impressive murals and in part due to the emotional depth of his subject matter, which explores contemporary social issues with a relatable subtlety, through muted colours and elements of the mundane.

Fintan’s artwork depicts the relationship between man, nature and civilisation. His murals, which are often in industrial or low-income areas, tell stories of struggle, loss, migration and hope. Fintan’s artwork, on either walls or canvas, expertly presents universal struggle and hope from a personal perspective.

Water World

Since the 2011 Brisbane floods, which razed large areas of Fintan’s home town, Fintan has been focused on exploring the human cost of environmental issues and disasters.

Embarking on a series of large murals in Russia, Ukraine, Ireland, UK, Germany, Tunisia, Indonesia, Belgium, Norway, US, Mexico, Colombia, Hong Kong, China, Argentina and New Zealand, Fintan has explored concepts of resilience and hope across the world. During his travels the concepts behind his murals have expanded to include his observations on the lives of people living in poverty, of refugees and the effects of climate change.

His global painting campaign established Fintan as one of the world’s leading street artists while providing him with a platform to refine his message and technique. From December 2015 at Backwoods Gallery, Fintan will be presenting the culmination of his experiences in an exhibition titled Water World.

Water World is a collection of 13 paintings, presented along side a large central installation and a collection of studies. It will be on display from the 4th to the 13th of December. A printed exhibition catalogue will also be available at the gallery.

Backwoods Gallery is extremely proud to present this important summary of Fintan’s journey and we hope you can join us in appreciating the collection in person.”

We’re really looking forward to this show, and tho this Friday is going to be damn hectic, it definitely has to be in your agenda for the evening! So head down and take a look, we will seeya there!

Who: Fintan Magee
What: Water world solo show
Where: Backwoods Gallery, 25 Easey St, Melbourne
When: opens Friday 4th December from 6pm til 9pm,show runs for two weeks.

Check out the Facebook event page for more info!