Melbourne is in for a treat this week, with the return of Tom Civil with his show “Long Story” at House Of Bricks in Collingwood.

Tom Civil is a name known to most of those who follow the Australian street art scene, and his work across the years with social advocacy and his immediately recognisable, iconic characters and scenarios speak for all. In “Long Story” Civil presents a whole range of hand-printed woodcut and lino Prints, stencils, carvings and engravings – something different, as to be expected, and definitely cool.

“Tom Civil’s work can be found in many tucked away nooks of the city. He is interested in how street art and graffiti create community, mark space and act as a human-scaled anarchic form of urban architecture. His stencil and street work has been featured in various publications including Melbourne Stencil Art Capital, Street|Studio, Space Invaders (NGA), the film Rash, as a feature artist in the Melbourne Stencil Festival 2004/05/09 and the Cans Festival in London in 2008. He has also exhibited walk-through installations and worked closely with his brother Ned, who died from cancer in late 2010, under the guise The Evil Brothers.Tom and his brother Ned also exhibited with their Dad, Tony as Sevil & Sons. Tom has given workshops and talks in different communities about murals and the political nature of street art, and is also the co-founder of small Melbourne-based radical publishers Breakdown Press.”

Tom Civil is, in our opinion, one of the nicest, most genuine artists practicing in Australia today, and his work amongst the community is both commendable and admirable. His art is just plain cool, and any show from him is a must see.

We also just had a chat to Tom about this upcoming show, and a little bit about the long story behind it, so stay tuned … and don’t forget,he’ll be talking about human rights and street art over at RMIT on Wednesday night talongside a bunch of other great speakers.

Who: Tom Civil
What: Long Story solo show
Where: House of Bricks 40 Budd Street, Collingwood, Melbourne
When: Show opens Friday May 25th from 6pm til 9pm and runs until the 3rd June

Check out Tom Civils website as well as the Facebook event page for more info on the show.