NERYL WALKER

Artist Bio: 

Neryl Walker is an Australian artist, illustrator and designer who loves to draw and celebrate women.
Inspired by a love of mid 20th century pop culture, her studio and 1950's home is filled with countless sources of vintage and nostalgic inspiration.
While she is best known for her strong, playful and empowered girls, Neryl’s background in Graphic Design has seen her collaborating on branding, typography, surface design, publishing and large scale mural projects, including the Benalla and Darwin Street Art Festivals. Her work has featured on 100 different shades of lip gloss for Buxom Lips cosmetic packaging, on limited edition bottles of Four Pillars Gin, and in Playboy Magazine, where she is the artist behind the updated iconic 1950’s Playboy character, Femlin.
Her prints and paintings have been exhibited internationally, and she is included in Lürzer's Archive top 200 Illustrators.

Artwork Title:

Make Art Not War

Artwork Statement: 

Make Art Not War is a slogan used by artist Bob and Roberta Smith, and later by Shepard Fairey. It feels especially relevant today, choosing creation over destruction and centring women as makers, not muses. I can’t help but wonder how different the world might look with more women in positions of power. Peace out.

Artwork Created: 

Live at the 2026 Street Art Studio, in conjunction with the Frankston Street Art Festival

Medium: 

Acrylic and Aerosol on 3mm structured ply panel.

Size: 

Size 84.1cm (h) x 59.4cm (w) x 3mm (d)