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Grilz

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Artist: Aleks Grilz

Artist Bio:

Aleks Grilz is a Blue Mountains-born painter based in Melbourne, working within the speculative genre of science fiction. A graduate of Sydney’s National Art School, his practice spans large-scale murals and studio works, employing techniques like spray paint, brushes, and rollers on extension poles.

His energetic style transforms urban spaces and canvases alike, blending the immediacy of street art with the depth of studio painting. Grilz’s work explores the intersection of humanity, technology, and the natural world, creating vivid, otherworldly narratives.  

At the heart of Grilz’s current work is a focus on character-driven storytelling, represented through the human form. His recurring figures—dynamic, gestural, and often contorted—serve as archetypes of resilience and transformation. These characters inhabit environments where the natural world merges with technology, reflecting the tension between organic growth and artificial advancement. Through their interactions, Grilz examines themes of identity, connection, and the evolving relationship between humanity and its surroundings.  

Grilz’s paintings imagine speculative futures shaped by environmental collapse and technological overreach. His satirical, prophetic vision blends dystopian motifs with dark humor, casting his figures as both creators and casualties of these shifting worlds. By merging the natural with the technological, he challenges viewers to reflect on the consequences of our choices, urging a reimagining of the stories we inherit and the futures we might build.

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Location: Cube 37, Davey Street, Frankston & Clyde Street Mall, Frankston

You can book to see this piece on a Street Art Walking Tour: Street Art Walking Tours (imaginefrankston.com.au)

Photography by Steve Brown.

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