Ten Malaysian artists have been selected to compete for Make Your Mark in Melbourne Street Art Competition and one winner will be selected to represent Malaysia at Wall to Wall Benalla Festival 2018, Victoria’s first regional street art festival that runs annually in March. The ten artists will be creating their respective works of art live at The Square, Publika Shopping Gallery from April 15 to 18, 2017 for public viewing.
The top 10 finalists were selected based on originality and uniqueness of artwork, clarity of concept that reflected the selected themes, professional quality of submission, ability to reproduce on a larger space and presentation of artwork in a unique way. Members of the public can vote for their favourite works of art through the website makeyourmarkinmelbourne.com. Aside to the digital voting process, there is an esteemed panel of judges that also includes Shaun Hossack, the founder of Juddy Roller Studios and artistic director of Wall to Wall Festival Benalla.
The grand prize winner will be announced on April 26, 2017. The winner will be collaborating with the respected Juddy Roller Studios in arty Fitzroy, and its founder Shaun Hossack, as well as getting a wall at Victoria’s Wall to Wall Festival Benalla 2018, the only street art festival of its kind in Australia!
The artworks will continue to be exhibited at The Square, Publika until April 30, 2017. Visitors to Publika can also take part in the digital photo contest via Facebook by simply taking selfie or wefie and also include pictures with the street artwork on display with the hastag #visitmelbourne.
To find out more and to vote, visit makeyourmarkinmelbourne.com.
