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MURAL ARTIST + ILLUSTRATOR

Australian mural artist + illustrator working across walls, brands, products, public art, and commercial projects.

WALLS, BRANDS + STORIES

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MURAL ARTIST + ILLUSTRATOR

Australian mural artist + illustrator working across walls, brands, products, public art, and commercial projects.

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WALLS, BRANDS + STORIES

Mike Shankster is an Australian mural artist and illustrator working across Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, and the Snowy Mountains. Shaped by mountain landscapes, a lifelong connection to drawing, and concrete culture, his work has developed into a bold illustrative style adapted across murals, public art, commercial illustration, and brand visuals for a range of industries.

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Mike Shankster spray painting a large bird mural on a green wall, captured mid-process in Jindabyne.

Jindabyne Skate Park – Street Art Mural

Gold Coast Street Art Mural, Public Art by Mike Shankster

Gold Coast Street Art – Currumbin RSL Mural

Port Macquarie – Street Art Mural

Perisher Ski Tube Train – Mural

Skate Park Mural – Queanbeyan

Large-scale Brisbane mural at South Bank depicting a reclining figure reading, painted in a realistic grayscale style with turquoise graphic elements, by Mike Shankster.

South Bank Mural – Brisbane

Large eagle mural across a red brick building, with sweeping black and grey ribbon forms, by Mike Shankster

Bunjil Mural, Sandringham, Melbourne VIC

Backyard skate ramp with colourful shed mural painted in Glass House Mountains by Mike Shankster

Brisbane + Glass House Mountains Backyard Mural

Skeleton lovers mural painted in a doorway at The Pink Hotel in Coolangatta on the Gold Coast by Mike Shankster.

Interior Doorway Mural – The Pink Hotel Coolangatta

OYUKI x SMITH

Red Bull helmet with custom blue and black graphic design, photographed on a dark textured background.

RedBull x Russ Henshaw – Helmet Illustration

Close-up of Armada skis featuring custom elk illustration artwork in orange tones, with large antlers spanning across both skis.

Armada ARV Range – 2023

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Based on the Gold Coast, Mike Shankster works across Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, the Snowy Mountains, and wider Australia on mural projects, public art, commercial illustration, product artwork, and brand-based visual projects.

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