Mural Artist: Designer - Illustrator - Mike Shankster

Mike Shankster is an Australian mural artist and illustrator working across Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Sydney, Canberra, 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.

Artist painting a large bird mural.

Jindabyne-skate-park-mural

Gold Coast Street Art Mural, Public Art by Mike Shankster

Gold Coast Street Art – Currumbin RSL Mural

Sea turtle mural painted beneath a bridge in Port Macquarie, surrounded by underwater rocks and soft green-blue tones.

Port Macquarie – Buller St Bridge Mural

Side view of the Perisher Ski Tube train featuring a blue, abstract mural by artist Mike Shankster.

Perisher Ski Tube Train – Mural

Large-scale mural of a child in a beanie sitting cross-legged with chips, beside a kookaburra perched on a skateboard, painted on a skate park surface.

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

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

Armada ARV Range – 2023

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

RedBull x Russ Henshaw – Helmet Illustration

Mike Shankster Illustrator Oyuki x Smith