Brendan Rowe

About

Brendan is a Melbourne based artist with a playful and satirical approach to his work which aims to explore the absurdity and fickle nature of modern-day life. Brendan grew up in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs on a heavy diet of comic books, Saturday morning cartoons and pop-culture which he obsessively collected and analysed. His skills were developed through countless hours of studying the line work and forms of his favourite comic artists and cartoonists. Graduating with a BA in Fine Art Drawing from RMIT in 2006, Brendan initially began his career in the local music scene, where he is well regarded for creating poster art, t-shirt designs and album covers for local bands. Using traditional painting methods and comic book inspired linking techniques, Brendan creates a collage-like blend of pop cultural iconography and anatomical illustration, which come together to produce his own brand of unorthodox portraiture. He has also produced large-scale murals for the walls of several iconic live music venues across Melbourne and his work has been exhibited in group and solo shows across Australia. Please contact us if you would like to buy an original artwork by Brendan Rowe or to be notified.