Civilian (street artist)

For other possible meanings see Civilian (disambiguation)

Civilian is notable street artist operating out of Melbourne, Australia. Civilian started painting stencils around the end of 2001. Civilian has had several art works exhibited in gallery shows, but says that he’s not entirely comfortable in those settings; preferring to do work in “Empty Shows” illegal exhibitions held in derelict buildings. In 2003 police caught Civilian at the Canterbury “Empty Show”. No criminal charges were laid. Civilian feels that “street art is an important and necessary part of society”. See also List of Street Artists Types of graffiti List of graffiti artists Spray paint art Other notable Melbourne graffiti artists Civilian Dlux Meek Pslam Sixten Prism Sync Optic Phibs Ha-Ha Vexta Rone References Title: Stencil graffiti capital : Melbourne / Jake Smallman and Carl Nyman. Author: Smallman, Jake. New York : Mark Batty Publisher, 2005. ISBN 0976224534