Facter
Leederville, AUSTRALIA
Starting with his exposure in the 80s to hiphop and breakdance, and his subsequent involvement amongst the Perth graffiti scene of the early 1990s, Facter has been passionate about street art and illustration from an early age. For the past two decades he has studied art and the creative realm, and has over that time he has also produced a large body of work whilst residing across Far North Queensland, Boston, London and Perth.
In the past few years, Facter has begun to exhibit his depictions of a fantastically surreal realm called The Known, a futuristic look at a culture based on his interests in Singularity theory, technology, science fiction, aztec history and evolutionary biology – which just means that he enjoy drawing robots and weird cyberorganic entities. He also has re-invigorated his love of aerosol in recent years and can often be found painting murals.
After moving to Melbourne from Perth in 2009, he has since held his first successful solo show, Inhabited Times, and has also exhibited in several group shows at galleries such as Artboy, For Walls, Surface Pop and At Large. Outside of his day job, working as a technology analyst, Facter is also an avid writer, and has also spend the past decade writing about music and interviewing DJs and producers from across the globe – predominantely in the breakbeat and dnb realm.
These days, he has channeled his passion for writing and his love of art into creating, writing for and editing the Invurt.com webzine, which, along with the help of a dedicated and much loved team of volunteers, provides an informative and up to date source of exhibition and event news from across Australia, by providing articles and interviews with artists and creatives both living, and displaying work, across the country.
