the artist Azzurro
G'day, I'm Aussie mural painter and marine illustrator
Azzurro Batic, and this is my portfolio x
the artist Azzurro
G'day, I'm Aussie mural painter and marine illustrator
Azzurro Batic, and this is my portfolio x
About me
Mural Painter
I have 10 years of experience painting murals for all kinds of clients, and have earned recommendations from peers in my industry I once looked up to as a young high school student, with SACE merit for my research in fashion design and street art. Despite studying for an Honours degree in Psychology at Flinders, I was all too happy to kiss that good-bye without finishing, once I started to share my art with the world, and the design commissions came flooding in from places like Spats Coffee Lounge, Godi La Vita, Headspace and the Central Markets.
Visual Identity Designer
I've been known to deliver some whopper design projects that go on to become important parts of a brand's visual identity. Aside from murals, I've churned out stuff for Adelaide University O'week (2019), and a bunch of South Aussie councils. I've also been engaged by DTI to beautify a number of train stations you may have seen around the place!
Imaginative Illustrator
At the heart of my art practice is a love for illustration that goes way back to storybooks I obsessed over a kid. Graeme Base, Andy Griffiths, Roald Dahl, Lemony Snicket, Mambo, Stephen Bliss, and series like The Simpsons, Where's Wally, Crash Bandicoot all played a hugely formative role in my vibrant, whimsical and colour-drenched style I splash about the streets today. Usually it's good old fashioned fabulous fun but my art can often dip into the satirical with a slightly more serious and spikier edge.
Ambassador for the Ocean
When I'm not painting up the side of a building, you'll find me out in the water. I'm a passionate advocate for marine conservation and delight in letting others know what's in the waters surrounding them. I have attained my Community Surf Rescue certificate and enjoy swimming the Jetty with the Marilyns of Brighton Beach to raise funds for cancer research. I am also a participant of Laps for Life, swimming kms in the sea to raise funds for youth prevention services such as Lifeline.
Join in on the fun!
I love to get people excited about creating and usually have some opportunities for other artists to get board with if they ask.
Every few years I curate a major exhibition based around a theme;
It's Getting Hot in Here (climate change) 2017
One Minute to Midnight (nuclear war) 2020
The Illusion of Fame (celebrity culture) 2021
Dream Scented Rushes (Alice in Wonderland) 2021
Deep Thinkers (marine conservation) 2023
Creative Classroom
I love to use my down time to create funky, imaginative teaching resources that encourage creativity in all ages, for free download and use by the public. I've released colouring pages, snakes and ladders, chatterboxes and PC learning games.
Home is Where the Art is
These days I stay and create on Jetty Road in Brighton, where I run regular free tours of my own murals at nine stops along the beautiful beach shopping street. Come on down and make a day of it. Here on JRB you can sit beside my art while enjoying smoothies, coffees, fruit salad, pancakes, waffles, stir fries, Banh Mi, donuts, and sausage rolls- so there's something for everyone at every time of the day. I LOVE special tour requests so get in touch if you've got a group that may fancy a stroll... donations welcome!
Beautiful books now on Amazon
Three Brand New Colourful Collections
The Art of Azzurro (357pp) 2024
The most complete and concise collection of the art of Australian designer muralist Azzurro Batic (b. 1994). 30 years of imagination and drawings compiled into a colourful coffee table book and invaluable reference guide to a life of creating from the heart.
The Magic of Marine Life: South Australia (168pp- 24,000 words) 2024
Azzy's very own collection of all marine illustrations, with comprehensive species descriptions and stories about the South Aussie fish he's been swimming with, as well as interviews and exhibition statements. A complete collection of marine illustrations by Azzurro.
The Murals of Azzurro (Up Next)
The third and final instalment of Azzurro's coffee table books; a comprehensive look inside a selection of the artist's best murals and public artworks, with messages from the people who commissioned them, concepts and long lost designs. Travel back in time as the young Year 12 artist conducts incognito research into graffiti that earned SACE merit; interviews with freshly arrested street artists and anti-graffiti Burnside councillors- research that evolved into a career as a professional street artist painting a world completely transfixed by urban art.
Long Lost Favourites
Azzurro has also released new editions of his two picture books; ASYLUM: Colouring Book (2015) and Original Flavour: Treasure Hunt (2020) now exclusive to Amazon
Life’s a Beach
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G’day!
Available to commission on both wall and canvas
If you’re not quite ready to commit paint to wall, we can always chat about your very own bespoke artwork on canvas