Bruce Mahalski is a Dunedin artist, known for his illustration, street murals, and sculpture incorporating animal bones.

In 1983 with Mike Weston he formed Crystal Zoom!, and they were joined in 1984 by Robin Murphy (bass) and Barry Blackler (drums), both from Dunedin band The Idles.

They began to experiment with four-track recording, incorporating masks, photography, and slide shows in their live performances.

[5] The band was less successful, and Mahalski moved back to Dunedin, reuniting with Robin Murphy and other former Idles to form Let's Get Naked.

moved from Dunedin to Auckland in 1985, Mahalski began drawing the strip cartoon Zak Water Buffalo, about a musician and music journalist, for BiFM magazine.

The strips later appeared in Rip It Up and Otago University's Critic magazine, and Mahalski collected his cartoons in a self-published compilation called Biohazard in 1990.

"[1][2] Skulls to Mahalski are special, connecting humans to the rest of nature and acting as a link to our biological past.

[3] The raw materials for Mahalski's bone art are sourced from collecting trips on the beach and countryside, or found as roadkill.

[9][10] In 2014 Mahalski collaborated with the Wellington luthier David Gilberd to build a functioning slide guitar completely covered with animal bones, including 35 skulls, using trimmed cow ribs as frets.