Guido van Helten

Guido van Helten (born 1986)[1] is an Australian artist, known for his photorealistic murals.

[2] Van Helten was raised in Brisbane and was a graffiti artist in his youth.

He moved to Lismore, New South Wales to study visual arts at Southern Cross University, majoring in printmaking.

[4] Van Helten painted a mural on the former BB&T building in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, "to give voice to traditionally Black communities on the west side of Greenville", after a commission in 2019.

[5] During the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, Van Helten painted of a photograph of the reactor taken in 1986 on the side of a cooling tower.