Tom Adair
Biography
Tom Adair’s genius as an artist began in the subculture of the Melbourne Graffiti scene. It is a place as competitive and as critical as any in the art world. Immersed in an urban landscape where the spray can is king, and speed is most certainly your friend.
A decade after leaving the brick and concrete walls of the iconic streets for the studio, Adair’s more formal practice has taken centre stage. Tom Adair’s practice delves far deeper than a lust for a design aesthetic. The artist is far more interested in us, our relationship to the environment, and how a thirst for evolution and technology has changed us.
“Airbush is like a refined form of graffiti, I have adapted this into something familiar yet new. For me it’s the layering of neon and specialist framing that really gives a quality and brings my pieces to life.”
– Tom Adair
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