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AB4020 – Sydney
April 24 @ 6:30 pm AEST
Art Battle Sydney – 24 April, 2026
Doors @ 6:30pm / Painting @ 7:30pm
Standard @ Kinselas (Top Floor) – 383 Bourke Street, Darlinghurst, NSW
The top floor of Kinselas comes alive again—AB Sydney is bringing the paint, the passion, and the party!
Come watch the paint fly before your eyes and help vote to determine the Winner as artists battle the clock & each other in 3 fast-paced rounds.
All artwork will also be available for auction during this incredible night of community and creation!
Accessibility notice: The venue can only be reached via stairs and is not suitable for wheelchair access.
Winner Prize is $250, $200 Art Supplies Gift Voucher for Eckersley’s and entry into our Grand Final!
Be a part of the fun as a spectator, or participate as one of the featured artists by applying online at artbattle.com/artists!
Art Battle Sydney is an 18+ event.
REGISTER NOW TO VOTE
ARTISTS
Artists can apply to compete. Also, most events have a ‘Wildcard’ easel, where artists leave their names at the door and we draw at random to pick the Wildcard Artist. To be a potential wildcard artist, just buy a ticket and show up!
Confirmed Competitors
Art Battle Sydney
12 confirmed artists
Alexandra Cornish
Alexandra is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice bridges tattooing, fine art, and ceramics. A tattoo artist with a newly completed BFA, she works in oil and acrylic to merge tattoo‑inspired imagery with traditional painting techniques. She has also taught pottery and ceramics and has been drawing since childhood. For her, creating isn’t just a profession — it’s a necessity, a way of moving through the world and making meaning.
Diana Tadros
Diana is an emerging artist from Sydney whose work is inspired by the Greatest Artist — God. She creates abstract and floral pieces that celebrate the beauty of the natural world, using everything from fluid paint pours to thick, touchable textures. After having a blast as an audience member, she’s excited to return as an artist and share her joy for color, texture, and expression.
Eden Hobbs
Eden Hobbs is an artist currently working and living on Gadigal land. Her recent works explore themes of feminine confidence and patterns in relationships, questioning how and where queer identity fits into a male-centric world. She claims that there is no definition for how a woman should be, and begs her audience the take up as much space as possible, physically, spiritually, sexually, and creatively.
Ellie
Ellie is a painter and sculptor trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. She loves capturing people and nature, using art as a way to observe, reflect, and tell meaningful stories. Alongside her studio practice, she enjoys teaching and helping others express themselves creatively, believing deeply in the power of art to connect and inspire.
Gus Fernandes
OWYE paints bold female characters—expressive, flirtatious, alive. Each one has a name, a personality, a world. He creates live in front of an audience and loves the energy of watching a character emerge in real time.
Kat S
Kat is a Sydney‑based artist working in watercolor, acrylic, and markers. Her art is a series of happy coincidences she confidently pretends were intentional, with a focus on portraits and lively scenes—because living beings are far more interesting to her than still life. Much of her work blends watercolor washes, bold acrylics, and “stress‑coloring” with graphic markers, a practice that keeps both her creativity and her anxiety in check.
KNOWN
KNOWN is a multidimensional autistic artist, where painting/drawing, and her sensory experience (including movement and performance) are employed simultaneously to engage KNOWN’s audience. KNOWN lives her life authentically as a lesbian, and often expresses her sexuality and sensuality in her art process. She also works as a life model in Gadigal.
Kommie
Kommie is an artist shaped by silence—the kind that follows a broken heart. Where words fall short, her brush begins to speak. Each stroke carries emotions she could never fully explain, turning unspoken moments and lingering memories into raw, honest work. Her paintings are not about perfection but release, healing, and being understood without needing to say a word. What she creates is more than color or form; it’s a translation of everything she has felt but never voiced.
Kraulite
Rey, also known as Kraulite, is a Filipino artist based in Australia who has been passionate about creating since childhood. He primarily works in digital media and is inspired by a Japanese art style that highlights strong, expressive male characters and explores themes connected to gay male experiences. Rey enjoys reimagining well‑known characters through his own style and is also skilled in cartoons, caricatures, and landscapes. Alongside digital work, he uses traditional materials like colored pencils, alcohol markers, and watercolor, and is currently expanding his practice with new mediums such as metallic leaf sheets, recyclable fabrics, and plaster.
Leeorah Hursky
Leeorah is a healer, artist, and author. A self‑taught artist by choice, her passion is painting dancers, musicians, and burlesque performers live.
MINA LEE
Mina Lee is a Sydney‑based oil painter whose work captures emotion, memory, and life’s fleeting moments in hyperrealistic style. Born in Ulsan, South Korea, she developed a deep love for art from a young age. While traveling the world, she met her husband in Darwin and became a mother of two. During postnatal depression, she felt a sudden, overwhelming compulsion to paint—a force so strong it felt like a possession. Art saved her, helping her emerge from darkness, and she hasn’t gone a day without painting since. Today, Mina blends her passion for art with her love of human connection through live wedding painting, preserving life’s most cherished moments.
Naomi Art Media
Naomi’s art is a captivating mix of vibrant and monochromatic styles, featuring groovy, stylised elements created with acrylic paint markers, graphite pencil, and digital art. Her work moves between bold, colour-driven pieces and striking black and white compositions, with a focus on strong lines and visual contrast.
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