Shay Tobin, 23 years, is an emerging Australian artist, photographer and a musician living in the Blue Mountains, Springwood. 
As a
freelance artist and photographer, he spends a big part of his day playing
music. He has a vast collection of instruments including, electric and acoustic
guitars, a banjo, a cello and bongo drums; which he all knows how to play very
well. Shay has recently painted a mural symbolising nature’s persistence over
social development with his mother at Macquarie University. His first
exhibition was in 2010 at the Blacktown arts centre and was called Reside. It
involved three emerging artists creating a photographic expression of Western
Sydney.
His artwork and photography has been featured in several
group exhibitions including: Reside, Blacktown Arts Centre (2010); Change has
Come, University of Technology Sydney (2011); Naa no-rar, Blackheath Cultural
Resource Centre (2011), Remarking Remaking, Blacktown Arts Centre 2012, Oscuro, Trackdown Studios, Sydney 2013.
Shay has a glass studio facing the bush that is his backyard that
he shares with his mother at underneath their house. Shay gets his inspiration
for his art through his music and his surroundings. His backyard leads into a
bush trail which he frequents when he wants to get out of the house and clear
his head.
Shay’s style is a cross between hippie and heavy metal. This
is portrayed through his personal style, artworks, photos and his music. Amongst many
things, Shay is inspired by the beauty of Australian bushland, music, movement
and the intimacy of portraiture.
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