Sril Art (Shae Petersen) | |
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Nationality | American |
Known for | Mural art, graffiti |
Movement | graffiti, mural |
Website | www |
Shae Petersen, also known as "Sril Art" or simply "Sril", is an American visual artist, muralist and entrepreneur currently residing in Salt Lake City. He was the subject of an in-depth article in the periodical Salt Lake City Weekly. [1] Petersen [2] was the artist involved in the controversy over the creation of public art in South Salt Lake. [3] [4] [5] Petersen is internationally recognized for his 100 ft mural tiled "godlike", [6] [7] [8] as well as murals depicting "Breaking Bad", Hunter S. Thompson and Tech N9ne [9]
Sril has been commissioned by many notable clients including Dan Bilzerian, Patagonia, Ricky Rubio, Reddit, BYU [10] and Joe Ingles.
His work has earned him the awards of Best Public artist in 2014, 2015 an 2016 as well as Best Visual Artist in 2020. Additionally, his "Godlike" mural was the first ever mural to reach the #1 post on Reddit, and gained over 5 Million views.
In 2018, Sril was commissioned to create Utah's largest mural [11] to date, measuring 60 feet in height, 60 feet in width and beginning 15 feet from the ground.
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