Interview | Marsha Meredith {2026}.

Top image – Stencil at Bondi Beach, Sydney. Bottom left – Valentines Day, stencil at Bondi Beach. Bottom right – Bondi FM stencil, Sydney.

London, Shoreditch – Paste Ups.

Marsha Meredith is a Sydney based artist who’s work focusses aroung the theme of Peter Pan life in the bubble around Sydney’s Bondi. I first came across Marsha when someone sent me the link to her facebook fanpage. Ever since then I’d been meaning to contact her to set up an interview but never quite got around to it, until Marsha e-mailed me directly with a little submission of her work. It was meant to be!

Although most of her work can be seen around Bondi, Marsha’s paste-ups have travelled the world to the cities such as New York, London, Paris and Sao Paolo. Her stencil art has graced the shop windows of Seafolly, Urban Uprising and Beach Road Hotel, the walls of Bondi FM, Bondi Beach promenade and special commissions from Sydney University to name a few.

For more information, please check out Marsha’s Flickr pageant her portfolio. You can also join her ever-popular facebook fan page 2026 for regular photography, art and music updates.

A huge thank-you to Marsha for this interview and for being a part of yellowtrace.

x dana

Images of Marsha’s stencil work on canvas.

Left – Stencil on wood. Right – Stencil on canvas.

Hello 2026, welcome to yellowtrace and thank you for taking the time to e-chat. Could you please give us a quick introduction on yourself?

I’m an artist and art director, originally English, now living in Tamarama.

When did you first decide to become an artist? Do you remember the very first piece of art you created?

I never consciously decided to be an artist, but have always had the urge to create and communicate. I painted a lot as a child, no idea what the first piece was – probably a potato print, but I remember one of my dog when I was  6 on the wall at school.

What are you seeking to portray in your work? What is fundamental to your practice – your philosophy and your process?

My work to date has been about the ‘peter pan’ lifestyle in bondi where I live – and the conflict or choice between community and personal values. The next project will bring something different, but I try to communicate a truth so that the work resonates beyond the visual.

Paris, Paste Ups. ‘Street Art Without Borders’ Project.

More Paste Ups from ‘Street Art Without Borders’ project in Paris.

Can you describe your typical day of work?

My favourite days are working on my deck in the sun with the sea sparkling behind me and some good tunes on. Usually I have several projects on the go, and there’s always art to drop off or materials to collect, shoots to organize, printers, meetings, emails etc.  I wake up and go to sleep with my laptop on the bed. Sadly not enough time is actually spent on good stuff.

What was one of your biggest lessons learned since starting out as an artist?

I’ve only scratched the surface, but I am discovering where the journey of non commercial creativity will take me. In contrast to my work as an art director you get to explore and express deeper and sometimes darker areas. I guess you learn about yourself in the process, and luckily it seems to connect with people.

Besides that the biggest lesson has been the value of time, and being productive with it. Like most things, if you want to do them, you’ll find the time wherever you can.

Marsha’s collaboration with Conspiracy Theory.

What are some of your main sources of inspiration? Are there any specific references you are drawing to regularly – books, websites/ blogs etc?

Flickr, vandalog, ukstreetart, streetsy, picturesonwalls, woostercollective, crackforyoureyes, brooklynstreetart.

Magazines: clark, hustle, monster children.

Who or what are some of your influences? What other artists, peers and creatives in general do you admire?

Pure Evil, Roa, Krink, José Parlå, David Bray, Bill Henson, Jaybo Monk, Micallef, Ian Francis, Guy Bourdin,Helmut Newton, Remed….. age, decay, rust, dripping paint.

More images of Paste Ups from London, Shoreditch.

Is there something professionally you would like to try that you haven’t done yet?

So many things. But letterpress is high on the list. I’m keen to use more traditional techniques.

What has been your favourite project so far?

I guess the Pin Up girls series. Its was fun involving my friends, and I was pretty happy the results of integrating tagging, spraypaint and decayed surfaces with photography and screen printing. Tagging can be so beautiful typographically, and often viewed so negatively. The combination of the themes of vandalism and beauty feels powerful and fragile at the same time.

Images from ‘Pin Up Girls’ exhibition. Giclee Print. (Ummm, what is giclee?)

What are you working on at the moment?

I’m on holiday, but as soon as I get back I have been commissioned to do 2 walls in great locations in Bondi, a store opening for Seafolly and a pop up art exhibition for the Banksy movie at the Dendy in Newtown with Urban Uprising, plus more entries for exhibitions in Melbourne and internationally.

I’m also about to commence on a new series for a solo exhibition in spring. I have a couple of ideas floating round in my head, but haven’t quite decided yet.

What’s next – can you share with us your vision and some of your goals?

I’d like to lock myself away somewhere quiet so I can work more. Its always a struggle finding the time.  All the work I have done to date has been a crazy headless rush to produce. I would love to spend longer on some huge more painterly canvases. I’m also starting to work on richer surfaces, – decayed metals, vintage books, old wood etc.

I’m also excited about doing more outdoor work that becomes a real part of the community I live in.  And I’ve got some thoughts of on some pretty cool lifestyle products and a twisted fashion range too. We’ll see.

Seafolly window at Bondi Junction, Sydney.

Top two images – Christmas window for Beach Road Hotel, Sydney. Bottom left – Urban Uprising Christmas window. Bottom right – Seafolly in Chatswood window.

Let’s Get Personal:

What are the qualities you most like about yourself?

Integrity. Productivity.

What are the qualities you most like in others?

Kindness, character, humour, quirkiness, style

Apart from your work, what other interests or hobbies do you have?

My work seems to encompass them all. But I enjoy hooking up with other artists on Flickr. I love the way the world is re-organizing through your interests. Shooting decayed buildings, spaces and street art. Industrial furniture, vintage clothes and jewellery.

What are some of your favorite local galleries and shops {music, fashion, books, accessories, furniture vintage, other bits and pieces}?

David met Nicole. Mitchell Road Auctions. Markets. Urban Uprising and May Lane Galleries.

The Gift Shop pop-up gallery at The Banksy Movie.

Your favourite cafes/ restaurants/ bars?

Iggy’s for bread, Favlosa for coffee, The Squirrel for eating and The Flinders for drinking.

What is your most treasured belonging?

My friends. My cat. My laptop.

It’s not very cool, but I really like…

McDonalds on a road trip.

Your favourite joke?

Pass – I can never remember them.

Paris, Paste Ups. ‘Street Art Without Borders’ Project.

Sao Paolo, Paste Ups. ‘Street Art Without Borders’ Project.