Stormie Mills

Stormie Mills (born 1969) is a street/visual artist operating out of Perth, Western Australia. Mills' portfolio has been published in two books, Proximamente and Dwi Yma (2013).

Life and career Mills was born in 1969 in Colwyn Bay, a coastal town in northern Wales, and moved with his brothers Barnaby and Oliver and his parents Gani and Christopher to Perth, Western Australia when he was three. In 1984 Mills discovered spray-paint and painting in the streets, and at 16 years of age he travelled back to Wales to live with his grandmother before visiting New York in 1986.

Mills returned to Perth just before his 21st birthday.

In 2002 he achieved a Commendation Award in the "City of Perth Invitational Art Award". He has been commissioned to create works in Los Angeles and London and in 2002 was invited to create large scale murals across Greece in preparation for the Olympics achieving international acclaim for his work. Polphail near Portavadie. Over four days the artists decorated the grey walls of the village. A short film, The Ghost Village, was made documenting the project and was screened at the London Film Festival. Mills also presented at the agIdeas conference and in 2015 was subsequently invited by Conference Creator Ken Cato to be one of 25 artists to create an artwork to celebrate the conference's 25-year history.

In July 2013 Mills was invited to paint works for Art Whino's Richmond Mural Project in Virginia, USA. Mills contributed a total of nine murals. The same year he created a series of four metre tall pink bunny figurines for the annual Brisbane Festival, which were reimagined by Mills the following year for the 2014 Brisbane Festival. In 2015 the Bunnies appeared as part of the Perth Fringe Festival making appearances in and around the City, as well as at the international Sculptures By The Sea exhibition where Mills was awarded the People’s Choice Prize as voted by the public.

In 2014 and 2015 Mills painted large scale murals for the Re.Discover project in Bunbury as well as Form's #Public Street Art Festival, speaking at the inaugural #Public Symposium.

In July 2026, Mills held his first solo art exhibition in Australia at the Art Gallery of Western Australia, showcasing both old and new creations.

Personal life In 2007 Mills married Melissa Lekias, a public relations professional, in Oaxaca, Mexico.

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