From a Frankston laneway, Jasmine Crisp’s housemate stares back at you – well, sort of.
His likeness, captured in her mural, is just one of many transforming the suburb’s streets for the 2025 Frankston Street Art Festival.
Jasmine Crisp’s mural can be found in Park Row.Credit: Chris Hopkins
Running until March 23, the festival has turned Frankston’s CBD into an open-air gallery, showcasing large-scale murals and projection art by international and homegrown talent. Over the next few days, visitors can watch artists bring their visions to life in real time, with guided walking tours offering a deeper dive into the creative process.
By Sunday, more than 100 murals will cover Frankston’s walls.
Among the festival’s standouts is Adelaide-based muralist Jasmine Crisp, known for deeply personal works that turn everyday life into art. Her latest piece, inspired by her share-house experience, finds beauty in the ordinary.
“All the images I’ve compiled are from my own share house, but I’ve obscured them to become a bit of a story about looking at things differently – and making things beautiful, even if it’s just in your own home,” Crisp said as she painted.
The artists, including Spain’s Manuel Guiro, have been busy this week finishing their murals.Credit: Chris Hopkins
This is her first time at the festival, and she’s struck by Frankston’s thriving street art culture.
“I travel around the world to go to street art capitals, but I still feel like Frankston – it’s such a small area – but it’s got probably the highest density of really good-quality artworks I’ve ever seen,” she said.
“For someone like myself, that’s just beautiful. It’s like a bit of a candyland, and it’s very inspiring to walk around and see really good-quality works by a lot of Australia’s best all here together.”
Trent Downie, an established muralist from the Mornington Peninsula, shares her excitement. In the early 2000s, struggling to find steady work as an artist, he became an electrician to support his family. But his passion for mural painting never faded, and five years ago, he took the plunge to become a full-time artist.
Now, inspired by the peninsula’s landscapes, his work celebrates local flora, fauna, and the coastal environment.
For his festival piece Glory to the Historian, Downie pays tribute to those who document street art.
“I’ve been watching and coming to this event almost since it started. Frankston’s a second home to me,” he said. “I’ve found happiness in my workplace. Since I’ve been doing this full-time, I’m the happiest I’ve ever been.”
Muralist Trent Downie brings the beauty of the Mornington Peninsula to life at the Frankston Street Art Festival.Credit: Chris Hopkins
Downie has been working 15-hour days on a scissor lift, painting until exhaustion, but the experience is worth it.
“Some of the artworks here are your Picassos of modern-day street artists.”
This year’s line-up features Australian artists Damien Arena, Jasmine Crisp, Tommy Day III, Trent Downie, Aleks Grilz, and SWEL, alongside international names like France’s Simon Beuve, Spain’s Manuel Guiro, and Argentina’s Candela Colors – winner of the 2024 people’s choice award, back to compete again.
Saturday’s free block party in Gallery and Stiebel Lanes will bring food, drinks and beats from DJs Pixleton and CuznMatt.
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