Who Is Ashvin Harrison?

A quick and easy guide to commonly searched and asked questions. This question and answer is written by Ashvin Harrison’s studio manager in response to the many emails and searches regarding personal and professional information about Ashvin Harrison. Please email art@ashvinharrison.com if you seek further information for artist assignment research, articles or other releases.

Who is Ashvin Harrison?
Ashvin Harrison is an internationally acclaimed Australian artist born in 1984 in Elizabeth, South Australia. He lived in various places throughout Australia including Townsville, Mackay, Brisbane, Logan, Toowoomba and Redcliffe before moving to Buderim in the Sunshine Coasts of Queensland, Australia.

How Old is Ashvin Harrison?
Ashvin was born in January 1984 to a young teenage mother and father from working class backgrounds of Australia.

What Materials does Ashvin Harrison use?
Ashvin uses coconut charcoal powder, acrylic paints, oil paints, sparkle glitter mediums, glues, flow mediums, thinners, filtered water, gesso, thickening agents, varnishes and other fixatives as mediums for his creative works. He uses customised paint brushes, makeup brushes, drills, leaf blowers, hair dryers, sponges, paper towels, tennis balls, leaves and other random items as tools for his unique artistic style. Ashvin creates exclusively on Sunshine Coast, Australian owned CreateArt Wright & Co fine art canvas.

Does Ashvin Harrison Hand-Embellished prints himself?
Yes, Ashvin Harrison hand-embellishing every print himself in his studio. He also produces the prints himself with a museum grade printer direct out of the studio office with the assistance of his studio manager. Quite often, successful artists such as artists represented by large galleries do NOT embellish or even sign their own limited edition prints. They rely on general workers to do the signing and painting for them. Ashvin Harrison ensures true honest integrity with every original and limited edition by providing the hard work himself with his own eyes, hands and heart. Ashvin believes the art is truely worthless if not created by the artist themselves. Money should not be the driving purpose for artistic success.

How tall is Ashvin Harrison?
Ashvin is 6ft 3in (191cm) tall with light grey eyes which change colour to suit the dominant colour around him such as blue, green or occasionally red.

What is Ashvin Harrison’s ethnicity?
Ashvin was born in Australia to an Australian and New Zealander. His family history includes Spanish, English, Italian Jewish, French and Scottish backgrounds.

What is Ashvin Harrison’s Net Worth?
Ashvin has sold almost $20 million in original art, limited edition art and print on demand art prints globally since 2017. Ashvin Harrison is a self made multimillionaire today. He was homeless (couch surfing and living in a shed) as a teenager at one point and often didn’t have money for food. He built basic financial security and developed skills in 30 different jobs throughout his teens, 20’s and early 30’s. In the past decade, he built wealth from art sales, print royalties, special editions prints, social media revenues and deals, property and investments. His first artwork sold for $69 back in 2012.

Does Ashvin Harrison have family?
Ashvin does not have family and has not had contact with his parents since teenage years. Ashvin has no children and does not disclose of any relationships.

Is Ashvin Harrison married?
Ashvin does not disclose if he has ever been married. There are several artworks where he has painted a few important women in his life.

How much are Ashvin Harrison Original artworks?
Ashvin Harrison originals have increased each and every year by 40-120% since becoming a professional artist in 2017. His original works as of 2026 sell for between $7000 and $90,000 AUD.

How many original artworks has Ashvin Harrison created?
Ashvin has created and sold over 1500 original artworks since created art in 2012. He is a prolific painter with an original style which has lead to such rapid success and consistency in sales. Ashvin’s works have develop greatly over the years with less works being created each year due to the technical demands of each concept and creative desire. Ashvin has worked 10-16 hours each day for his entire art career. He works everyday with only few days or weeks off each year. His focus and dedication to creativity stems from a desire to create the most beautiful art and also share gratitude to the opportunity he has been given to share such beauty with the world.

Is Ashvin Harrison Australia’s most famous artist painter?
Ashvin has reached a global audience beyond the level of most international artists of today with over 1 billion views of his artwork creations across social media. His works are recognised globally for their unique style and focus known as ‘Motusrealism’. Ashvin Harrison is one of the most recognised and viewed Australian artist globally and one of the most recognised contemporary artists worldwide, but does not have the institutionalised elite art scene backing like some of his contemporaries or past modern creatives. He often holds sold out shows with more fans and collectors than can fit into a gallery. His sold out show in Noosa, Australia and Miami, USA saw collectors and fans waiting in the street for access to a fully packed gallery opening event.

Ashvin Harrison’s art legacy
Ashvin has created a new style of art with several aspects of art styles rolled into one. He creates in realism, photorealism and hyperrealism, expressionism, figurative, abstract expressionism, abstract, impressionism, pop and minimalism. His broad range of style use, completely white backgrounds, unique charcoal use on canvas and fast motioned splashes applied in time to music lead to the style being named ‘Motusrealism”. “Motus” meaning movement and motion in latin and “realism” expressing the realistic aspects of his works. Many artists have become inspired by his unique creations, attempting to copy his works or styles themselves.

Ashvin Harrison is at the forefront of rising independent artists in the current art world shifts and changes. He has built his successful art career without the assistance of the art world elite galleries. He has turned down top tier gallery offers for representation as to stay true to his art form, career control and artistic output. He prefers to work with genuine and authentically grounded galleries to build a positive working relationship.

As more Gen Z, millennial, Gen X buyers enter the art market, they value the truth and honesty in creation. They seek a connection with the artist and want to see their process in action, without the hype and sometimes shady facade of major gallery representation. Ashvin Harrison creates all his own artworks from start to finish, hand-embellishes all his own studio printed museum grade prints and controls his entire art career. Whilst major galleries around the world are dropping artists and closing doors, Ashvin has stayed true to the foundation of what art is all about- continuing his rapid success on his own terms.