Local Artist Sophie Roach To Unveil East Austin Mural

EAST AUSTIN, TX — Ahead of the upcoming National Space Exploration Day next month, Austin-based artist Sophie Roach will be unveiling a new space-inspired mural in East Austin.

The mural will be unveiled on the wall of the Native Hostel located at 807 E 4th St. on July 20, officials said.

Roach's playful, pattern-driven aesthetic is familiar to many Austin art lovers, lured to her work for its palpable spontaneity, rhythm and familiar shapes and forms. Yet the planned mural will feature a lush unfamiliar landscape, a cosmic event in the night sky, and a bright and energetic color palette, officials said.

The mural was commissioned by the Elysian Brewing Company that counts on Space Dust IPA as its flagship brew.

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About Sophie Roach (provided text):

Sophie Roach is a self-taught artist splitting time between her hometown of Austin and Brooklyn, New York. By using familiar shapes, patterns, and her own intuition, she has created a unique visual language based on spontaneity and rhythm. Her abstract style is playful yet austere, extremely detailed and often vibrantly colored. In addition to showing her drawings in the fine art realm, her patterns have been applied to a variety of surfaces for commercial projects. Her large-scale murals can be found all over Austin and in various cities around the US and abroad. Learn more about Sophie here and follow her on Instagram here.

About Elysian Brewing (provided text):

Three-time Large Brewpub of the Year at the Great American Beer Festival, Elysian Brewing Company operates four neighborhood restaurants and a production brewery and Taproom in Seattle, Washington. Known both for classic styles and for flexibility and innovation, they have brewed over 500 different recipes since opening in 1996. While their brewers use a variety of unusual ingredients, a favorite amongst many beer drinkers are Space Dust IPA and Dayglow IPA.

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