Brad Blaze
Speed Painter, Artist, Speaker and Entertainer
Brad Blaze mesmerises audiences with four-minute portraits created with glitter, fire, gold, and spinning canvases. Blending comedy, storytelling, and audience participation, he delivers high-energy performances and inspiring keynotes on creativity and innovation that leave a lasting impression.
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Brad Blaze is one of the world’s fastest portrait artists, renowned for creating jaw-dropping four-minute portraits using unconventional methods such as glitter, fire, gold, and spinning canvases. More than just a performer, Brad combines comedy, storytelling, and audience participation to deliver high-energy shows that captivate and inspire.
Named Entertainer of the Year at the Australian Event Awards, Brad has performed for corporate and special events across Australia, Asia, and the world, raising over $3 million for charities in the process. His portraits have featured celebrities, world leaders, CEOs, and iconic figures including Tiger Woods, Nico Rosberg, Richie Benaud, Chris Hemsworth, and multiple Prime Ministers.
In addition to his spectacular live performances, Brad is a sought-after keynote speaker, sharing insights on creativity, transformation, and brand innovation. His talks often include interactive workshops, teaching audiences to unlock their creative potential while experiencing the magic of his speed-painting process. High-energy, original, and unforgettable, Brad Blaze continues to redefine the art of entertainment and inspire audiences worldwide.
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Audiences will be in awe as paintings are made in just the length of ONE SONG (yes 3-4 minutes!). Whether he is painting an iconic person, a CEO or celebrity, or a product, he keeps the audience guessing as to who or what he is painting, only revealing the subject in the final breathtaking moments.
Brad utilizes large canvases and where possible, live-to-screen footage. With music pumping and fast action, this is a high-adrenaline entertainment and plays big on a stage.
What really sets Brad’s performance apart is the comedy. He tells his journey from working in finance to becoming an entertainer, some of the celebrities he has painted and some of the hilarious situations he has found himself onstage.
Brad has developed a number of special techniques which can reveal a corporate logo, slogan or even a face on the canvas. Such reveals include fire and glitter. It’s the perfect way to announce an award winner, thank a sponsor, leave a lasting message, or advertise a product.
Brad’s artwork serves as a lasting memory to the event. His artwork is hung in corporate offices, given to sponsors or they can be auctioned for a company charity – his artwork has now raised over three million dollars for charities around the world.
Charity Events
Rebooked year after year by Australia’s leading charities with Brad now raising over $4 million for charity.
A unique blend of live art, comedy and visual effects – all designed to drive real reaction and fundraising $$$.
At the height of excitement, Brad then launches into a live auction of his 3 paintings.
Keynote Experiences
What if it does Bloody work?
(45-60 minute keynote)
A keynote that shakes people out of safe thinking through fun, audience involvement and live art — daring them to back themselves, take the chance and ask: what if it does bloody work?
A high-energy keynote about courage, discomfort and taking the leap. Most people don’t need more information. They need a reason to move.
In this fun, highly interactive keynote, Brad uses live speed painting, humour, storytelling and audience participation to challenge people to step outside their comfort zone.
Volunteers are invited onstage to bring the message to life through drawing, movement, quick challenges and unexpected moments. The audience does not just hear about courage — they see it happening in real time.
The result is funny, energising and memorable, with one clear message: what if it does bloody work?
This keynote is ideal for super fun staff conferences, leadership events, sales teams, change programs and organisations that want their people to stop playing safe and start backing themselves.
Audience takeaways:
- Growth happens outside comfort
- Waiting until you feel ready is usually fear in disguise
- Small acts of courage build momentum
- Action beats overthinking
- The biggest risk is often staying the same
Best for:
- Staff conferences
- Sales conferences
- Leadership events
- Change and transformation events
- Culture and team events
Brad Blaze vs AI
(45-60 minute keynote)
A high-impact keynote where Brad Blaze goes head-to-head with a robot in a live battle of creativity, speed and human connection.
What happens when a world-class live performer takes on a machine? In Brad Blaze vs AI, Brad combines live speed painting, humour, storytelling and audience interaction to explore the clash between artificial intelligence and human creativity.
This is not a dry talk about technology. It is a fast-paced keynote experience built around a live creative battle that gets the audience thinking, laughing and fully engaged. As the battle unfolds, Brad reveals the bigger message: AI is the tool. The human is the differentiator.
Audience takeaways:
- Why speed and efficiency are no longer enough
- How AI creates both opportunity and sameness
- Why trust, taste and timing still matter
- How human creativity becomes a competitive advantage
- Why memorable experiences beat forgettable information
Best for:
- Innovation conferences
- AI and technology events
- Leadership conferences
- Marketing and sales teams
- Future-of-work programs
- Staff conferences
OPTIONAL ADD-ON: BLAZE BOT
Bring the robot battle into the room.
BlazeBot is a robotic drawing activation that creates live guest portraits and caricatures (cartoon portraits) during your conference.
It gives attendees a hands-on AI experience, creates conversation, and extends the keynote theme beyond the stage.
Perfect for arrival drinks, conference breaks, networking sessions, sponsor activations or VIP experiences.
