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Studio GiftigStudio Giftig consisting of the Netherlands-based artist duo Niels van Swaemen (1981, Eindhoven) and Kaspar van Leek (1983, Philipsburg St. Maarten). They come into contact with each other in 2007, at which time both individuals have been active in street art for some time. The duo developed a common painting style, with which they became known through their highly detailed (sur)realistic murals and paintings. Recognizable by the process in which they work is the way in which they translate their own personal concepts by photographing the objects and models themselves. That’s how they ensure a total autonomy within their visual language as a starting point for their paintings.
https://streetartcities.com/artists/s...
Soul Flora - Elegance
Created on August 2, 2025
Gerard Doustraat 72, 7606 GC Almelo, Netherlands
A graceful young woman stands in quiet stillness as warm orange-brown tulips grow from her body, rooted in inner strength. Inspired by the Dutch Masters, this contemporary piece blends symbolic light and depth. The parrot tulip, once cherished in still lifes, now embodies transformation and grounded beauty.
Daniela GuerreiroB. 1992
Daniela Guerreiro is a Portuguese artist, born in 1992 in Faro. Today she lives in Lisbon where she finds most of her inspiration. She studied Visual Arts at the Faculty of Algarve from 2013 to 2014, and then painting from 2014 to 2016, at the Belas Artes de Lisboa. Daniela is a figurative painter whose main intention of her work is to show reality, naked and raw, that is, her vision of the world. Painting allows you to capture individual and collective experiences in a more explicit concept. Each of them embodies the concept of social exclusion, shame, depression, insecurity, violence, etc., namely feelings that are little heard and talked about by society. While oil paintings individualize society, murals and street paintings aim to cover a broader, collective environment. The use of unconventional models allows you to convey a hidden beauty between each of them, where you look for a hidden and raw beauty of each character, working on color and the interaction between light and darkness. A personal and global journey in search of health and bodily connection is her main goal as a visual artist. “We need diversity in the examples around us. And we all need a healthier relationship with our bodies and with our image, to relate to the world.”
https://streetartcities.com/artists/d...
Bruma
Created on August 2, 2025
89 Rue Ferdinand Buisson, 62200 Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Created for the anniversary edition of Street Art Boulogne-sur-Mer 2025
In Boulogne-sur-Mer’s growing open-air museum, Venezuelan-born artist Daniela Guerreiro unveils a mural that stands as a quiet yet powerful invitation: to open our minds and step into the unknown. In contrast to Wedo’s nearby work on self-image and social media, her piece offers a more introspective scene, a young woman peering through the blinds of a dark apartment, illuminated only by a narrow beam of light.
Her mural evokes intimacy, vulnerability, and courage. “It’s about that private space within us,” she says, “and the strength it takes to look outside, to connect, to try something new.” For Daniela, the darkness symbolizes the comfort zone, while the sliver of light represents the moment of transition, the decision to move beyond fear.
SojoArtist and curator of Urban Art, Sojo develops his work in public spaces with special emphasis on rural environments. His work is developed in the disciplines of urban art, engraving and drawing. His interventions in public spaces have their origin in Graffiti, a technique that he has used since 1993 and whose phenomenon conceptually marks his way of understanding art as a transformative medium.
https://streetartcities.com/artists/sojo
Almendro en Flor
Created on September 1, 2025
Ctra. Cáceres, 2, 10940 Garrovillas, Cáceres, Spain
Every spring, Garrovillas de Alconétar sees its almond trees blossom and its fields turn white and pink.
It is a spectacle that does not last long and, like many other things in life, if you are not lucky enough to come across it by chance, you have to be alert for when it happens and take the time to go out and enjoy it.
Nico CathcartNico Cathcart is a Deaf/Hard of Hearing painter and muralist hailing from Toronto, Ontario, and currently living in Richmond, Virginia. A member of the all women paint crew Few and Far, her work creates highly-realistic, socially informed intersectional activations on both walls and canvas. An experienced mural painter, she has worked on walls across the country. You can find her paintings in the permanent collection of the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, and her work has been shown at many prominent galleries across the country, including ABV Gallery, and Modern Eden. In 2020, Nico was honored as an Agent of Change for her use of activism in art by the VMHC, and in 2023 her work “Age and Grace” won a National Mural Award and was recently named as one of Style Weekly’s “Best Places to view Public Art”in Richmond. Nico worked to curate, and take part in the national campaign, Artists 4 ERA in support of the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. In 2023, Nico was named one of the Top 40 Artists to Watch by New York Cities Culture Candy and Up Street Art Magazine. Recently Nicos work has been published in Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, and My Modern Met. She was highlighted as one of 50 globally influential women muralists in the book “Street Art by Women” in 2024. In 2025 Nico’s work won the Susanna Kelly Art Award, and was awarded a Sam and Adele Golden Artist Residency. You can find Nico discussing her work in the emmy-winning documentary Mending Walls, as well as a 2018 TEDTalk about her work, and disability.
https://streetartcities.com/artists/n...
Empathy
Mural shows the ASL sign for EMPATHY, surrounded by florals and a bluebird.
Created on August 6, 2025
215 5th St, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
WedoB. 1990
Edgar Goás Blanco (1990, Galicia, Spain) is an artist and muralist whose work blends realism and impressionism to engage in dialogue with public spaces. He began painting in industrial areas and abandoned spaces in his hometown, and since 2017 has taken part in around forty urban art festivals in various countries. Graduating with honors in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona, he also trained in printmaking, screen printing, and illustration at renowned art schools. His murals address contemporary social issues and celebrate the cultural memory of each place, integrating the artwork with both the community and its surroundings. Co-founder of La Séptima, a Barcelona-based music, design, and video studio, he expands his creative practice into scenography, sculpture, immersive installations, video mapping, animation, textile design, and album covers always with a contemporary vision and a deep commitment to the urban space.
https://streetartcities.com/artists/wedo
Don’t be afraid of wasting time
Created on August 14, 2025
365 Rue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 62100 Calais, France
In times of obsession with productivity, we forget that wasting time is also living. Getting bored, thinking about nothing, or drifting into trivial thoughts is not a mistake: it’s a way to reclaim inner space, to remember that we are not machines. Capitalist logic wants to measure every minute in terms of output, but life is also built from silences, pauses, and “unproductive” moments that make us freer.
Candy KuoB. 1988
A street artist active in United States.
https://streetartcities.com/artists/c...
Seeds For The Future
Created on July 26, 2025
235 E 8th St, Long Beach, CA 90813, USA
Eric Michael A street artist active in United States.
https://streetartcities.com/artists/e...
Sacred Kin
Created for Long Beach Walls 2025
Created on August 14, 2025
424 E 1st St, Long Beach, CA 90802, USA
Marloes De KiewitMarloes de Kiewit creates indoor and outdoor murals, window art, (digital) illustrations, paintings, or painted objects for individuals, companies, and organizations. Her work features strong line work and dots with a delicate flow. Her style initially started in timeless black and white but has evolved over time to encompass a broader color palette and other techniques. Currently, the focus lies in combining line work with colorful realistic compositions. She can fully immerse herself in applying countless details, seeking a balance between movement and stillness, strength and vulnerability.
https://www.marloesdekiewit.com/
Artwork created for Blind Walls Gallery in 2025
Created on August 24, 2025
Hoge Steenweg 17, 4811 CG Breda, Netherlands
Riivo KruukB. 1998
Estonian muralist living in the US, active internationally.
https://streetartcities.com/artists/r...
GULLAH
Created on August 8, 2025
2938 Spruill Ave, North Charleston, SC 29405, USA
The mural references the local Gullah Geechee culture in the lowcountry of South Carolina. Riivo portrays a young contemporary Gullah woman about to embark on a journey, she carries her rich culture and ancestors with her.
Jeps & Boris Jeps & Boris are an artist duo from Belgium ((Jatse Verschoore & Dieter Samyn) They paint murals all over Belgium and sometimes in other countries.
https://streetartcities.com/artists/j...
The programmer
Mural on the backside of “De Voorstad”.
Created on August 28, 2025
Boudewijnlaan 87, 9300 Aalst, Belgium
Edoardo EttorreEdoardo Ettorre was born in L’Aquila in 1994. After attending the Liceo Scientifico Marie Curie in Giulianova (TE), he enrolled at the L’Aquila Academy of Fine Arts in 2013. During his years at the academy, he began to approach painting: a spontaneous, gestural painting that is still the hallmark of his paintings. In 2015/16 and 2018/19 he lives in Valencia (Spain) and attends the UPV (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia) thanks to the ‘Erasmus’ programme. He experiments with several fields of visual arts, being particularly fascinated by installation and street art, expressions that often coexist in his works. Hand in hand with his experience abroad, an interest in the dynamics of modern society and social criticism begins to manifest itself in his works. In February 2020, he obtained his second level diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts in L’Aquila. He currently devotes himself to predominantly pictorial research, jumping from small paintings to large murals. Using different techniques, he paints familiar images captured every day by our gazes, now attentive now distracted, such as a waitress on the phone or a snapshot of an evening with friends. His poetics focuses on the relationship between the individual and society, on aspects of the ‘pre-packaged’ world in which we live. Questioning these issues leads the spectator to reflect, using the tones of sarcasm.
https://streetartcities.com/artists/e...
Orizzonti di cemento
Created on August 6, 2025
50 Rue Ferdinand Buisson, 62200 Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Inspired by a photograph taken by a friend during a trip to Madagascar, the mural depicts a young boy in sandals, carrying a bundle of cassava and looking up at the sky with a bright smile. For Edoardo Ettore, this choice is not insignificant: "Madagascar is a former French colony, and I like my works to remain open to interpretation." But if I had to give one, this smile reminds us, especially Westerners, that happiness is not always found in the objects we accumulate."
Fraggi”Hi I'm Fraggi, Granada-based street artist and muralist. I've left some murals across Brazil, Portugal, and Turkey. Art has always been my way of making sense of things. Whether it's sculpting bronze, film photos, or building stick sculptures (like I did back when I had my little atelier in Lisbon's Marvila), it's all part of the same journey. These days, you'll mostly find me in Spain painting big walls in interesting places in the most rural areas.”
https://streetartcities.com/artists/f...
Las Lavanderas de Pinos de Valle
Created on August 15, 2025
Plaza Alcalde Carlos Delgado Fajardo, C. Molinos, 18658 Pinos del Valle, Granada, Spain
Megan OldhuesB. 1997
Megan Oldhues is a Toronto-based emerging artist whose craft is rooted in the underground graffiti and street art scenes. Transitioning her unconventional techniques into figurative and representational art, Megan’s work is best described as impressionistic realism, inspired by the beauty of everyday life. Drawing from her own reference photography, she creates unique, evocative scenes that aim to connect with audiences by conveying compelling narratives and reflecting on universal experiences.
https://streetartcities.com/artists/m...
Off the Dish Rack
Created on August 2, 2025
93 Rue Ferdinand Buisson, 62200 Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Artoon (Toon van Ishoven)Toon Van Ishoven is an Antwerp, Belgium based visual artist/designer. He creates murals, paintings, graphic and audiovisual designs. He makes original, free art as well as commissioned pieces. He likes switching between solo-work and teaming-up with theatre directors, writers, choreographers, fellow-artists etc. "Life is a fairground, i like being challenged and getting new ideas by trying out new attractions."
https://streetartcities.com/artists/a...
Breakout
Created on August 10, 2025
Mechelseweg 140, 1880 Kapelle-op-den-Bos, Belgium
Short video of the process:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/2338065...
Tinte Rosa”Creativity comes from within, and in our case, we showcase it through the gigantic artistic murals we create around the world 🌍”
Tinte Rosa is a young creative studio with a strong urban character
https://streetartcities.com/artists/t...
Santa Casilda
Created on August 5, 2025
San Agustín, 40, 09200 Miranda de Ebro, Burgos, Spain
Irene Lopez LeonIrene Lopez Leon is a painter and muralist born in Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona. She is known for artworks that blend the figurative and the abstract concepts within a vibrant play of color. Her paintings aim to reinvent classical elements through a contemporary perspective, resulting in a fusion between the traditional and the modern. Her initial forays into painting were on the streets, which led her to experiment with mural art. These paintings explores different themes, from the richness of nature and landscapes, to local customs represented by contemporary still life composed of popular iconography. The fusion of the figurative with the abstract and the handling of color in her works convey a sense of movement, energy and dynamism, giving them a distinctive characteristic that defines her style. Her ability to transition her art from the streets to galleries has enable Irene to actively participate in urban art festivals and exhibitions in different parts of the world, thereby consolidating her career in the art world.
https://streetartcities.com/artists/i...
Breathe
Created on August 14, 2025
Memeler Str. 26A, 45884 Gelsenkirchen, Germany
BKFoxxB. 1988
BKFoxx is a public artist from Long Island NY, an '88 model (as her father says). She paints photorealistic murals in only spray paint; no brushes, no projectors, no stencils. She became interested in street art in 2013, practicing with spray paint in abandoned buildings. She thought it was really powerful to be able to transform an entire place with just paint. And starting with old, rundown walls in New York, she has been invited to paint murals around the world, from France to Sweden to Ukraine.
https://streetartcities.com/artists/b...
Created on August 3, 2025
12 Bd la Fayette, 62100 Calais, France
Dominic LaporteB. 1990
Dominic Laporte is a Canadian, award winning muralist and illustrator whose work blends traditional painting techniques with mixed-media approaches, merging realism and surrealism to create visually striking, dynamic and layered murals. As co-founder of DRIFT Mural Co., alongside Anaïs Labrèque, he specializes in large-scale public art that celebrates local identities, history, and nature. With over a decade of experience, Dominic has completed 100+ murals internationally, collaborating with major institutions such as the Royal Canadian Navy, Adidas, Microsoft, and Street Art Toronto.
https://streetartcities.com/artists/d...
Lost Frequencies
Created on August 14, 2025
2211 Grant St, Bettendorf, IA 52722, USA
Every month I choose a theme and try to post as many different artists as there are days.
This time I won’t keep the theme secret—it’s street art.I recently came across a website that collects street art from around the world, and for August 2025 alone there were more than a hundred nominees for “best of the month.” Visitors could vote for their favorites, and the site features the winner as well as all the nominees. That struck me as an incredible amount of creativity for just one month—proof that street art is really exploding right now.
Most of the works are huge, sometimes stretching across the whole side of an apartment building. Many lean toward the surreal, a few toward abstraction, and all of them are painted under real-life conditions, in whatever weather the artists faced.
I’ve made a selection of thirty pieces that stood out to me, and I hope you’ll enjoy them as much as I did.
I did not include the final winner, if you’re curious just hop over to the website:
https://streetartcities.com/awards/20...
You’re welcome to comment on the pictures, respond to other people’s comments, or say whatever you like (as long as it follows the group rules, of course).
There’s just one rule for this thread: only the person running it can post pictures. So please don’t post a picture here. That’s all!
Enjoy!
Johann Walter-Kurau(1869 - 1932)
Johann Walter-Kurau, also known as Jānis Valters (Latvian) or Johann Walter, was a Latvian painter. He studied art at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg with Janis Rozentāls and Vilhelms Purvītis, and built up an oeuvre that ranged from the academic realism of the 1890s, through a style inspired by Impressionism and Expressionism, to the verge of abstraction with a peculiar non-objective vision of nature late in his career.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_...
The Market in Jelgava
1897
Oil on canvas
154 x 230 cm
Latvian National Museum of Art, Rīga, Latvia
https://lnmm.gov.lv/en/latvian-nation...
