Author: Fran

  • Pener ‘Fallout Shelter’ new mural in Washington DC

    Pener ‘Fallout Shelter’ new mural in Washington DC

    After a successful exhibition at Šopa Gallery in Slovakia a couple of weeks ago (here), Pener made the trip to the US in order to take part of the Art Whino‘s annual G40 Art Summit group show bringing together world-renowned artists for a month long exhibition. The new mural, located on H Street and 7th Street sides of the building, completely transformed the exterior…

  • HENSE x City Leaks festival in Cologne, Germany

    HENSE x City Leaks festival in Cologne, Germany

    The work of Alex Brewer, better known as Hense, is easy to spot and this new mural painted for this year’s City Leaks festival in Cologne, Germany is no exception. Hense is a contemporary visual artist with a focus primarily on public art, painting, sculpture and site-specific installation work characterized by a focus in the relationships…

  • Recap: SatOne IN MEMORIAM at 886 Geary Gallery

    Recap: SatOne IN MEMORIAM at 886 Geary Gallery

    Last Saturday was the opening of IN MEMORIAM, German artist SatOne‘s first solo show in the US at 886 Geary Gallery in San Francisco. SatOne’s work represents an interesting mix of powerful graphic style and improvised abstract elements that open up new dimensions and give shape to a unique pictorial universe. In Memoriam is the result of an exciting creative…

  • 1010 paints new enigmatic portal-like illusion in Italy

    1010 paints new enigmatic portal-like illusion in Italy

    German artist 1010 is now in Italy where he recently painted this new mural for the Urban Canvas festival in Varese, Italy. 1010 is known for his stunning 3D murals of mysterious portal-like street art illusions where depth created using layered tones of colour and shadow. Colorful “layers” painted on a flat surface that seem…

  • Giorgio Bartocci x Urban Canvas 2015

    Giorgio Bartocci x Urban Canvas 2015

    Owner of a unique style, and like many modernist masters, the work of Italian artist Giorgio Bartocci draws its inspiration from ‘primitive’ art with a strong expressionist influence. His work is visceral, fluid and energetic. The focal points are many and seem to invite the viewer into a dynamic dialogue by forcing them to navigate through the painted surface in every possible…

  • “Huemul” New mural by Pastel in Buenos Aires

    “Huemul” New mural by Pastel in Buenos Aires

    Argentinian artist Francisco Díaz aka Pastel is back in Argentina where he just finished this new mural in the streets of Buenos Aires. Painted in barrio La Paternal and titled Huemul, the new mural depicts Patel’s signature imagery, populated by local flora, arrows and a South Andean deer commonly known as the Chilean guemal or huemul. We know…

  • Smithe and Ever paint collaborative mural in Mexico City

    Smithe and Ever paint collaborative mural in Mexico City

    Argentinian artist Ever is now in Mexico where he recently joined Smithe in a new mural project in the streets of Mexico City. As described by the artists, “Identity” is a collaborative work in which two artists reflect on the idea of belonging and by inhabiting this concept, they created a mural. The variety of bodies floating,…

  • Giulio Vesprini x Urban Canvas 2015

    Giulio Vesprini x Urban Canvas 2015

    Multidisciplinary artist Giulio Vesprini spent a couple of weeks ago some time working on this new mural part of a live painting event for Urban Canvas 2015 in Varese, Italy. With a background in architecture and graphic design, Vesprini’s work successfully merges both worlds, applying them to everything from illustration, painting and street art as well…

  • Alberonero paints new mural in Santa Croce di Magliano, Italy

    Alberonero paints new mural in Santa Croce di Magliano, Italy

    After a wonderful participation at the Visione Periferica festival two weeks ago, Alberonero is back with this signature mural painted for the second edition of the Premio Antonio Giordano festival in Santa Croce di Magliano, Italy. “Two Surfaces And Four Intersections, 88 Tones” as the mural was titled is a good example of Alberonero’s work keeping up his fascination for colour and basic geometrical…

  • New works by Labuena Ylamala in Bielsko-Biała, Poland

    New works by Labuena Ylamala in Bielsko-Biała, Poland

    Barcelona based artist Raquel G, aka Labuena ylamala, spent recently some time in Poland as part of the Beyond Time artist in residency program in Bielsko-Biała curated by Galeria Bielska BWA. Known for her sculptural work and abstract murals, her work can best be described as an ethereal obsession with movement and balance. It talks about forms in space, and the movement which is…

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