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Bülow Street Festival & Community Murals During  Urban Nation Museum Opening in Berlin

Bülow Street Festival & Community Murals During Urban Nation Museum Opening in Berlin

Berlin is teeming with artists of all kinds—not just street artists and graffiti writers—from around the world. For decades, the city has been a natural magnet for creatives. In conjunction with the new exhibition Love Letters to the City, Urban Nation brought around 20 artists to the streets surrounding the museum. The diverse techniques and styles showcased here reflect the incredible talent in the city—a convergence of dreams, aspirations, and life paths intersecting in this urban landscape. Below is a selection of walls and images we captured during the UN celebrations.

Bülow Streetart Jam / Floating Walls

Denis Dendi. Detail. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Denis Dendi. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Denis Dendi. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dr. Molrok. Detail. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dr. Molrok. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Fabifa. Detail. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Tape artist Fabifa at work. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Fabifa. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo). Fabifa (Instagram: @tape_fabifa) – Specializes in tape art, using colored adhesive tape to create large-scale, temporary murals.
Jakob Der Bruder. Detail. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Jakob Der Bruder. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo) Jakob der Bruder (Instagram: @jakobderbruder) – A Berlin-based muralist, Jakob der Bruder often focuses on figurative and symbolic art, using a mix of illustration style techniques to look at social and personal themes.
Mina. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Iss.Ue. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Modern deconstruction of the letterform at its finest. Iss.Ue. Detail. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Iss.Ue. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo) ISS.UE (Instagram: @_iss.ue) – A graffiti artist known for intricate line work skillz and surrealist compositions.
Rene Meyer. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Rene Meyer. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Rene Meyer. Detail. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Rene Meyer. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo) René Meyer (rmyr) (Instagram: @rmyr.stencils) – A stencil artist from Germany, René Meyer’s work is defined by sharp, detailed designs focusing on urban life, often aiming to flip perceptions of modern society in the post industrial age.
ZEBU. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ZEBU. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo) ZEBU (Instagram: @z_e_b_u) – ZEBU is a Berlin-based duo known for playful, minimalist graphic illustrations. They often work with bold, flat colors and create characters that interact with the surrounding environment, infusing humor and light-heartedness into urban spaces.

Bülow Streetart Jam / Community Murals

Felix Lies. Detail. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Felix Lies. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo). Felix Lies (Instagram: @felix.michael.lies) – Felix Lies is a Berlin-based muralist whose work often features clean, minimalist lines and geometric patterns. His figures interact with architecture and geometric forms, using space to reflect on interaction and movement.
WESR. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo) WESR (Instagram: @wesr_art) – Originally from Lima, Peru, WESR (Danny Figueroa) blends street art with Andean symbolism and iconography. Vibrant colors, cultural identity, and themes of migration come in for examination.
Pablo Ientile. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Pablo Ientile. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo) Pablo Ientile (Instagram: @pablo.ientile) – An artist from Argentina now based in Berlin, Pablo Ientile’s work blends humor with social commentary, often using bold graphics and exaggerated figures to present themes of urban life and human relationships.
Rommy Gonzalez. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Nerea Ferrer. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Nerea Ferrer. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Snyder. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo) Snyder (Instagram: @snyder_berlin) – Snyder is a Berlin-based street artist who creates large, bold murals often featuring animals and nature. Environmental issues and the natural world are introduced via psychedelia.
CAZ L. Detail. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
CAZ L. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo) CAZ.L (Instagram: @caz.l) His art is rooted in raw, urban aesthetics, and the intersection of contemporary street culture and whatever is on his mind.
Kasia Dudziak. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo). Kasia Dudziak (Instagram: @dudziakovska) – Hailing from Poland, Kasia Dudziak is known for her vibrant murals that often depict surrealist scenes, blending nature with abstract human figures. Ceramics, travelling, food, philosophy – its all in the mix between humanity and the natural world.
Jazoo Yang. Detail. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo). Jazoo Yang (Instagram: @jazooyang_art) – Based in Berlin but originally from South Korea, Jazoo Yang’s work explores the themes of urban decay and memory – also described as ‘She often distorts public spaces to profound ends.”
Jazoo Yang. Detail. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Wanitapagihari. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Wanitapagihari. Detail. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo). Wanitapagihari (Instagram: @wanitapagihari) Megawati Triadiani, also known as wanitapagihari, is an artist originally from Indonesia and currently residing in Berlin. They use a combination of line art and bold color blocks and look at themes of identity, migration, and connection.
Wanitapagihari. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Kristina Popov. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo) Kristina Popov (Instagram: @kristina__popov) – Originally from Serbia, Kristina Popov’s art centers on abstract figures and surrealist landscapes. Themes appear to explore personal identity, movement, and transformation.
Kristina Popov. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Kristina Popov. Bülow Street Festival. Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

URBAN NATION MUSEUM’S EXHIBITION “LOVE LETTERS TO THE CITY” is currently on view. The Community Murals are also on view and free to the public. For schedules and further details click HERE

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Lady Pink Paints Berlin Facade as ‘Love Letters to the City’ Opens at Urban Nation

Lady Pink Paints Berlin Facade as ‘Love Letters to the City’ Opens at Urban Nation

Join BSA this week in Berlin as we celebrate the opening of “Love Letters to the City,” the new exhibition at Urban Nation Museum. We’ll also be tooling around the city and sharing whatever catches our eye.


Love Letters to the City is a homage to the city, the idea of the universal city,” curator Michelle Houston reflects while seated at a picnic table outside a Thai restaurant in Berlin’s Schöneberg neighborhood. As final installations are taking place in Urban Nation, Houston’s gazes upward at the new mural on its façade being painted by OG train writer Lady Pink on a cherry picker at the museum. This mural is part of Houston’s upcoming show, “Love Letters to the City.”

Lady Pink. Detail. WIP. Urban Nation Museum Berlin. Love Letters To The City. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

 “I think paint in public spaces has a different potency in the city than anywhere else,” Houston explains, discussing the exhibition’s outdoor and indoor installations. She highlights the various ways Urban Nation is presenting the evolution of graffiti and street art, noting its role in urbanization, gentrification, and even social conditioning. “It does much more than just present pretty images.”

The museum’s exhibition features a diverse array of works, including full-scale three-dimensional installations and sculptures. A significant portion of the pieces are borrowed from the museum’s permanent collection, while others are newly commissioned from both national and international artists.

Lady Pink paints the Urban Nation Museum Berlin facade for the new exhibition Love Letters To The City. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Currently, Lady Pink, born Sandra Fabara in 1964 in Ecuador, is working on her mural two stories above the bustling street. Her piece, an illustrative and fantastical love letter of her own, features a swirling train reminiscent of the NYC subway trains she became famous for painting in the early 1980s. Her work includes improvisational tags of other iconic figures from that era. In Berlin, where graffiti and street art have transformed entire neighborhoods and established it a magnet for creativity in the public space, her mural is a testament to the city’s rich artistic history.

For Houston, the mural is just one example of “the ingenious ways that artists hack and appropriate public space.”

Lady Pink paints the Urban Nation Museum Berlin facade for the new exhibition Love Letters To The City. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Lady Pink paints the Urban Nation Museum Berlin facade for the new exhibition Love Letters To The City. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Lady Pink paints the Urban Nation Museum Berlin facade for the new exhibition Love Letters To The City. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Lady Pink paints the Urban Nation Museum Berlin facade for the new exhibition Love Letters To The City. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Lady Pink. Detail. WIP. Urban Nation Museum Berlin. Love Letters To The City. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Lady Pink. Detail. WIP. Urban Nation Museum Berlin. Love Letters To The City. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Lady Pink. Detail. WIP. Urban Nation Museum Berlin. Love Letters To The City. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Lady Pink. Detail. WIP. Urban Nation Museum Berlin. Love Letters To The City. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Lady Pink. Detail. WIP. Urban Nation Museum Berlin. Love Letters To The City. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

LOVE LETTERS TO THE CITY AT URBAN NATION MUSEUM BERLIN OPENS TOMORROW FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13. CLICK HERE FOR SCHEDULES AND EVENTS DETAILS.

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Berlin’s URBAN NATION Museum Celebrates New Exhibition with Lady Pink and Bülow Street Festival

Berlin’s URBAN NATION Museum Celebrates New Exhibition with Lady Pink and Bülow Street Festival

Urban Nation Museum in Berlin invites New York legend Lady Pink to paint the museum façade to open the new exhibition, “Love Letters to the City.”


Opening at the URBAN NATION Museum on Friday, September 13, 2024, this multi-factorial and dynamic showcase, curated by Michelle Houston, celebrates the city’s essence through the eyes of over fifty international and Berlin-based street artists.

Keeping the focus local, the festivities with the Bülow Streetart Jam start Monday, September 9, with the Bülow Street Festival leading up to the grand exhibition launch. Hosted by the Berliner Leben Foundation and Gewobag, the community-centered event will invite participants from all over to be part of the art-making. The day after the exhibition opening, there will also be a Fresh A.I.R. Open House on September 14; where artists will offer a behind-the-scenes look at their current projects.

“Love Letters to the City” invites you to consider how art transforms and reflects urban spaces, our adoption of and reaction to them, and, ultimately, how they become part of the definition of a city. The new exhibition aims to spark critical conversations about urbanization, gentrification, and social issues. Among the extensive offerings are powerful works that challenge our perspectives and possibly inspire change within our shared human-built environments.

Come to Berlin to celebrate with BSA and UN as we explore the profound impact of street art on our cityscapes.

Exhibition Opening: September 13, 2024, 7–11 pm
URBAN NATION Museum, Bülowstraße 7, 10783 Berlin

Participating artists: 2501, Aniruddh Mehta, Banksy, Blek le Rat, Bordalo II, Carlos Mare aka Mare139, Chop ’em Down Films, Crash, Dan Witz, Daze, Drew.Lab_One, Elfo, Evol, HA Schult, HOGRE, Isaac Zavale, James Reka, Jaune, Jazoo Yang, Joel Daniel Phillips, Johannnes Mundinger, Jordan Seiler, Kenny Scharf, Lady Pink, Liviu Bulea, Martha Cooper, Matthew Grabelsky, MILLO, Moses & Taps, Nika Kramer, Octavi Serra, Owen Dippie, OX, PAINTING DHAKA Project, Paradox, Rocco and his brothers, Sebas Velasco, Shepard Fairey, Stephanie Buer, Stiftung Berliner Mauer, Stipan Tadić, Susanna Jerger, Tats Cru, THE WA, Vhils and Zhang Dali.

FOR COMPLETE DETAILS AND SCHEDULE CLICK HERE

Jazoo Young. BÜLOW STREETART JAM. Urban Nation Musuem Berlin. (photo © Young-moon Ha)

BÜLOW STREETART JAM
September 9 to 14, 2024
Bülowstraße around the URBAN NATION Museum

The week before the grand opening of the exhibition LOVE LETTERS TO THE CITY creative people from all over the world will paint new Community Walls and create Floating Murals. Among the highlights is the new museum façade of the URBAN NATION by Lady Pink, a tribute to the city. The artist Jazoo Yang invites you to become part of a unique community wall, where you can put your fingerprint on a wall at Bülowstr. 95 and leave a colorful trace. Join in on September 14, 2024, 12-6 pm.

FOR COMPLETE LIST OF PARTICIPATING ARTISTS AND SCHEDULE CLICK HERE

BÜLOW STREET FESTIVAL
September 13 to 15, 2024
Zietenstraße, 10783 Berlin, at the URBAN NATION Museum

In conjunction with the opening of the LOVE LETTERS TO THE CITY exhibition at the URBAN NATION Museum and the Berlin Democracy Day month of action, we are focusing on diversity and creative exchange in our city. The Bülow Street Festival brings together social and artistic projects committed to an open and inclusive society. It offers an opportunity to discover art and culture together and be inspired by the city’s creative energy. The weekend attracts visitors with artistic workshops, temporary floating murals, rousing music, exciting performances, delicious street food and more. Come celebrate with BSA as we will be in Berlin all week – come Celebrate with us!

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BÜLOW STREET FESTIVAL. Urban Nation Musuem Berlin. (photo © Nika Kramer)
OPEN HOUSE. FRESH A.I.R. #9. Urban Nation Musuem Berlin. (photo courtesy of Urban Nation Museum)

OPEN HOUSE at Fresh A.I.R. #9
September 14, 2024, 4-8 pm
Bülowstr. 7, 10783 Berlin

Fresh A.I.R.’s OPEN HOUSE offers an exclusive look behind the scenes and the unique opportunity to talk to artists and peer over their shoulders. Come by on September 14 between 4 and 8 p.m.

FOR MORE DETAILS AND SCHEDULE CLICK HERE

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