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Wynwood Walls 2022 – Wynwood, Miami

Wynwood Walls 2022 – Wynwood, Miami

“A splash of color” is how many local news programs nationally brightened people’s day at the end of an episode with a local art segment in the last decade. More often than not, they were talking about new murals going up around town, or more specifically, in a moribund business district that needed some foot traffic. The camera pans to catch massive murals of bright posies and a closeup of a paint-splattered ponytailed Picasso in overalls perched high atop a cherry picker.

Dulk. Wynwood Walls 2022. Wynwood, Miami. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Here in Wynwood Walls the crowds were coursing in the midst of the splash between Christmas and New Years Day, an outdoor art gallery exhibit that allows a family to enjoy the mural movement with confined fences and personal tour guides. Free of politics essentially and pumped full of visual stimulation, the side-by-side murals from an international roster prove excellent backdrops for selfies and safe enjoyment by everyone from the stroller set to blue-haired family royalty.  This is more than just a splash of color; this is a specifically focused kaleidoscope of images that give one view of the current scene away from the wild untamed streets, created for guests to have an entertaining afternoon and possibly see a street art hero.

While you are here, check out the current exhibit in the gallery with Hebru Brantley, or a collection of unrelated canvasses in the Goldman Global Arts store. Naturally, you’ll want to exit through the gift shop.

Bicicleta Sem Freio. Wynwood Walls 2022. Wynwood, Miami. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Bicicleta Sem Freio. Wynwood Walls 2022. Wynwood, Miami. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Bicicleta Sem Freio. Wynwood Walls 2022. Wynwood, Miami. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Bicicleta Sem Freio. Wynwood Walls 2022. Wynwood, Miami. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Drik The Villain channeling Tron and Styx for this layering of the past/future. Wynwood Walls 2022. Wynwood, Miami. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hebru Brantley on cloud nine perhaps at Wynwood Walls 2022. Wynwood, Miami. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hebru Brantley inside the compound. Wynwood Walls 2022. Wynwood, Miami. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Mikael B. Wynwood Walls 2022. Wynwood, Miami. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Mikael B. Wynwood Walls 2022. Wynwood, Miami. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Lelin Alves. Wynwood Walls 2022. Wynwood, Miami. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Lelin Alves. Wynwood Walls 2022. Wynwood, Miami. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Shepard Fairey. Wynwood Walls 2022. Wynwood, Miami. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Shepard Fairey. Wynwood Walls 2022. Wynwood, Miami. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Shepard Fairey. Wynwood Walls 2022. Wynwood, Miami. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Shepard Fairey. Wynwood Walls 2022. Wynwood, Miami. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Jessie and Katey. Detail. Wynwood Walls 2022. Wynwood, Miami. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Jessie and Katey. Detail. Wynwood Walls 2022. Wynwood, Miami. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Jessie and Katey. Detail. Wynwood Walls 2022. Wynwood, Miami. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Millo. Wynwood Walls 2022. Wynwood, Miami. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Millo. Wynwood Walls 2022. Wynwood, Miami. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

For Wynwood Walls schedule of events, hours of operation, ticket prices, and directions click HERE

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Selections From “SHINE” Mural Festival in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Selections From “SHINE” Mural Festival in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Here are new images from St Petersburg, Florida, where The SHINE mural festival was thrown in September for the 3rd year in a row.

Kryptk. Shine Mural Festival. St. Petersburg, Florida. October 2017. (photo © Iryna Kanishcheva)

“Shine is a good example of a mural project when the community is involved,” says an organizer Iryna Kanishcheva, who has had a great deal of experience working with Street Artists in the last few years, including a very successful program in Kiev.

Regarding this Floridian community she says, “They started in 2015 with many local artists and family-friendly public activities. The event received good support from the community, so much so in fact that produced more murals next year.”

Mikael B. Shine Mural Festival. St. Petersburg, Florida. October 2017. (photo © Iryna Kanishcheva)

Included this year are names you’ll find familiar like Cryptic, Hueman, Joram Roukes, Lauren YS and Yok & Sheryo. You’ll also find a fair share of local talents at SHINE because the festival makes a point to keep the mix local and international.

“They try to keep the ratio 5:10 local artists versus traveling artists, thanks to curator Chris Parks,” says Kanishcheva.

Axel Void . L. E. O. Shine Mural Festival. St. Petersburg, Florida. October 2017. (photo © Iryna Kanishcheva)

So what stood out in 2017?

The difference in this year’s edition is an exhibition, a group show called “Outside In” with large-scale installations by The Yok and SheryoJames OlesonThe Artwork of Ricky WattsVitale Bros.Sentrock and artwork by many more,” says Kanishcheva. “I’d like to acknowledge Axel Void’s piece, which is based on a series called ‘Nobody.’”

“A few years ago Axel painted a mural in Atlanta and he used a portrait of a boy – a random image from the Internet. Months later he received an email from a man in the original photo – his sister had alerted him to it after spotting it in a magazine. Axel Void kept in touch with him and even developed an idea for the film, show and canvas series. One of them is here in the ‘Inside In’ collection.”

See the original Axel Void wall shot by Jaime Rojo at “Living Walls” in Atlanta that year here; Living Walls 2013 ALIVE in Atlanta

Hueman. Shine Mural Festival. St. Petersburg, Florida. October 2017. (photo © Iryna Kanishcheva)

Jose Mertz. Shine Mural Festival. St. Petersburg, Florida. October 2017. (photo © Iryna Kanishcheva)

Jujmo. Shine Mural Festival. St. Petersburg, Florida. October 2017. (photo © Iryna Kanishcheva)

Joram Roukes. Shine Mural Festival. St. Petersburg, Florida. October 2017. (photo © Iryna Kanishcheva)


2017 SHINE artists:

Axel Void & L.E.O.,Cryptic, Daniel “R5” Barojas, Herbert Scott Davis, Hueman, James Oleson, Joram Roukes, Jose Mertz, Jujmo, Lauren YS, Mikael B, Ricky Watts, Sentrock, Sam Young, Stephen Palladino, Suarezart, Thirst & Zulu Painter, Vitale Bros., Yok & Sheryo.


We wish to thank Iryna Kanishcheva for sharing her observations and photos with our BSA readers. Please visit http://kanishcheva.com/ to learn more about Ms. Kanishcheva projects.

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