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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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Los ALCÁZARES in Murcia, Spain – Murals by the Mediterranean

Los ALCÁZARES in Murcia, Spain – Murals by the Mediterranean

“Los Alcazares has a population of about 16,000 inhabitants, next to the Mediterranean Sea -in fact it is on the edge of an inland sea called Mar Menor,” says photographer Luis Olive Bulbena of this recent trip he took to Murcia to see the ALCÁZARES festival of mural art by primarily urban artists.

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Pichi & Avo. Detail. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Begun only a couple of short years ago by a consortium of about 70 artists, friends, and local business people, the festival is transforming the small town with murals, and according to most people it is pretty popular.

With community involvement, music, and other programming, the central tenets stem from one cultural association called “The Company of Mario”.

You can learn more about them from their Facebook page here.

Read an interview in Spanish with Carmen Minuca, the Vice President of LACDM, about the genesis of the organization and festival here.

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Pichi & Avo. Detail. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

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Pichi & Avo (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

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Jorge Pina Abiétar (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

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Willy Arenas (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

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Willy Arenas & Goyo203 (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

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XAV (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

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Dan Ferrer (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

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Sabotaje Al Montaje (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

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Pachucho (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

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Dulk (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

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Gripe & D Juez (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

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Wesr (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

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Hamgeo (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

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Jorge Pina (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

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El Niño De Las Pinturas (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

 

Our sincere thanks to BSA contributor Lluis Olive Bulbena for sharing his photos exclusively for us.

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