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Jordan HARANG (RUSS), Intrigue, Le Mur Poitiers

A surreal landscape blending vegetal forms, minerals, human presence, graphic elements, and various materials with skillful use of colorful textures. This wall painting is the central part of a triptych, with each part created in three different cities. The left part of the triptych, “EPILOGUE,” was created in Seignosse (Little Festival – end of July […]

ETNIK, School Workshop, Milan

This wall is a part of a workshop I conducted in a school with a group of students. In this workshop, I delved into the theme of music, specifically highlighting a series of iconic rock album covers. The goal was to create an interactive experience where people could take a few moments to search for […]

Jordan HARANG (RUSS), VIRTUS, La Flèche (Sarthe)

The city’s request was to reference local heritage. Here, the artist chose to depict the Chapel of Notre-Dame des Vertus, the oldest edifice in the city. However, it’s represented in a unique way: upside down (mirrored) and without a cross. The intention is not religious but rather historical and symbolic. La Flèche was known for […]

ETNIK, Vedo a Colori Festival, Civitanova

In the vibrant city of Civitanova, Italy, during the crisp November days, I had the honor of contributing to the renowned Vedo a Colori festival. This artistic celebration has graced the city for numerous years, providing a canvas for creative minds to express their visions. My contribution to this festival was a captivating mural that […]

ETNIK, Carosel, Bologna

This mural was painted in Bologna in September 2022 as part of the “Park Life” project, curated by Enrico HEMO Sironi. The project’s unique vision is to transform a logistic company into an open-air museum, creating a dynamic fusion of art and industry. “Park Life” is just one of three logistic areas in Italy dedicated […]

Jordan HARANG (RUSS), Ivory Tower, Annemasse Vibre Festival- Annemasse

An imaginary landscape/world in levitation, bringing together the artist’s favorite themes and elements: a transition from geometric/cubic to organic/vegetal, nested dimensions, concepts of passage (stairs, “door”/hole to move from one world to another), vegetal forms, habitation, human presence, cosmos, etc. The composition, in motion, “crosses” the façade. In May 2022, during the “Annemasse Vibre” Festival […]

MOMIES, Djerbahood, Tunisia

MOMIES, Djerbahood It was in October 2021 that MOMIES took part in the open-air museum project organized since 2014 by the Itinerrance gallery: DJERBAHOOD. In the heart of this central village of the island, Erriadh, MOMIES painted two frescoes and a ceramic jar so typical of the environment. Here are some images by Lionel Belluteau […]

NEVERCREW, Bracketing, Nancy

NEVERCREW, Bracketing, Nancy “Bracketing” – Mural diptych realized in Jarville-la-Malgrange (Nancy, France), curated by LeMur Nancy, 2021. 48°40’20.1″N  6°12’04.1″E It is in Nancy, through their mural untitled Bracketing, that the last brushstrokes of the Swiss duo have been noticed.  Inspired by the particular shape of the two walls, the NeverCrew have imagined this series of […]

Jordan HARANG (RUSS), Continuum – Parcours MIAOU, Bessèges

In October 2021, as part of the “MIAOU” route of the Intercommunal Museum of Open and Urban Art in the Cévennes, located in Bessèges, Gard, visitors had the opportunity to dive into an exceptional artistic experience focused on contemporary urban art. The artist behind this unique creation transformed the urban landscape of Bessèges into a […]

MOMIES, Teenage Kicks, Rennes

MOMIES, Teenage Kicks, Rennes The fifth edition of the Rennes Urban Art Biennial, organized by the Teenage Kicks association, took place this year from July to January, between Rennes and Saint-Malo. The event was marked by extraordinary moments, including the realization of the Wall of Fame, which took place on the 11th and 12th of […]

MOMIES, Colors Urban Art Festival, Strasbourg

MOMIES, Colors Urban Art Festival, Strasbourg From September 3rd to 26th, the third edition of the Colors contemporary urban art festival will be held in Strasbourg. It is on the port of the Rhine, and more precisely in the lighted workshops of the former coop, that the most curious visitors will be able to admire […]

NEVERCREW, Gravity, Le Locle

NEVERCREW, Gravity, Le Locle “Gravity” – Mural painting realized in Le Locle (Switzerland) for Exomusée, 2021. 47°03’27.3″N  6°44’56.2”E This project originates from the desire to highlight the particularities of the city of Le Locle, whether it be its political and social history, its location or its shape, since its tradition of precision mechanics, particularly focused […]

SLIM SAFONT, To be daughter/son, Boulogne-sur-mer

SLIM SAFONT   Realized in Boulogne-sur-mer in 2021, this mural untitled “To be daughter/son”, illustrates intergenerational relationships and uses as models a mother and daughter from the city of Boulogne sur Mer. 

SLIM SAFONT, The dance, Galicia, Spain

SLIM SAFONT Realized in Galicia in 2021, this mural untitled “The dance” illustrates the need for recreation and fun during the months of lockdown in which we had to scramble to find fun in our homes.  

Jordan HARANG (RUSS), Alternative Reality – Festival Waterford Walls – Tramore (Irland)

Questioning the concept of reality and parallel universes. A mise en abîme: the representation of a building on the building itself, while offering a different setting, an “alternate reality.” A metaphysical approach. Graphic play with the supporting architecture, emphasizing curves (rounded forms like the building, a large yellow curve on the edge). In August 2021, […]

NEVERCREW, Fade n°2, Locarno

NEVERCREW, Fade n°2, Locarno “Fade n°2″ – Mural painting realized in Locarno (Switzerland), 2021. 46°10’03.7″N  8°47’46.0″E This project originates from a reflection on the relationship between technology and nature. Here, technology is the trace of Man on earth, sometimes destructive, sometimes a source of well-being. The project thus refers to the perception that the humankind […]

MOMIES L’essentiel, Paris

MOMIES L’essentiel, Paris The summer season was once again an opportunity to see the work of Mummies shine during the Essential festival. This event was held in a former postal sorting centre, now disused. Forty artists were able to express themselves and paint these 2,000 square meters of virgin space, thus giving free rein to […]

NEVERCREW – Ignition, Luzern

NEVERCREW – Ignition, Luzern Ignition “Ignition” – Mural painting realized in Luzern (Switzerland) for Wir-Leben-Klimaschutz.ch / Stadt Luzern, in the context of the climate protection campaign of the city of Luzern, 2021. 47°02’51.1″N  8°18’20.8″E This project integrates the particular structure of the wall and its safety stairs, and thus emphasizes the notions of verticality, of […]

ETNIK, Green Revolution, Lodi

The title of this impressive mural is “GREEN REVOLUTION.” It stands as a remarkable work of art that delves into the concept of nature within an industrial landscape. Notably, this expansive mural also incorporates a vertical garden, a groundbreaking and somewhat costly undertaking aimed at fusing a garden with a mural seamlessly. This project finds […]

ETNIK, Botanica, Rome

This wall in Rome, part of the “Rome 021” exhibit curated by ADNA project, serves as a representation of the natural elements that exist in the area. These elements are subjects of study within this school by the students. As the title suggests, it highlights how, like in many metropolises, green spaces struggle to find […]

SLIM SAFONT, Pull an all-nighter, Valencia, Spain

SLIM SAFONT This mural , realized in the Polytechnic University of Valencia in 2020, represents an architecture student at the college studying during all night long.  The scene shows a situation that all students experienced at times when spending a whole night studying without sleeping.

SLIM SAFONT, Heredity, Kamenica, Kosovo

SLIM SAFONT This mural, entitled “Heredity” and made in Kamenica in 2020, represents the learning by the new local generations of the crafts, bequeathed in each family from generation to generation. It is also about customs, traditions, and behaviors. In an aging city where the birth rate has dropped sharply in the last two decades […]

Matthias MROSS / Mural in Tbilissi, Georgia

Matthias MROSS in Tbilissi Matthias Mross is back in Georgia to paint this 16-story facade for Niko Movement with a subject matter inspired by his trip to Dublin and his horse vendors at the Smithfield horse fair. This fresco echoes his recent solo exhibition at the GCA Gallery Paris, Urban Cowboys, whose main theme also […]

NEVERCREW / Grenoble Street Art Fest

NEVERCREW – Collapse   Collapse Mural painting realized in Grenoble (France) for Grenoble Street Art Fest, 2020. This mural is directly connected with the previous one we realized in Grenoble in 2016 (“Ordering machine”), bringing forward the dichotomy between needs and exploiting, between belonging and appropriation, to recall the distorted perception that humankind has of […]

RATUR, Daphné, Dijon, France

This fresco was achieved by French artist Ratur in October 2020 with the support of the city of Dijon (Bourgogne) and Zutique Productions as part of the artist collective M.U.R Dijon. It harnesses the recurrent theme of nymphs used by the artist in his recent artwork. Ratur here immediately refers to the ancient myth of […]

DZIA / Resilience, Brussels, Belgium

DZIA in Brussels   This fresco was painted in October 2020 on the wall of the British School of Brussels by Dzia using the artist’s most recurrent theme being animals. Many of them are represented here forming the artist’s traditional bestiary thanks to the swirling lines and bright colors used to create the animals.   […]

MR JUNE / Walls in Geel (Belgium) and Heerlen (Netherlands)

Mr June intervened in Geel in Belgium and Heerlen in the Netherlands with his usual geometric shapes inspired by the hexagon. The wall in Geel in Belgium was curated by “All about things” and the one in Heerlen by “unframed”. Mr June worked directly with aerosol paint without prior sketching. He is inspired by the […]

Jordan HARANG (RUSS), GEYSIR – 
Festival Muralis, Dax

“Geysir” is the Icelandic geyser that gave its name to all others, with the term coming from the Icelandic verb “gjósa,” meaning “to erupt.” Here: Eruption/Life Geyser, a blend of organic, mineral, and habitation elements. The similar small houses are a nod to the HLM housing on which I painted. From the outside, all apartments […]

RATUR x SCKARO / Emancipation, Saint-Raphaël, France

This mural was achieved with the support of the city of Saint-Raphaël (south of France) on the front wall of the cultural center by artists Ratur and Sckaro, brothers born and raised in Le Havre (Normandie) who frequently work together. Its purpose is to embody Culture’s emancipating role using the artists’ traditional influences such as […]

DZIA / 2 vossen in Vossem, Vossem, Belgium

DZIA in Vossem This mural, created for the anniversary of a couple living in Vossem, Belgium, uses the bestiary theme that characterizes Dzia. The Fox referred to in the painting and in the title, « 2 Vossen » meaning « 2 Foxes » in dutch, is an immediate reference to the artist who identifies himself directly as the animal. […]

MOMIES / Barbès-Rochechouart, Paris

MOMIES in Paris Concurrently with his personal Obsession exhibition at GCA Gallery PARIS, MOMIES was invited by Galerie Itinerrance to produce a monumental fresco of 1,600 m2 on the ground, under the Barbès-Rochechouart skytrain. We find in this project the Modules of the Montpellier artist, typical of his work, using a limited chromatic range. This […]

SLIM SAFONT, Stay or Leave, Gent, Belgium

This mural, untitled « Stay or Leave », has been done in 2021 in the Nieuw Gent district of Gent, Belgium. It is a residential area of social housing, mostly inhabited by immigrant families, people with social exclusion problems or at risk of poverty. The mural represents the time of transition for many families who come […]

MOMIES x MAYE / Banana Pschit Festival, Lyon

On the occasion of the Banana Pschit festival which was held from October 10 to 25, 2019 in Dijon, the duo Momies – Maye reunited for the time of a fresco. These two artists come from the Montpellier vandal scene. Today both internationally recognized, each develops a very distinct style. Momies is recognizable by its […]

ETNIK / Bologna, Italy

ETNIK at home The wall by Etnik for BLQ association was painted from 26th to 28th of September 2019. The wall is 16 x 4,5 m and is situated in Bologna. The wall represents the dualism between nature and architecture. BLQ Association arises from the union of several artists who have been working for Bologna […]

NEVERCREW / Shifting machine, Cadenazzo, Switzerland

NEVERCREW – Shifting machine Shifting machine – Mural painting realized on the new STISA SA packages center in Cadenazzo (CH), 2019 46°09’19.1″N 8°56’28.2″E This work take its shape by the structure of the wall, its readability and from the activity that it’s going to start inside the building of which is part: the sorting of […]

ETNIK / Sologne Contemporary Art Biennial

ETNIK in France Etnik and the city of Millançay launched on July 4th 2019, the 6th Biennale of Contemporary Art in Sologne. The wall was officially inaugurated with ribbon and speech in front of a large admiring audience. Etnik told us his amazement and his emotion in front fo so much heat: small town – […]

ETNIK / Randers, Denmark

ETNIK in Denmark ETNIK’s wall in Randers (Denmark) is a collaboration with MADE514. The wall represents the city of RANDERS: according to the architecture of this city, Etnik painted with his personal style the most important places of Randers like St Morten Church, the building of Helligandshuset (1434) and more over, taking the texture of […]

NEVERCREW / Cluster, Novara, Italy

NEVERCREW – Cluster Cluster – Mural painting realized in Novara (Italy), 2018 45°27’09.6″N 8°37’31.0″E In an era full of images, informations, shared knowledge and open communication, there’re both the opportunity to be aware of multiple matters and an undertone of haze. For the big amount of data on a side and for political systems that […]

ETNIK / Jacksonville, USA

ETNIK in the USA The design of this mural is inspired by the Platonic geometry, named by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. He associated each of the five Natural elements with a regular solid. Earth was associated with the Cube, Air with the Octahedron, Water with the Icosahedron, Fire with the Tetrahedron, and the Dodecahedron […]

FIKOS, Hero-Almetyevsk, Tatarstan

FIKOS If Fikos chose to represent on this wall of the city of HERO-ALMETYEVSK in TATARSTAN the myth of the golden bird, it is once again with the aim not to impose his style, but rather to combine it with the local traditions. This production, untitled HERO-ALMETYEVSK, has above all a didactic dimension, since the […]

MOMIES / STREAM / Seine river banks / Musée d’Orsay

MOMIES in Paris   In June 2018, artists Momies, Nebay, Seth, and 1010 created a temporary fresco titled “STREAM” in Paris, beneath the Musée d’Orsay. This artistic collaboration, led by the Itinerrance gallery in partnership with the city of Paris, spanned over several hundred square meters from the Musée d’Orsay to the Musée Jacques Chirac […]

NEVERCREW / Sensing machine n°3 / Paris, France

NEVERCREW in Paris “Sensing machine n°3” – Mural intervention realized at Le M.U.R., historical institution of street art in Paris (France), 2018. 48°51’57.1″N 2°22’40.0 »E Le M.U.R. is an important tradition in the street art scene in Paris and it’s strictly connected to the neighborhood in which it leaves and evolves. With the idea of a […]

FIKOS, Hesperides, Rabat, Morocco

Fikos It was during the 10 days of the Jidar festival that Fikos had the opportunity to realize in Rabbat this wall entitled Hesperides. Usually inspired by Greek mythology, the artist wanted to illustrate a Moroccan myth, and more precisely that of the “Hesperides”, the nymphs of the evening and sunsets. In fact, the myth […]

NEVERCREW / Realizing Machine, Lucerne, Switzerland

NEVERCREW – Realizing Machine “Realizing machine” – Mural painting realized in Luzern (CH) for the Neusicht exhibition organized by Viva con Agua, 2016. Viva con Agua is a network of people and organisations commited to establish access to clean drinking water and basic sanitation for all humans worldwide. 47°02’29.2″N 8°18’25.7”E This works is about the […]

FIKOS, Earth and Sky, Kiev, Ukraine

FIKOS With its 46 meters high, this wall entitled EARTH AND SKY and located in KIEV, is the largest mural painting in the history of Byzantine painting and the most imposing work of art in the history of Greek art since ancient times. It was within the framework of the Mural Social Club festival that […]

FIKOS, Sovann Macha, Bangkok

FIKOS It is within the framework of the festival Bukruk Urban Arts in Bangkok that this wall, entitled SOVANN MACHA was painted by Fikos. It represents Sovann Macha, the mermaid of Hindu belief who also appears in the Thai version of the Ramayana. Her name means “golden mermaid”, and her popularity can be noted thanks […]