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Recap: Openwalls Conference 2014 in Barcelona

Barcelona recently hosted a group of international artists for the Openwalls Conference, a street art festival featuring Alexis Diaz, Madsteez, M-city, Escif, Joao Lelo, Pastel, 310, Spogo and Kenor. While the above-mentioned artists created murals across the city's historical architecture, artists such as Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada gave lectures and hosted workshops. The murals were diverse and included illustrative styles (such as Escif and Alexis Diaz's pieces) as well as colorful abstraction (see Kenor and Joao Lelo's work). Photographer Fernando Alcala captured the highlights of the event.

Alexis Diaz and Pastel. Photo by Fernando Alcala.

Barcelona recently hosted a group of international artists for the Openwalls Conference, a street art festival featuring Alexis Diaz, Madsteez, M-city, Escif, Joao Lelo, Pastel, 310, Spogo and Kenor. While the above-mentioned artists created murals across the city’s historical architecture, artists such as Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada gave lectures and hosted workshops. The murals were diverse and included illustrative styles (such as Escif and Alexis Diaz’s pieces) as well as colorful abstraction (see Kenor and Joao Lelo’s work). Photographer Fernando Alcala captured the highlights of the event.

Alexis Diaz and Pastel. Photo by Fernando Alcala.

Escif. Photo by Fernando Alcala.

Joao Lelo. Photo by Fernando Alcala.

Kenor. Photo by Fernando Alcala.

Madsteez. Photo by Fernando Alcala.

M-city. Photo by Fernando Alcala.

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Alexis Diaz, Escif, Madsteez, Openwalls Conference, street art

Damon Soule, Further collective, Mars-1, mural, Oliver Vernon, street art

August 13, 2014

United by their psychedelic imagery, members of the Furtherrr collective frequently collaborate on walls and paintings. Mars-1 (featured in Hi-Fructose Vol. 26), Damon Soule and Oliver Vernon (Hi-Fructose Vol. 17 cover artist) completed a huge, hallucinatory landscape on a wall in Denver co-curated by Furtherrr and Brian Chambers. Nearby, their friends and colleagues Justin Lovato, Joe Hengst and NoMe Edonna worked on a separate piece. Filled with starkly contrasting colors, Mars-1, Soule and Vernon's mural looks as if it's emitting neon light from its black background. An electric blue, glowing beam cuts across the wall horizontally while radiating forms explode from their centers on different parts of the plane. One can trace parts of each artist's signature motifs — Mars's dotted orbs, Soule's ray-like stripes, Vernon's expressionistic marks tamed into geometric shapes — but the collaboration is almost seamless.

Pichi & Avo Travel Through Periods of Art History in New Murals

graffiti, Picci & Avo, street art

April 13, 2017

Street artists Pichi & Avo bring a blend of surrealism and classic urban art to walls across the world. Within these works, a conversation occurs between what we know as modern street art and iconography and styles of centuries far gone. The Spanish duo, in particular, has been referencing classical mythology in a slew of recent murals that have appeared in Miami, Hawaii, and New York.

The Art & Adventures of The London Police

murals, street art, The London Police

September 18, 2025

There's a lot of humor in The London Police's work, from the armies of smiling Lads that propagate the scenes to other characters, like a dog astronaut or mermaids. Yet, there's a sense of absolute perfectionism in every piece. Read Liz Ohanesian's full article by click above.

New Murals by Ernest Zacharevic Celebrate Playfulness and Curiosity

Ernest Zacharevic, street art

December 2, 2014

Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic recently spent a few days in Paris working on a new limited edition lithograph at Idem Studio. Inspired by the studio's historical significance, the young artist spent his spare time leaving his mark on its exterior in the form of a new mural. Using brushes, he painted playful birds perching on the ivy that covers its facade. Incorporating existing elements of the architecture, his new mural creates the kind of illusion his street art has become known for.

Recap: Openwalls Conference 2014 in Barcelona

New Mural by Mars-1, Damon Soule and Oliver Vernon in Denver

Pichi & Avo Travel Through Periods of Art History in New Murals

The Art & Adventures of The London Police

New Murals by Ernest Zacharevic Celebrate Playfulness and Curiosity

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