Jofre Oliveras
Communion: Celebrating Unity and Diversity through Art in Coimbatore, India
In the vibrant city of Coimbatore, India, a mural titled “Communion” has emerged, serving as a visual representation of the profound connection that can exist among individuals, transcending barriers of division and embracing unity. Created by the talented Spanish artist Jofre Oliveras in collaboration with the organization St+Art India, this mural captures the essence of …
Nuart Aberdeen 2022 | Festival Announcement
This June 9th through 12th, Nuart Aberdeen is back to paint the infamously gray Granite City in Scotland with full force once more, after last year’s abbreviated edition featuring a series of staggered artist residencies and Nuart’s inventive ‘Stuck Up’ program, where artists from around the world sent paper artworks for the festival team to …
An Inside Look at The Column By Persona In Amman, Jordan
Last month Jofre Oliveras and Dalal Mitwally, two artists in the cross-border art collective Persona, completed a 90 foot tall mural titled The Column on a residential building in Amman, the capital city of Jordan. Their towering collaboration adds a subtle dash of additional color to the glowing beige city per the efforts of local …
Our Own Top Ten Murals of 2020
The first steps to spring cleaning require a mess—drawers must be emptied and cobwebbed closets gutted to make space for reorganization. Clutter must be uprooted, scattered across dusty floors, and assessed. Like James Baldwin said, “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” Without the initial …
Nuart’s 20th Anniversary Lockdown Edition Paste-Ups.
In a world of eight billion voices, I believe statistics is the only unbiased force to be trusted. I venerate the proverbial ‘bell curve’ as if it were a near-divine concept, this idea that the normal distribution governs every area of our earthly lives. This view means that as the COVID-19 crisis mounted, I assumed …
The American Dream By Jofre Oliveras
One’s relationship to the place where they live largely depends upon their privilege, stemming either from the environment they were born into or the circumstances affecting their life. Either way, the experience of any one place is different for every person inhabiting that place. Rankings like those provided by US News incorporate metrics considering cost …
B-Murals Presents TÀPIA By AXEL VOID At Nau Bosik, Barcelona
B-Murals presents TÀPIA, a collective exhibition curated by superstar street artist Axel Void at at Nau Bostik (Barcelona). He has brought together some of the most recognized contemporary urban neo-muralists to open a discussion around the use of urban spaces. TÀPIA is the Catalonian word for wall, or partition, that divides spaces in a permanent …
Beholders: A Timely Look At The Ongoing Migrant Crisis By Jofre Oliveras
When I took World Cultures in 10th Grade, my teacher, a steely yet lovable cynic who could provoke laughter and the fear of God in the span of a sentence, sagely told us, “the human race will not get along until aliens come to Earth.” Straightforward enough, I thought. People fought, I knew this. My …
Brand New, You’re Retro: NUART FESTIVAL Line Up 2019
As Nuart Festival kicks off its 19th edition, they once again bring a host of international artists to the city of Stavanger to help us make sense of the world we inhabit and how we can better navigate it. Through the creation of public artworks, Nuart aims to challenge existing narratives, generate new ideas, and …
CREENÇA: An Art Residency Curated by Axel Void In Catalonia
For the months of July and August, an old convent in Catalonia, Spain is undertaking an incredible artistic transformation. Titled Creença (Belief), the two-month art residency program is curated by Axel Void and organized by Elsa Guerra, Jofre Oliveras, and Charlotte Pyatt, and will host over 50 local, national and international, multidisciplinary artists leading to …