Ukraine
Four new murals forming the ‘You Are East’ Project in Ukraine
Last year the city of Kramatorsk in Ukraine, witnessed the completion of a series of four murals by three European artists to form the ‘You are East’ Project, curated by Denys Smacheliuk. The three artists consisted of Fabio Petani (IT), Bust the Drip (FR) and Dado Spuntocero (ES). Italian artist Fabio Petani’s two outstanding new …
A Beautiful Mural By Sasha Korban On Resilience of Kids In Conflict Areas
News of violent struggles for power in foreign lands like Ukraine are easily reduced to impersonal figures: lives lost, land gained, resources allocated and depleted in either side’s efforts. Such simplifications make their horrifying human elements much easier to swallow. We lose sight of the fact that each casualty represents the end of a human …
Interview With Paola Delfin
Paola Delfin is an artist born in Mexico City, and is mainly influenced by illustrations, organic forms and a mixture of unusual materials. The topic she endeavors to explore relates to beauty and feminine sensibility. Through these female characteristics Delfin is able to depict a vast range of incredible changes and contrasts where she attempts …
Weird Tales by Waone Interesni Kazki
“Weird Tales” echoes the meaning of the fictitious artistic name Interesni Kazki, for those who understand Ukrainian and familiar with the work of the famous duo. Initially formed by the duo Waone and Aec, Interesni Kazki translates to Interesting Fairy Tales. After over 15 years of collaborative work, the duo split up. Both artists are …
Wasp Elder in Odessa, Ukraine
The British based Street Artist Wasp Elder, was recently invited to take part of the Odessarium – murals project in Odessa (Ukraine). Despite the difficulties and the pressure to get his wall finished, he was able to deliver a stunning mural. About The Mural Wasp Elder uses a photographic reference for every painting he makes, because photographs are the …
An Artist story of mistreatment in Odessa, Ukraine
Street Art and Graffiti started out as illegal and a way of self expression until it became more accepted and people started seeing its potential transformative power. We have seen this evolution from small casually organized graffiti jams to full blown international festivals, where both organizers and artists benefited from it one way or another. …
Interview With Iryna Kanishcheva
Iryna Kanishcheva was born and raised in Ukraine where she had a successful career working in the pharmaceutical sector. She completely changed her focus when she moved to the USA in 2013. Iryna founded and curated the first urban art project in North Florida, 352walls, and was awarded the 2015 “Public Art Award”. IN 2016 she co-founded and …
New NEVERCREW Mural in Kiev
The Swiss duo NEVERCREW recently visited the historic city Kiev to add to the ever-growing culture of vibrant street-art that’s developed over the last few years. Through the Art United Us project, their recent mural “Encumbering Machine” is a marvelous and compelling addition to the Ukrainian capital’s booming urban art district. About The Mural In a …
XAV paints the Last Mural For Art United US
Spanish artist XAV was invited to paint his largest mural to date in Kiev (Ukraine) by Art United Us. Due to Racism the artist was forced to stop for a few days, with keeping in mind that this mural was the last mural Art United Us hosted before this initiative concluded. About The Mural The …
Millo Creates a Mural in Kremenchuk, Ukraine
Italian street artist Millo has created a new motivational mural on the wall of the Kremenchuk juvenile penitentiary for Mural Social Club: BACK TO SCHOOL! with the support of UNICEF Ukraine and Sky Art Foundation. About The Mural As usual, the main characters in Millo’s works are friendly urban citizens in their usual everyday life portrayed in …
JAZ in Kiev, Ukraine
The latest addition to the brilliant Mural Social Club: Back to School! 2017 social project is Argentinean artist Franco Fasoli AKA JAZ, where he decorated the wall of Gymnasium #267, located at Verbytskogo Street in Darnitsky district of Kyiv, Ukraine. This mural was made possible with the support of Darnitsky district Administration and the volunteer movement DaDobro. About The Mural Usually, JAZ depicts …
Fabio Petani in Kiev, Ukraine
Italian artist Fabio Petani just painted a new mural in Kiev honoring Ukraine. The mural was part of the international project Art United Us and was curated by Geo Leros and Iryna Kanishcheva. About The Mural Originally titled ‘флуор‘ (meaning Fluorine), Fabio Petani’s mural is composed by two conceptual parts which refer to two elements : …