Los Angeles, CA
LA has more murals than almost any city on earth — from the half-mile Great Wall in Van Nuys to the Chicano murals of East LA, the Arts District's rotating walls, and Melrose Avenue's gallery-level street art.
Featured Artists
All artists →Judith F. Baca
Founder of SPARC (Social and Public Art Resource Center), Judy Baca is one of America's most celebrated muralists. She began the Great Wall of LA in 1976 — a half-mile mural in the Tujunga Wash depicting California's multicultural history from prehistoric times to the 1950s. The ongoing project spans over 2,400 feet.
Retna
Born Marquis Lewis in Los Angeles, Retna developed a unique calligraphic script drawing from Arabic, Hebrew, Egyptian hieroglyphics, and Native American pictographs. His intricate, shimmering lettering has covered walls from LA to New York to London, bringing an unmistakable spiritual intensity to street scale.
Shepard Fairey
Creator of the iconic "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" campaign and the Obama "Hope" poster. Fairey's graphic, propaganda-influenced style brings political and cultural commentary to walls worldwide. Based in LA, he has painted major works in the Arts District, Miami's Wynwood, and dozens of other cities.