Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis has one of the most politically engaged and aesthetically diverse mural cultures in the country. Northeast Minneapolis — home to dozens of working artists — is the epicenter, but Uptown's commercial corridors and the North Loop's warehouse blocks each carry their own distinct visual voices. The murals painted in summer 2020, following George Floyd's death near 38th and Chicago, transformed the city's public art landscape forever.
Featured Artists
All artists →Greta Danielson
Northeast Minneapolis native whose large-scale winter landscapes reframe the season most outsiders dread as a source of stark, austere beauty. Danielson's Central Avenue mural — a frozen Mississippi at blue hour, light towers reflected in black ice — has become one of the most shared images of Minneapolis in winter on social media.
Cadex Herrera
Latino-American muralist whose Powderhorn and South Minneapolis works are inseparable from the city's ongoing reckoning with justice. Herrera was among the first artists at the George Floyd memorial site in June 2020; his collaborative work there — and across the city in the months that followed — helped define what protest public art looks like in the twenty-first century.
Hiero Veiga
Brazilian-born portrait specialist who has produced Prince tributes in multiple cities but whose Hennepin Avenue commission — done in consultation with Paisley Park and the Prince estate — is considered the definitive wall portrait of Minneapolis's most beloved son. The piece's color field mirrors the purple rain palette with a restraint that makes it unexpectedly moving.