Inspired by Nicholas Culpeper, who lived on the site of Puma Court in the 1600s, the mural is a tribute his revolutionary medical herbalism. We selected Claire Ward-Thornton of Art Hoppers as the perfect artist for this commission, whose work as a scenic mural painter and with an art and mental health charity perfectly aligned [&hellip;]

The Culpeper Mural

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100% of survey respondents would like to see more murals in cities The festival in numbers&#8230; 314 artists took part, creating&#8230; 140 permanent murals including 80 in housing estates! Across 10 London boroughs 2 murals in London state schools, as part of our School Mural Competition Using 10,000 cans of paint! Footfall increased +33% on [&hellip;]

London Mural Festival 2024

Wedo Goás for London Mural Festival 2024, 39 Lee Church St

Hunto x London Mural Festival at German Embassy, 2024

Mr. Doodle x London Mural Festival at 200 Regent's Park Rd, 2024

Lucia Biancalana x London Mural Festival at Gaskell St Estate, 2024

Sophie Mess x London Mural Festival at The Stage Estate, 2024

Bezt Etam x London Mural Festival at Roundwood Estate, 2024

Cee x London Mural Festival at Elephant Central, 2024

Neil Edward x London Mural Festival at 53 Brick Lane, 2024

Tea Jurisic x London Mural Festival at Surrey Quays, 2024

Jeba x London Mural Festival at Brighton Terrace, 2024

Sickboy x London Mural Festival at Notre Dame Estate, 2024

Zoe Power, Hixxy, Venessa Scott x London Mural Festival at Canary Wharf, 2024

Angry Dan x London Mural Festival at Olympic Park Stratford, 2024

Bape: Drawn Out x London Mural Festival, 2024

Hatch: Paint the Maze x London Mural Festival at Brent Cross, 2024

Sophie Mess Workshop x London Mural Festival at The Stage, 2024

Steel Warriors Paint Jam x London Mural Festival at Carpenter's Estate, 2024

The artworks celebrate themes of connection, community, and the character of Canary Wharf in each of the artists&#8217; unique styles – yet when viewed together, they create something greater. Stepping back reveals new connections, emerging themes, and fresh narratives. ZOE POWERZoe Power’s mural, Our Skyline, infuses colour and curves into Canary Wharf’s angular architecture. Drawing [&hellip;]

Gallery

Zoe Power, Jo Hicks and Vee x Canary Wharf

The Leadenhall Building, also affectionately known as ‘The Cheesegrater’ has a series of prominent trumpet like air vents on its forecourt, designed by architect Richard Rogers. The Trumpets have made for a fascinating canvas for street artists DRT, Carl Cashman, Anna Ovni, Itaewon, and Nick Tez across two editions of London Mural Festival (2020 and [&hellip;]

Leadenhall Building Trumpets

Mr. Doodle’s mural – a 90-metre piece of art spanning both sides of the bridge –came together to close our 2024 London Mural Festival. The incredible 58 new doodles took him just one week to complete, blending endless characters, objects, and patterns in his unmistakable style. The doodles also celebrate Camden, featuring messages from the [&hellip;]

Mr. Doodle x Regent's Park Road

Mr. Doodle x Regent's Park Road Footbridge

The Leadenhall Building Trumpets x London Mural Festival

Anna Ovni x The Leadenhall Building, 2024

Carl Cashman x The Leadenhall Building, 2020

DRT x The Leadenhall Building, 2020

Nick Tez x The Leadenhall Building, 2024

London Mural Festival 2024 was epic…The UK's biggest celebration of street art, we painted 140 permanent murals across 10 London boroughs bringing together over 300 artists, with 80+ murals transforming housing estates and 2 murals in London schools! Discover the map and get exploring at londonmuralfestival.com

Zoe Power, Jo Hicks and Venessa Scott x Canary Wharf

Zoe Power x London Mural Festival at Canary Wharf, 2024

We worked with a collection of artists to transform Webheath Estate as a part of London Mural Festival. The newly painted estate also features a three-storey photo-real mural by renowned Australian street artist Smug. The larger-than-life portrait features longtime estate resident June Barber. I think the artwork has made it much more pleasant to be [&hellip;]

Art for Estates: Webheath x Smug One

Baiyu’s design not only improves the appearance of the building, but also uplifts the surrounding public realm. We hope that this piece of public artwork serves as an exciting new landmark which the local community can be proud of. David Pralong, Managing Partner, Maya Capital I am very grateful that Global Street Art allowed me [&hellip;]

Placemaking

Digital Content

Maya Capital: 160 Blackfriars

Global Street Art were incredibly inspired and in awe of how much Dr. Mya had already achieved as a prominent ornithologist, environmentalist, and diversity activist. At just 11 years old she started the popular blog Birdgirl, becoming the youngest person (at 17) to see half of the birds in the world. Dr. Mya is now [&hellip;]

Women's History Month x Dr. Mya-Rose Craig

Cee x Dr Mya-Rose Craig

It was the first time the team had undertaken a high street regeneration project working with empty shopfronts, and the first time the GSA team had delivered a project like this at such a scale. This project won an International Business &#8216;Stevie&#8217; Award for Campaign of the Year. A spokesperson from the Council said, &#8220;We [&hellip;]

The Art of Shakespeare

I created the design for the mural out of hand-cut pieces of paper in a limited colour palette, forming a flowing and well balanced composition that sort to engage the viewer with playful elements woven through.  In the painting process, I tried to keep the collage qualities, including the drop shadows and imperfections. Using the [&hellip;]

Art for Estates: Richmond Road x Hixxy

Adding colour to any space always brightens my day, but seeing the residents’ faces light up as they witnessed the artwork being produced was an inspired moment.

Art for Estates: Fenwick October '23

This artwork originated in my studio and marks the inception of a series of studies inspired by the arrival of my first child. I aimed to depict the profound journey from darkness to light, symbolizing not only my child’s birth but also the shared joy experienced by my partner and me. Nothing prepares you to [&hellip;]

Itaewon x Brick Lane: Untitled - Study of mother and child

Itaewon x Brick Lane: Untitled

Conor Harrington is an internationally renowned Irish artist now living in South East London. His work draws a fine line between classical and contemporary styles, often referencing historical figures across his works.&nbsp;He is a central figure within a new wave of artists tackling socio-political themes using fine art techniques in a context formerly reserved for [&hellip;]

Conor Harrington x Trafalgar Road Greenwich

Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter who used a surreal folk art style to explore questions related to identity, post-colonialism, gender, class and race in Mexican society through a distinctly feminist lens. She was physically disabled, an outspoken political activist, and the first Mexican artist to ever be featured in the collections of the Louvre. [&hellip;]

Elle x International Women's Day

Suiko Raised in Hiroshima, Japanese artist Suiko started painting on walls after his high school graduation. Focusing on letters, his work is expressive and full of bubbling shapes, dynamic lines, and vibrant colour schemes. Today Suiko lives and works in Japan and is considered one of the country’s leading graffiti writers. Imaone Tokyo-based Japanese graffiti [&hellip;]

Bussey Building x Suiko, Imaone and Fate

A special thanks to the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation for supporting this mural.

The mural can be seen by plane as you arrive into Heathrow airport, and took over four weeks to paint!

Ballymore: Brentford Project Car Park

Sandow claimed that chocolate was the source of his strength – fitting, as the site of this mural originally held a chocolate factory that he helped build.

Eugen Sandow

Our artists did a fantastic job and it’s really quite striking in real life. I hope it makes for something interesting and surprising (in a good way) for people to see, inspiring them to learn a bit more about the industry that once was in Spitalfields. Mark Allum, Designer at Global Street Art

Essential Living: Spitalfields Silk at 150 Commercial Street

Essential Living: Spitalfields Silk

Drawing inspiration from Ancient Egyptian mythology, UK duo Church of Best Ever created this stunning mural in Brick Lane celebrating the strength and beauty of femininity in Islam. Hathor, the Egyptian goddess revered as a symbol of feminine strength, joy, and motherhood, served as the inspiration for this powerful homage to the strength and invaluable [&hellip;]

Church of Best Ever x Brick Lane: Hathor

London is a really exciting place for public art – designers are getting more confident with colour here. That&#8217;s why, with so many things being cancelled and postponed, I was very happy to see the first London Mural Festival go ahead. Let&#8217;s celebrate the artists and murals of the city!

Camille Walala x Richmix

Painted by Elle Mae and our in-house artists, this mural launched with a special day-long event working with charities to provide girls with a day out at Kingsmeadow football ground &#8211; the home of the Chelsea FC Women and Academy teams. It should come as no surprise that young girls have far less opportunity to [&hellip;]

Chelsea FC International Women's Day 2023

CAPTAIN KRIS Captain Kris is an imaginative illustrator and street artist heavily influenced by comics, cartoons and pop culture. Originally from New Zealand, the London-based artist works with clean solid lines and bold colour schemes to create varied and interesting work. PHILTH UK artist and illustrator Phill Blake, also known as Philth, continues to broaden [&hellip;]

Captain Kris and Philth x Aberfeldy Street

'Against all odds' by Captain Kris x London Mural Festival at Aberfeldy, 2020

Philth x London Mural Festival at Aberfeldy, 2020

We worked with an architecture firm to figure out how to paint this wall, which had a very specific rendered surface. We ended up having to use a specially developed paint, which could only be hand-applied by brush.

Design

Novella: Huge Bookshelf

Gary Stranger&#8217;s &#8216;Keep Your Mind Busy&#8217; mural was created for the London Mural Festival in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through his artwork, Gary offered viewers different interpretations of the phrase: as a question, a statement, an encouragement, or even a therapeutic mantra. His intention was to capture the essence of the times [&hellip;]

Gary Stranger: Keep Your Mind Busy

We wanted to work with Global Street Art to see how we could enhance the colour of the estate – that’s something that most of our residents have said has been missing. TIM BLANC, Head of Community Engagement for Barnet Homes There are people here who have never really been exposed to street art – [&hellip;]

Art for Estates: Colindale x Woskerski 

You’ve got people that don’t know each other walking by and looking at the mural and they end up chatting – the artworks connecting them.

Art for Estates: Tybalds September '20

eL Seed is a contemporary artist whose practice bridges painting and sculpture, developing a unique visual language inspired by the tradition of calligraphy and the energy of urban art. His work is characterised by intricate layers of color, symbols and letters that convey universal messages about coexistence, peace and freedom. An artist with community at [&hellip;]

eL Seed x London Mural Festival

eL Seed

Sophie is a British artist known for her vibrant, botanical inspired artworks that radiate with energy and life. Resonating with a deep connection with nature, her work is bold, colourful and intricate and grounded in a belief that art has the power to create positive impact and elevate our mental wellbeing. Often using the urban [&hellip;]

Sophie Mess x The Stage

The aim of Merchants Way was to create an exciting and eye-catching design that really funnelled you through the walkway and kind of gave you an understanding of the New Covent Garden Market. We also wanted to change the mood of the space, particularly at night making it feel safe and welcoming so we decided [&hellip;]

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We have produced over 3,000 pure art murals transforming urban spaces across the UK and beyond. From commissioned projects, to our Art for Estates programme and London Mural Festival. Discover our work below.

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London Mural Festival 2024

London Mural Festival 2024

Mr. Doodle x Regent's Park Road

Mr. Doodle x Regent's Park Road

The Culpeper Mural

The Culpeper Mural

Leadenhall Building Trumpets

Leadenhall Building Trumpets

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London Mural Festival 2024

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Mr. Doodle x Regent's Park Road

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The Culpeper Mural

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Leadenhall Building Trumpets

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Zoe Power, Jo Hicks and Vee x Canary Wharf

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Art for Estates: Webheath x Smug One

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Maya Capital: 160 Blackfriars

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Cee x Dr Mya-Rose Craig

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The Art of Shakespeare

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Art for Estates: Richmond Road x Hixxy

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Art for Estates: Fenwick October '23

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Itaewon x Brick Lane: Untitled

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Conor Harrington x Trafalgar Road Greenwich

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Elle x International Women's Day

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Bussey Building x Suiko, Imaone and Fate

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Ballymore: Brentford Project Car Park

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Eugen Sandow

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Essential Living: Spitalfields Silk

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Church of Best Ever x Brick Lane: Hathor

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Camille Walala x Richmix

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Chelsea FC International Women's Day 2023

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Captain Kris and Philth x Aberfeldy Street

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Novella: Huge Bookshelf

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Gary Stranger: Keep Your Mind Busy

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Art for Estates: Colindale x Woskerski

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Art for Estates: Tybalds September '20

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eL Seed

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Sophie Mess x The Stage

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Apex 1 Merchants Way