All the verified artist accounts, based on their artworks and community interactions.
1. Studio GiftigStudio Giftig consisting of the Netherlands-based artist duo Niels van Swaemen (1981, Eindhoven) and Kaspar van Leek (1983, Philipsburg St. Maarten). They come into contact with each other in 2007, at which time both individuals have been active in street art for some time. The duo developed a common painting style, with which they became known through their highly detailed (sur)realistic murals and paintings. Recognizable by the process in which they work is the way in which they translate their own personal concepts by photographing the objects and models themselves. That’s how they ensure a total autonomy within their visual language as a starting point for their paintings.
2. Seth GlobepainterBorn in Paris, Seth began to express himself on the walls of his city in the mid-90s. His preferred terrain, however, was in the 20th district where he became known in the graffiti scene for his specialization of painting characters.
Graduate of the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs, he published alongside Gautier Bischoff in 2000 the book Kapital, which to this day remains one the best-selling books about French graffiti. Together, they founded Wasted Talent in 2004, a publishing house that specializes in monographs of urban artists.
Before becoming a full-tine artist, Seth worked in the creative industries: advertising, cartoons, comics. He painted in the street for his own pleasure.
Starting from 2003, he went on a trip around the world to exchange with artists from different cultures, and to open up to new ways of living and painting in urban areas. This experience culminated in the book Globe Painter published in 2007 following with the documentary series Les Nouveaux Explorateurs produced and broadcast by Canal+ where Seth proposed to discover a country through the prism of its urban arts. For 5 years, he took a part in travelling to 15 destinations full of meaning.
During the course of his artistic explorations, Seth developed his distinct painting style, working often with the theme of childhood. Using the wall as a blank page, Seth relies on one hand the individual or collective imagination – local gods, myths, or tales. The child becomes a spokesperson, a messenger of his investigations. He puts into play his image of innocence, and places his character in difficult social, political and geographical contexts.
An approach that often has a dual meaning yet is never cynical; an urban painting that is engaged in alerting on the state of the world as a means to advance it.
3. SMOKSMOK is an artist born in Antwerp, Belgium (20/11/1972). In 1986 he started expressing himself on the streets with graffiti.
Although SMOK's first love is called graffiti, his current works will probably be called ‘street art’.
SMOK loves to paint with spray cans and is not afraid to use other media. His goal is to make people smile or think about nature, the responsibilities of the viewer and social awareness
"I shake cans, clean brushes and paint on walls…"
4. DiegoAsI'm from the walled city of Lugo and I've been painting graffiti or urban art on the street with spray since I was 15 years old. I have made all kinds of works both in my city and in other parts of Spain such as Oviedo, Malaga, Madrid, Barcelona, Granada, Porto...
5. JDLJudith de Leeuw, also known as JDL street art, creates large- scale murals worldwide in order to draft attention to social issues. In a period of 6 years she managed to travel and work over 41 countries, including big parts of Europe, Asia and the United states. In 2021, JDL’s work was sold for a record of 2,9 million in cryptocurrency of which she donated one million to charity.
6. Kitsune Jolene
Kitsune born in 1992, based in Belgium. Dreamy and surreal storytelling in a recognisable vibrant colour palette. She pulls inspiration from local fauna and flora, human experiences gathered from the neighbourhood annd intimate emotive experiences translated into universally relatable visuals laced with interesting details.
7. KatoThe artist Fabián Bravo, known artistically as Kato, began his beginnings in the world of graffiti in 1999. After a laborious career of effort and work, Kato has left his murals throughout almost all of Spain. He likes to explore different styles of painting, mixing realism with abstract painting, geometric shapes, nature and bright colors.
Kato has carried a phrase with him since he began painting:
Every dream is worked with effort, every effort has its reward.
🏆5th place for best mural in the world 2023
🏆15th place for best mural in the world 2024
8. DvateJimmy Dvate (pronounced D-V-8) is a renowned Australian contemporary artist, specialising in large scale murals. Painting on the streets of Melbourne since 1997 his name is synonymous with the graffiti and street art scenes and can be found all over the world.
His reputation has led to overseas projects in France, Netherlands, Denmark, London, Belgium and Spain. In America he has exhibited and painted in LA, SF, St Louis, Miami, NYC and Denver while his travels extended as far afield as Tahiti as runner-up in a global street art competition.
Trained in graphic design and visual arts at Monash University, Jimmy’s work
has a strong sense of design combined with the accuracy and eye for detail of photorealism.
Underlying his most recent works is Jimmy’s passion for nature and the environment. Inspired by camping trips in the bush as a boy, Jimmy’s focus has increasingly turned to the natural world, especially to endangered species and victims of climate change. Working with numerous conservation groups has been a huge honour and has given him access to really special places and species. He painstakingly researches the location of his works, ensuring that the flora and fauna are authentic and indigenous to the area.
10. Slim safontSlim Safont (Berga, Barcelona, 1995) is a visual artist and muralist with a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona. His foray into art began at an early age, instinctively exploring the world of urban art and painting since he was 12.
Since 2017, his name has been present on the art scene both nationally and internationally.
He is the co-founder and member of Malpaís, a multifaceted off-space space in Barcelona dedicated to artistic production. Malpaís promotes an annual program of exhibitions and projects that expand the boundaries of the contemporary scene.
His work is distinguished by a constant pictorial investigation that seeks to capture a personal and critical vision of the social issues he considers relevant to his environment. Through figurative and realistic language, with a meticulous study of color, Safont develops compositions that generate awareness and engage with the context in which they are inserted. Specializing in interventions in public spaces, his mural work explores narratives linked to everyday life, capturing the essence of each community through portraiture, the human figure, and landscape. His aesthetic approach, influenced by photography and a deep chromatic analysis, allows him to create evocative atmospheres with a great visual impact.
In addition to his work in urban art, he has participated in numerous international mural projects and has exhibited his work in various art venues, ranging from galleries and conventional exhibition spaces to more alternative offerings.
11. GomadMarcus Debie, better known as GOMAD, is a Dutch muralist and visual storyteller who turns ordinary walls into portals of wonder. Raised in the Netherlands, Marcus built his craft on the street — one spray can at a time — layering realism with raw emotion and unexpected color shifts.
Nature, urban grit and human connection collide in his murals: birds, flowers, figures alive enough to step off the wall. He prefers and works mainly with spray paint, but often combines it with hand-painted backgrounds in wall paint — nevertheless he can execute entire murals with brushes alone, bringing the same level of detail and realism as in his oil paintings and spray painted murals. Every piece is an experiment in control and freedom, precision and chaos.
For Marcus, a mural is never just paint on bricks — it’s a conversation with a neighborhood. He believes public art should break routine, spark curiosity and bring people together. With roots in European street art culture, he aims to bring that fearless, rebellious spirit to every city — adding a burst of color and a spark of wonder to every festival.
Process & Materials:
Freehand spray paint, layered gradients, transparent tones, sharp contrasts. VR sketches or hand-drawn grids guide the flow — but the wall always has the final say.
Why he paints:
To remind people that magic still hides in plain sight — if you dare to look up.
Tagline:
Walls don’t stand a chance.
Art education:
1990-1991 High School, art lessons, Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands
1992-1996 Bachelor in Arts, Academy of Arts, Sittard, Netherlands
Achievements:
2011 Winner of Dutch graffiti battle, Tilburg, Netherlands
2018 Nominated for People’s Favorite at the Dutch Street Art Awards, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2018 PowWow Rotterdam, Netherlands
2019 Biggest mural of Holland, 2000 m2 (21500 ft2), Oss, Netherlands
2020 2nd place for best mural of 2020 by Street Art Cities
2021 PowWow Sweden, Helsingborg, Sweden
2021 Highest mural of Holland, 40 meters (130 ft), Sittard, Netherlands
2021 Greenpoint Earth Screens award winner, New York, USA
2021 Mural projection for Open Art Shuffle festival at the ancient site of Petra, Jordan
2022 Live painting at the ancient site of Pompeii, Italy
2023 Nominated for 2 awards, Intense Mural & People’s Favorite at the Dutch Street Art Awards, Amsterdam, Netherlands
12. Berri BlueBerriBlue is a Polish / Irish painter and street artist known for her azulejos (glazed ceramic tiles).
After moving to Portugal in 2015, BerriBlue started working prolifically. Her large pasteups, painted on brown paper and newsprint, became a common sight in Porto and Lisboa. In 2019, BerriBlue began working in azulejos, and quickly developed a love for painting in glazes. As a newcomer to Portuguese culture, she was able to interpret the traditional medium and approach it from her own unique angle.
Her street-art pieces can be found in many major European cities, including Porto, Paris, London, Lisbon, Warsaw, and Athens.
13. Nina ValkhoffNina Valkhoff is a muralist who focuses on flora and fauna. With her murals she wants to bring attention to endangered species, or highlight local animals who often remain unnoticed. She likes to call this ‘subtle activism’: by making people notice her animals, she hopes to inspire people to treat animals better. Her botanical compositions are dynamic and playful, always with a hint of magic. She has been painting murals for over 20 years and has painted in over 15 countries; Sweden, Italy, Belgium, The USA, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Argentina, Portugal, Mexico, France, Curaçao, the UK, Germany, Monaco, and Ireland.
14. WD (Wild Drawing)Wild Drawing (WD) was born and raised on Bali Indonesia and holds degrees in both Fine and Applied Arts. He started painting on the street in 2000 and since then he spends most of his time working there, although he never stopped working in his studio. His early life was filled with exposure to his island's natural beauty and rich cultural heritage, so his eastern-western sociocultural background is combined in a unique way that makes his style particularly recognisable. WD always interacts with the spot where he works by incorporating various elements of it into his work, so as there is harmony between the mural and the spot where it is painted. He focuses on 3D large-scale anamorphic illusionary murals that are more than just colourful expressions of creativity. They are powerful stories that engage viewers and spark important conversations about the human experience. WD is based in Athens, Greece.
15. ArtezArtez is one of leading Serbian street artist and muralist whose style could be characterized as a mix of realism and illustration. During the last few years, he has been present on international street art scene painting murals all around the globe – Spain, Italy, Germany, India, Sweden, Brazil, Norway, Georgia, Argentina, Serbia and many more. At the moment, his art focuses on dialogue between figures that are on his murals and the viewers observing it.
16. Gijs VanheeGijs Vanhee, born in 1982 and based in Mechelen, Belgium, has a background in illustration and a passion for drawing and graffiti since childhood. Since 2016, he has focused on telling a coherent story throughout his body of work that spreads across various mediums, including paper, canvas, print, digital art, and mural paintings.
Vanhee's narrative drawings often feature humans with bird heads, which he calls his "freebirds." These characters represent the idea of humans being free in their heads through imagination and reflect Vanhee's search for freedom and balance between nature and society. His works invite viewers to take the time to stop and look around, search for stories or questions about humans, and reflect on how we've drifted away from who we are.
Vanhee's drawings have a recognizable style, often in black and white or with limited use of color. He uses elements and textures present in murals to create his work, and he often draws inspiration from his travels and local stories to fill in the details.
The artist draws inspiration from nature, travel, surf and skate culture, graphic novelists, and other artists. Vanhee strives to keep his work honest by maintaining a sketchy feeling. His freebirds act as protagonists, taking viewers on a journey through his story.
Vanhee's oeuvre is not bound by murals but continues through various mediums, allowing his freebirds to come to life in a story that forms a coherent whole. He creates art that is visible and enjoyable to a broad audience.
18. MedianerasVanesa Galdeano and Analí Chanquía have been creating art in the public space for more than 14 years. Brought together by shared concerns for urban space and public art, they began producing work together 9 years ago. They created a unifying project called | MEDIANERAS | to expand and link their production. | MEDIANERAS | is the Spanish word for ‘side walls’. Unlike the walls, which are only responsible for separating the spaces, the side walls are those shared between neighbours. This concept interests them because they believe that public art, besides making cities more beautiful, claims the idea of a shared place – of all individuals. They believe public art does more than just beautify cities, it offers a shared space that brings individuals and communities together. Through public art, they want to alter the urban landscape and shift the way we typically perceive spaces. Fundamental to this is the need to move, tour cities and carry out their work in urban contexts around the world. So far, they have created public art together in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Fortaleza, Florianópolis), Argentina (Buenos Aires, Rosario, San Juan, Villa Constitución), Bolivia (La Paz), México (Hollbox, Bacalar), UK (London), Germany (Wiesbaden, Chemnitz, Heidelberg, Wuppertal), Austria (Vienna), Portugal (Lisbon, Covilha, Cascais. Loures), Spain (Barcelona, Madrid, Salamanca, Fanzara, La Bañeza, Valencia, Cheste, Tejeda de Tietar, Alberique, Alcoy, Galicia), Thailand (Bangkok), Australia (Melbourne, Brisbane), Uruguay (Mercedes), Belgium (Brussels, Geel, Ostend), Canada (Vancouver, Quebec), France (Morlaix, Briançon), Italy (Palermo, Padova, Milan), Norway (Oslo) and among others.
19. KarskiKarski started painting graffiti when he was only 10 years old. He studied graphic design and he studied at the Academy of fine Arts in Den Bosch the Netherlands. Karski has a big passion for vivid color combinations, abstracts and realistic elements. Because of his past in graphic design it is easy to work together with corporate brands.
20. Jan is de ManThe mural paintings of Utrecht artist JanIsDeMan couldn’t exist anywhere else than where they at.
Whether it’s the shape of the wall or building that inspires a composition, literally giving a face to a house by painting his famous googly eyes or filling a huge bookcase with the favorite books of people in the neighborhood, the surroundings always feed the concept.
Once upon a time he picked up the spray can Out of rebellion, nowadays he just wants to make people smile or stimulate their imagination or to create a social message.
Although the rebel within JanIsDeMan will never disappear.Showing all artists, updated on a daily basis. The score is based on the number of artworks, views, and likes. Only verified artist profiles are included, so claim your profile to show in this list.