Joachim

Nils Westergard

Project: Lier Up

Lalala I can't hear you

Street Art Antwerp

<div>After Lier Nils came to Belgium for a wall, we've asked him if he would be interested in doing a wall in Antwerp.<br>His answer was obvious, so we got him this beauty, hooked him up with Joachim and the final result after 2 days work was stunnin'<br>This would become a prelude of more murals in Merksem<br><br></div>

Beauty beneath the Mask

Untitled

<div>On the backwall of "zaal Ten Hove" the Belgian-American artist Niles Westergard painted a giant girl with a candle.<br>Nils always paints in black and white, and for tis work he only used color to emphasize the warmth of the candle.<br><br>Part of Nils' family lives close by and was a sort of homecoming for him.<br><br>This second big mural in Deinze, organised by 'Kraft collective' and Stad Deinze fits in the ambition of the city to create more of these colored walls.<br><br><br></div>

<div>Based on a picture of a good friend of the artist who had a baby in the middle of the pandemic. "I find myself bouncing between feelings of immense human connection, and a sort of dystopian sadness; and that is what I love about it. It contains all of the emotions of this last year in a way that is difficult to describe. One can be upset at the mask "ruining" this moment, or one can find the joy that these moments continue despite it all." : tells Nils</div>

<div>Nils came to Merksem for the 2nd year in a row painting his largest mural in Europe yet.<br>Recently adding color to his work he painted this giant hand submersing a flower.<br>This block is home to many people who have lesser chances and this work brings some extra color in their life.<br>Nils based himself on a photograph of his girlfriend.</div>

Reflections of life

A Squid Called Sebastian

Karski and Beyond

Jay Kaes

Novadead

SozyOne

REVER

Rise One

<div>For the 2019 edition, Meeting of Styles finally redone the big wall next to the entrance of the Zomerfabriek. Now you'll find 7 big walls (60m²) of different artists and different styles.<br><br><strong>Nils Westergard (Richmond Virginia, USA)<br></strong>Actually on the inside of the 'Zomerfabriek', so only visible when you enter, but you'll find a typical portrait of this artist.<br><br><strong>A Squid called Sebastian (Ghent, Belgium)<br></strong>Everybody's heard of the wolf in sheep's clothing. But these days we're all seeing these perfect suited policy makers defining our future while looking after their own.<br><br><strong>Karski &amp; Beyond (the Netherlands)<br></strong>The Dutch duo came to Antwerp for the first time and left this Big Squeeze.<br><br><strong>Jay Kaes (UK)</strong><br>Opinion, the artists raises the question of who's running things these days.<br><br><strong>Novadead (Liege, Belgium)</strong><br>Opium Fever, Nova popped by in between jobs and left his typical signature mix: a figurative and abstract portrait.<br><br><strong>SozyOne (Brussels, Belgium)<br><br>Rever (Paris, France)<br></strong>Guilty Forever<br><br><strong>Rise One (Antwerp, Belgium)<br></strong>Part of the organising Aerosolkings Rise used his graffiti skills to paint another Dragoball Z inspired wall.</div>

Hall of Styles

Kara

<div>This Richmond, VA based Nils Westergard croc guards the entrance to the Chase Tower parking garage. The entrance is around the corner on The Hills Plaza Dr.</div>

Bisser

Hans Geyens

<div>On demand of Straatbeeld vzw, distribution network operator Eandis and city Leuven, Bisser worked together with Hans Geyens &amp; his American colleague Nils Westergard to give the electricity cabin at the end of the redersstraat some colors as well. By doing this, they want to contribute in a 'creative Leuven'!</div>

Bisser - Untitled & Signals

<div>NILS (@nilsrva) painted this in 2015. Apparently the building was supposed to come down 2 weeks later, but never did.</div>

Street Art Cities

Nils Westergard

Cities

Richmond

Antwerp

Los Angeles

Lier

Vienna

San Francisco

Leuven

Washington

Västervik

Deinze