Sophi Odling Sydney AUS
Sophi Odling is an Australian muralist painting large-scale walls worldwide, bringing colour and life to urban landscapes. Her murals adorn walls across Europe, the Middle East, the Americas, The Mascarene Islands, Southeast Asia and Australia. Her works celebrate the acceptance of cultural diversity, borderless minds and the beautiful innocence of youth. They also serve as a call to embrace unity, curiosity and the shared beauty of our global community.

Nico Cathcart Richmond USA
Nico Cathcart is a contemporary muralist and multidisciplinary artist whose work explores themes of resilience, environmentalism, and the intricate balance between the natural and urban worlds. Born in Toronto, Canada, she currently lives in Richmond, Virginia. She is currently an active member of Few and Far Women. Cathcart uses her work to engage communities and spark conversations about pressing social and ecological issues. Her signature skull motifs blend elements of decay and renewal to evoke a sense of interconnectedness and transformation and serve as poignant reminders of mortality and the cycles of life, while her depictions of humans, flora and fauna symbolize adaptability and survival in changing environments. She identifies as a Deaf/ HoH painter, and has painted many pieces highlighting ASL as a communicative tool. Her mural “Flower” in South Bend Indiana is thought to be the largest depiction of a Deaf person in the world.

Bublegum Lugo ES
Tirso Paz, known artistically as Bublegum, is a self‑taught multidisciplinary creator from Lugo, Spain, whose journey began with drawing and hip‑hop influences. At 16, he discovered a lasting passion for painting on walls, later expanding his practice through inspiration from tattooing, sculpture, and global urban culture. His work blends realism with energetic graffiti elements, often centered on female portraits and natural motifs, brought to life through meticulous detail and expressive use of light. In 2020, he introduced his signature “Ornamental Style,” a fusion of animals and intricate filigree inspired by architectural decoration, which he now applies across murals, canvases, and digital media. With murals displayed worldwide and pieces exhibited in international galleries, Bublegum strives to create harmony between his art and its surroundings, enriching urban spaces with highly detailed compositions. Continually pushing his creative boundaries, he remains a dynamic and influential voice in contemporary urban art.

Melanie Caple Melbourne AUS
Over the last fifteen years Naarm/Melbourne based artist Melanie Caple has developed her practice to incorporate finely detailed oil paintings and large-scale public murals. Examining our relationship with the world around us with a focus on immortalising a sense of place, she uses flora, colour and avian species to draw attention to the fragility and vibrancy of our landscape, and creates works that mine internal narratives. Graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Art Painting and a Masters of Arts Management from RMIT University, Melanie straddles both the creative and curatorial worlds. She has been a feature muralist in the Frankston Big Picture Festival, Urban Canvas Festival Melbourne and Benalla Street Art Festival, a finalist in the Percival Portrait Painting Prize, the Omnia Art Prize and the KAAF Art Prize, has curated major art projects for Western Health and project managed the showing of the Archibald Prize in Victoria in 2021.

Yessiow Bali IND
Yessiow is a multidisciplinary artist from Bali whose Javanese heritage and Balinese upbringing shape her vibrant visual language. Known for her bold street art and large-scale murals, she blends color, playful forms, and personal storytelling to celebrate place, community, and everyday life. After graduating in 2018, she traveled the world with her partner Stijn, a journey that transformed her practice when the COVID‑19 pandemic led them to stay in India for nearly two years. There, she painted extensively in public spaces and completed her first four‑story mural, deepening her commitment to community‑focused art.

Calle Libre Vienna AUT
Calle Libre is a non-profit organization dedicated to street art and other forms of urban art in public spaces. As an international platform for urban art, Calle Libre initiates exhibitions, workshops, guided tours, artist talks, and bilateral collaborations with artists and institutions worldwide. Since 2014, the organization has hosted the annual Calle Libre Festival in Vienna, which has established itself as one of the largest street art festival in Central Europe. The large-scale, curated murals have a lasting impact on the cityscape and are complemented by a diverse program during the festival week – including installations, music events, parties, film screenings, and more. Beyond the festival season, Calle Libre is also involved in non-profit projects and collaborates with organizations in the fields of art, education, human rights, and urban development.

Mouarf Paris FR
The Mouarf is a self-taught visual artist—photographer, camera operator, editor, and painter. An organizer of events aimed at shining a light on Urban Arts, he created and manages the Underground Effect festival, which over six editions in Paris has invited more than one hundred artists from 25 different countries. He is also the director of the Underground Effect, Gravity, and Graffik Art festivals. Mouarf’s paintings can be found in abandoned places, far from the noise, where he paints black-and-white portraits often based on his own photographs. A lover of urban exploration, he visits forgotten places with his friend Jonk, where he sometimes creates a portrait. Constantly on the move, Mouarf is the founder of Wasaa and the Saato Project, and a member of the pARTcours collective and the PhotoGraff Collectiff. He is the CEO and Artistic Director of the Notorious Brand agency.

Daniël Claessens Rotterdam NL
Daniel Claessens grew up in Bergen op Zoom, after which he moved to Rotterdam to study Architecture. He ended up in a mixed group of people where nationality no longer mattered; everyone was just a ‘Rotterdammer’. Exactly that made him feel at home in the port city; he has never left since. Daniel is also a veteran with the spray can, and his experience and knowledge of the graffiti world made him the right person to take on the artistic leadership of street art platform, production house and festival ALL CAPS as the Creative Director of the organization.

Olivier Landes France
Olivier Landes is a French geographer-urbanist turned curator who has become one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary street art. He discovered urban art during his time in Barcelona and travels across Latin America, experiences that shaped his contextual and community-driven approach

Besik Mazieshvili Tbilisi GEO
Besik Mazieshvili (born 1975 in Tbilisi, based in Berlin) is a Georgian contemporary multidisciplinary artist working in painting, sculpture, installation, murals, and public art. He was educated at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. His work has been exhibited in Tbilisi and Berlin, including the politically charged project “65 Degrees”, created using an original block of the Berlin Wall. Besik is the founder of Tbilisi Mural Fest and one of the key figures in developing street art across Georgia. He has played a leading role in creating over 100 large-scale murals, integrating technology and 3D mapping projects into urban spaces, and fostering collaborations between local and international artists, advancing contemporary urban art throughout Georgian cities

Giacomo Marinaro Cosenza IT
Giacomo Marinaro transitioned from legal studies to marketing and project management, driven by a 20-year passion for urban culture. Founder of Gulìa Urbana in 2012, he has organized over 400 murals with 300+ artists across Italy, leading impactful projects like T.R.U.S.t in Taranto and Wake Up in Latina. His work promotes social awareness and cultural heritage, establishing Gulìa Urbana as a key player in urban art both nationally and internationally.

Marie Dufour Paris / FR
Marie Dufour is a cultural journalist, documentary producer and the founder of Streep, a creative agency dedicated to documentary storytelling and journalistic creation. Her work focuses on street art, urban cultures and territories in transformation, highlighting artists, inhabitants and places through a sensitive, context-driven approach. Through films, short formats and editorial projects, she explores the social, political and poetic dimensions of art in public space, bridging journalism and creation with a strong human-centered perspective.