New Street Art That Changes the Whole Scene (20 Photos, Vol. 12)

Twenty walls, sculptures and visual surprises.

This volume moves from a river of glowing apples and a roaring bear to sculptural flamingos, a meditating figure built from shipping containers and a tiny OAKOAK intervention. Each work changes its setting in a different way.

Take your time with the details, then tap Love beneath the works you want to see rise in the ranking.

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🍎 “River of Knowledge” — By Studio Giftig in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA 🇺🇸

A woman stands inside a deep teal river world, holding a glowing apple while more fruit drifts around her. The narrow wall makes the water feel almost bottomless.

In an interview with PBS Fort Wayne, Art This Way manager Alexandra Hall explained that the rivers represent people and information flowing through the city, while the apples refer to Johnny Appleseed and knowledge. The mural is at 206 Pearl Street.

💡 Nerd Fact: Johnny Appleseed was the real nurseryman John Chapman. Indiana’s official tourism site identifies his grave in Fort Wayne, while the Smithsonian notes that most of his seed-grown apples were intended for hard cider rather than eating.

See Art This Way dedication post and PBS Fort Wayne interview.

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🐻 Bear Meets Bear — By TAKERONE in Kajaani, Finland 🇫🇮

A roaring brown bear and a wide-eyed teddy share the same wall. Acid-green paint cuts between realism and childhood softness, while a person at ground level gives the animals their scale.

The mural was painted for Concreate Urban Art Festival at Tornitie 4. No formal artwork title has been confirmed, so the heading is descriptive.

💡 Nerd Fact: The brown bear is Finland’s national animal. Finnish wildlife authorities record more than 200 Finnish names for the bear, reflecting the fear and reverence attached to it in older Finnish culture.

See artist’s original post and official Concreate artist page.

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🦩 “Os Flamingos da Ria Formosa” — By Bordalo II and SEN in Olhão, Portugal 🇵🇹

Three huge flamingos step across a turquoise wall. Their bodies project from the façade in layers of discarded material.

Bordalo II’s original post names the work “Os Flamingos da Ria Formosa.” The sculpture uses about 300 kilograms of waste and celebrates birds seen in the nearby lagoon; local artist SEN helped with its installation. It stands at Avenida D. João VI 71. Photo by Marina Aguiar.

💡 Nerd Fact: The work follows the central idea of Bordalo II’s “Big Trash Animals” series: animals are reconstructed from waste materials that are often implicated in the destruction of their habitats.

More by Bordalo II: 22 Photos — A Collection of Street Art by Bordalo II.

See artist’s original post and local report.

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🌹 “The Quiet Plea” — By Laura DeVita in Bandung, Indonesia 🇮🇩

A woman in a red headscarf looks toward a pale arched window. Loose petals cross the dark wall while real branches hang into the painted scene.

The artist’s post identifies the work as “The Quiet Plea” and places it in Bandung.

See artist’s original post.

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🌼 “Thirst” — By Artez in Saksun, Faroe Islands 🇫🇴

A woman tips her head toward a small yellow flower as if drinking from it. The dark timber wall and green hillside make the quiet gesture feel completely at home in the landscape.

Artez’s original post identifies the mural as part of his “Thirst” series, places it in Saksun and credits the project to We Need Art.

💡 Nerd Fact: Saksun had only 11 inhabitants in 2023. Its tidal lagoon was once a natural harbour, but a violent storm in the 1600s blocked the fjord with sand.

More by Artez: Aim for the Stars — 3 Murals by Artez.

See artist’s original post.

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🦄 The Unicorn of Jednorożec — By Mgr Mors in Jednorożec, Poland 🇵🇱

An armored unicorn steps through a moonlit blue forest, filling the entire end of a residential building. Real windows puncture the painted night without breaking the illusion.

The mural was inspired by the local legend behind Jednorożec’s name. It stands on a municipal residential building at Odrodzenia 24, on the road toward Przasnysz. No formal title has been confirmed, so the heading is descriptive.

💡 Nerd Fact: Jednorożec’s official coat of arms also depicts a rearing silver unicorn with a gold horn, mane and hooves. Two gold bees appear above it.

See artist’s post and local report.

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📖 “Once upon a time” — By Leon Keer in Hasselt, Belgium 🇧🇪

A dark cover appears to peel away from the Hasselt City Archives wall, revealing a burst of colorful letters underneath. The small painted figure at the corner makes the enormous illusion feel even larger.

Leon Keer describes the mural as an ode to old stories and stories still to be told. Massina assisted with the painting, which was curated by SAGA.

💡 Nerd Fact: An archive wall is especially apt here: the Hasselt City Archives now documents half a century of local graffiti and street art as cultural heritage.

See artist’s original reel and official project page.

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🎭 “Trust the Process” — By MATE in Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪

A performer stands between heavy theater curtains, framed by red feathers and warm stage lights. A still expression holds the center while every surface around the figure sparkles.

MATE painted the work for Urban Canvas at Brunnenstraße 105–109. Photo credit: Micha von Vau.

See artist’s original post and photographer’s post.

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🚋 “Gyp and the Tram” — By WOSKerski in Chatham, UK 🇬🇧

A small dog named Gyp balances above a carefully painted green tram, backed by a burst of warm yellow light. The simple grey wall keeps both local characters sharply in focus.

The mural recalls the real fox terrier Gyp, who was known to slip away from her Edinburgh Road home and ride Chatham’s trams to the Dockyard and back. It stands at 415 Luton Road.

💡 Nerd Fact: Chatham’s electric tram system operated from 17 June 1902 until 30 September 1930, when it was replaced by buses.

More by WOSKerski: 9 Times WOSKerski Made UK Walls Feel Like Glitches in Reality.

See artist’s original post and Arches Local’s history of Gyp and the tram.

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🔥 The Welders — By Decimart in Campdevànol, Spain 🇪🇸

Two welders work at different depths inside a torn-open factory scene. White-hot sparks connect them while the narrow building turns the workshop into a vertical story.

The work is one of 12 GraffTech murals in the Barri de l’Estació, all built around iron and forging, industries central to Campdevànol’s identity. No formal title has been confirmed, so the heading is descriptive.

💡 Nerd Fact: Campdevànol became an important industrial centre in the 17th century. Canals from its old ironworks still survive in the town.

See GraffTech work-in-progress reel and local project coverage.

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💋 “Le Baiser” — By OAKOAK and the Créateurs de Bonheur in Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune, France 🇫🇷

Yellow lichen becomes the patterned clothing of two figures leaning into a kiss, with black rectangles and colored fragments completing the scene. The title means “The Kiss.”

Created for Festival Les Petits Bonheurs with residents of Le Nid du Moulin, the work stands at 4 rue de l’Aviation. The festival brings people with disabilities together with professional artists as co-creators.

More by OAKOAK: Lovely by OAKOAK (10 Photos).

See artist’s original post, official visitor listing and festival information.

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🪴 “Bolesław Nieśmiały” — By RAZE’cki in Szczecin, Poland 🇵🇱

Painted figures lean from a dark doorway and reach across a courtyard wall toward real flower boxes. Even the blue bin becomes part of the balancing act.

The title means “Bolesław the Shy,” reversing Bolesława Śmiałego (“Bolesław the Bold”), the street where it stands. Bogdan Dębowski devised and privately funded the installation; Rafał Pol, known as RAZE’cki, completed it in three days at Bolesława Śmiałego 44.

See artist’s reel and local report.

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🦊 “Where Our Paths Meet” — By Aerosol Kingdom in Mendota, Illinois, USA 🇺🇸

A red fox, monarch butterfly, American kestrel and great blue heron move across a long sunset-colored wall. Together they form a procession across its surface.

Justin Suarez, known as Aerosol Kingdom, chose species found around nearby Lake Kakusha. The NEA-funded commission stands at 725 Washington Street.

💡 Nerd Fact: The monarch has been Illinois’ official state insect since 1975. The original proposal came from third-grade classes in the city of Decatur.

See artist’s original post and City of Mendota arts page.

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🧘 “Meditating Figure” — By Matt Johnson in Montauk, New York, USA 🇺🇸

Twelve retired shipping containers lean, stack and balance until they become a calm seated figure. The industrial weight makes the closed eyes and meditative pose feel even more improbable.

The 60-foot sculpture was created specifically for the “LA Monumental” exhibition at The Ranch. Johnson and the gallery selected retired containers from the Newark shipping yards, then concealed the structural connections so the stack still appears precarious. The venue is at 8 Old Montauk Highway; it is a private farm, and visits are by appointment request.

💡 Nerd Fact: Johnson had already constructed “Sleeping Figure” (2023) from 12 defunct shipping containers, arranging them as a reclining body rather than a seated one.

See artist’s original post, official exhibition listing and local reporting on its construction.

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🦋 “The Healer” — By Drapl and Luvsic in Roskilde, Denmark 🇩🇰

A closed-eye portrait grows into blue flowers, green leaves and butterflies. Pink-and-blue ribbons zigzag through the softer forms and keep the wall moving.

Posted as “The Healer,” the collaboration was painted for Piece for Peace through RF Graff at Roskilde Festival. The artists described it as an ovation to healers and the healing process.

💡 Nerd Fact: Roskilde Festival is organised as a non-profit charitable event. Its profits go to charitable causes rather than owners or shareholders, and the festival reports donating DKK 476 million since 1972.

See artists’ collaboration post.

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🐴 “BAGUAL” — By Renan Santos in Porto Alegre, Brazil 🇧🇷

A horse-headed figure stands tall in layered traditional clothing, holding a flower against a bright blue wall. The neighboring windows make the character feel like another resident of the building.

Renan Santos created the mural for the Olhe Pra Cima festival as a tribute to his home state of Rio Grande do Sul. In southern Brazilian Portuguese, “bagual” can describe a skittish or untamed horse.

See artist’s project post and festival post.

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🌳 “Among the Trees” — By Megan Oldhues in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

Children climb, sit and pause on branches that grow around the building’s real windows. A person at street level gives the painted canopy its full scale.

Oldhues painted it on a new 43-home supportive housing complex at 45 Government Road, which Nelson CARES is set to operate for people experiencing homelessness. She said she wanted to bring joy and a sense of play to the future residents. Photo by Wyatt Miller-Unser / Electrify.

💡 Nerd Fact: Oldhues based the scene on childhood memories of the large trees and tyre swings at her grandparents’ lakeside property.

See artist’s original post, festival artwork post and Nelson CARES project announcement.

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🐯 A Very Worried Tiger — By Tocha One in Aracaju, Brazil 🇧🇷

This tiger has the stripes and teeth of a fierce animal, but none of the confidence. Huge eyes, a downturned mouth and heavy white whiskers turn the whole wall into one wonderfully anxious expression.

No formal title has been confirmed, so the heading is descriptive rather than presented as the artist’s title.

See artist’s original post.

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🍟 “Windsor” — By Rory Lynch-Wells in Windsor, Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺

Four young people share one seat but occupy four different moments: checking a phone, talking, sleeping and looking away with a carton of fries. Their relaxed poses stretch almost the full width of the wall.

The City of Stonnington records the work as “Windsor” at 22 Chapel Street. Lynch says it captures the friendships and shared rituals of the six years he spent living on the Windsor–Prahran border.

💡 Nerd Fact: One of those rituals was walking with friends to the Princes Highway overpass simply to yell over the traffic.

See artist’s original post and official City of Stonnington listing.

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🕯️ Untitled Collaboration — By Igor Gori and Zack in Itapema, Brazil 🇧🇷

A masked explorer reaches toward a row of small glowing faces. Across the wall, a giant woman watches from behind an old car as the tiny lights cut through the darker landscape.

No formal artwork title has been confirmed, so the heading is descriptive.

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