SWEDEN: Graffiti Artist CABEL – GBG Graff Magazine – Underground Hall, Graffiti Jams & Creative Projects in Gothenburg

The graffiti artist CABEL focuses on writing and letters, but he says that a good artist should be able to paint anything. Mostly it is his wildstyle name, but in addition to the great alphabetical formations, his art also includes a lot of times characters or a mixture of them in spacey atmospheres. In any case, it is always strongly colorful. He also runs the GBG GRAFF magazine and organizes fantastic urban art events. Check out the interview with CABEL!

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CYPRUS: Streetart Larnaka – Around Grigori Afxentiou – Parking Yard Graffiti and Urban Creations

Grigori Afxentiou is a bigger street going from west to east leading from Larnaka center to the beach. It is an urban area with many multi-storey residential buildings and accordingly there are also several parking areas, and there you can find lots of graffiti and artworks on the walls. On the main street are some stores that have been decorated by artists and there are also beautiful works of art at a nearby school. The artist PAPARAZZI in particular, whose studio is just around the corner, has left behind a number of creations and continues to create new ones.

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NORWAY: Urban Art Flekkefjord – StreetART Flekkefjord Collective – Murals at the North Sea

Flekkefjord is a small but idyllic municipality in the Norwegian Fylke Agder with nearly 9200 inhabitants. The nature and landscape around this place is relaxing and fabulous, but the village itself also has very special streetart to offer. During the years an enthusiastic collective of creative people around the region has developed, which is named StreetART Flekkefjord and they bring continously colorful works of art into urban space.

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GERMANY: Streetart Berlin – Zehlendorf – Rathaus Exhibition – STREET LIFE 2.0 – VERBUND GRAFFITI & STREETART SZ

Zehlendorf town hall is getting colorful! From December 5th in 2023 till March 31st in 2024, more than 115 street art exhibits by over 70 artists can be admired on two floors of the Zehlendorf town hall. The exhibition was organized by the VERBUND GRAFFITI & STREETART SZ and the project STREETLIFE 2.0, in initiated by the artists PHILIP NADOLL and JONAS QUENTIN.

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FINLAND: Streetart Tornio – HORIZONT Collective & Pullo Eki Tribute – Graffiti and Urban Art

The Finnish border town of Tornio is basically part of a twin city that is closely connected to its Swedish counterpart Haparanda. The Swedish-Finnish border runs right through the middle of the town. This article is about urban art on the Finnish side of Tornio. The whole area is very famous for salmon fishing, because it is a major breeding and passing ground for these animals. But it is also a place of creative “breeding” and development of art and paint on the walls. Especially the HORIZONT collective has done its best with many artworks to make the streets more colorful.

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GERMANY: Streetart Karlsruhe – Combo Creative Space – Graffiti, Breakdance & Hip Hop – Urban Art Collection

The hip-hop cultural center COMBO at Haid-und-Neu-Straße 165 in the Hagsfeld district was founded in April 2005 by the mobile youth work of the city of Karlsruhe together with the FARBSCHALL association aka TEAM COMBO. Since then, the place has been a focal point for graffiti, hip hop and breakdancing and hosts a constantly changing outdoor gallery with awesome urban art. The basic idea is to give young people the opportunity to develop their creativity and this also includes passing on knowledge to future generations. Each one teach one!

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SPAIN: Streetart Mojácar – Travelgraff Urban Art Jam – Graffiti at the Gas Station

Those great artworks were created close to the Spanish town of Mojácar during the fantastic jam TRAVELGRAFF in 2018. It is a national contest with numerous Spanish artists from the Almeria region and also from other parts of the country. The motto of the jam was “Nuestro medioambiente y el suyo”, which means in English “Our environment and yours”. You can find the graffiti spot at the propane and butan gas station on the A-370 highway northwest of the town in the direction to Garrucha.

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GERMANY: Streetart Berlin – Schöneberg – Natur Park Südgelände – Priesterweg Gallery

The park area “Südgelände” functioned as a locomotive and shunting station about 200 years ago, and much on the site still reminds of that time. There are many rails overgrown by bushes and trees, old sheds and engine halls that have been restored and function as cultural sites, restaurants or art workshops now. The park operator has approved the location on the railway line as a spray point. Check out the great artworks!

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CYPRUS: Streetart Limassol – Ypsonas Industrial Zone – Alexandrias Parking – ZOGRAFF JAM SPACE

Located in the Ypsonas Industrial Zone north of Limassol you can find a huge parking lot called Alexandrias. Bikers meet regularly on the large concrete area to do tricks or gather for rides. In 2022, also the fourth edition of the grandiose ZOGRAFF GRAFFITI JAM took place here and the more than 150 meter long surrounding walls were painted with a lot of hip hop, art and party. The writers received support from BIKE MAFIA CYPRUS and KOUMBARIS PAINTWORKS.

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SWEDEN: Tattoo and Graffiti Artist TONY B – Unikum Studio – Characters, Anime and New School

The Swedish artist TONY B started with drawing on paper, followed by painting on human skin as a tattoo artist and finally also creating on walls as a graffiti sprayer. In Gothenburg he runs the magnificent tattoo studio UNIKUM with a team of six other great tattooers. His love is with the body decorations, but he kept on doing all of the other connected art genres too, so it is drawing, illustrations, tattoos and wall paintings. Check out the interview!

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