MURALIST LINEUP

6 new murals will be installed around Downtown Concord from October 1st through October 6th.

Take a self-guided tour to see the artworks and possibly catch the artists in action. Grab a mural map here, at our Creative Concord event booth during Art & Music Jam Weekend or at the Visit Concord Visitor Center at 2151 Salvio St. Suite T.

Brian Arriaga

Concord, CA

  • Brian “BLOVED” Arriaga is a born and raised Concord native. Brian is a full time tattoo artist with a large, loyal following and has a studio in Concord. He began exploring his artistic expression early as a teenager with spray paint, transitioning to painting on canvases and incorporating brush work as he got older. This led to his tattoo career. Brian is a mentor to other tattoo artists and inspires people to be involved in community projects to build meaningful connections. He is truly the embodiment of a great Concordian.

dana albany

San Francisco, CA

  • Dana Albany is a prolific San Francisco Bay Area artist who produces and fabricates large-scale sculptures, museum exhibits, and installations of extraordinary vision. She has created and exhibited for Burning Man, the de Young Museum of Art, Chatsworth House in the U.K., The Exploratorium, The California Academy of Sciences, and the San Francisco Airport. Much of her work originates from a mixed palette of recycled materials, reclaiming discarded artifacts from the distant past to re-imagine new meaning.

Eugenia Ho

Oakland, CA

  • Oakland-based artist Eugenia Ho is a designer and illustrator whose commitment to community is evident in her collaborations with 333Arts over the past four years during which she has completed murals in Concord, Mare Island, and Oakland. She is also a featured artist in the book "Painting the Streets: Oakland Uprising in the Time of Rebellion", underscoring her dedication to community engagement and artistic expression.

JUURI

Oklahoma City, OK

  • Born in Japan and raised since age 6 in the midwestern US, JUURI did not grow up with an awareness of her heritage until university. There, along with a large number of Japanese exchange students, she rediscovered the profound beauty of Japanese culture sparking her mission to share its beauty through her art. JUURI weaves a unique tapestry of Eastern and Western influences, empowered rather than hampered, by her dual identity. Since 2014 she has transformed 30+ large blank walls around world into vibrant and meaningful art spaces.

Keya tama

New York City, NY

  • Keya Tama is a South African artist based in New York City. His practice explores the contrast between ancient iconographies and modern folklore. Utilizing reoccurring motifs of people, animals, and nature, his murals tell stories of the past and the future.

ratur

Vancouver, Canada

  • Born in Le Havre, France and currently based in Vancouver, Arthur Maslard aka Ratur grew up with a sense of closeness to nature — a connection that has been the driving force behind his work. Ratur channeled his creativity through drawing and graffiti from an early age, eventually training in graphic design before turning his focus to canvas and murals. Through the juxtaposition of classical still life themes and abstract shapes, Ratur challenges viewers to think anew about nature and all of its beauty.