Iconic RETNA Murals Around the World

From the Bowery Wall in New York to Wynwood Walls in Miami, from Tlatelolco in Mexico City to Aldersrogade in Copenhagen, RETNA's mural practice spans continents as a testament to the artist's singular calligraphic vision. Each public work responds to its host environment — the architecture, the cultural fabric, the community in which it resides. At Edificio Cuauhtémoc in Mexico City, a monumental composition draws upon pre-Columbian visual traditions. In Copenhagen, the Aldersrogade mural modulates toward Scandinavian restraint through lighter tonalities. In Beirut, the work participates in the city's post-war cultural renewal, and in Dubai the artist's calligraphic forms have engaged with Islamic artistic heritage through exhibitions. Taken together, these murals form a global constellation of public art whose power lies not in uniformity but in a shared visual language that speaks differently in every locale.

Bowery 2012; Wynwood Walls; Tlatelolco 2017 — 'Escaleras al Sol', Edificio Cuauhtémoc, The Beauty Project Mexico; Aldersrogade Copenhagen, Jul 2015; Beirut, Jan 2017 (Ashrafieh, Ouzai); Dubai — 'Between The Lines' exhibition, The Mine, 2016. Sources: streetartnyc.org · thewynwoodwalls.com/artists/retna · arrestedmotion.com/2017/02/streets-retna-the-beauty-project-mexico-city · streetartnews.net/2015/07/retna-unveils-giant-mural-in-copenhagen.html · blogbaladi.com/retna-paints-ashrafieh-and-ouzai · hypebeast.com/2016/5/between-the-line-dubai-featuring-bast-and-retna