Mural Project with Women from the Indigenous Tharu community In 2010, I was invited to facilitate a community mural workshop with a group of Indigenous Tharu women from a rural village in Bardiya, western Nepal. The women, collectively known as…
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Three Artists Three Cities
The “Three Artists Three Cities” project is a Dutch-funded international cultural exchange and urban street art initiative bringing together three artist, Martin Travers, Benjamin Benrakad and Mohammed Ali. The program featured collaborative mural-painting and community engagement tours linking cities like…
Casablanca Mural “Dignity”
In 2012, I travelled to Casablanca, Morocco, to take part in a community mural project alongside Mohammed Ali and Benjamin Benrakad as part of the first Three Artists, Three Cities collaboration. We were invited to create a mural in Hay…
Birmingham Mural “Hope”
Mural of Hope – Sparkbrook, Birmingham (2011) I was invited by artist Mohammed Ali to travel from the Netherlands to Birmingham to collaborate on a mural in Sparkbrook, the neighbourhood where he grew up. At the time, parts…
Art Exhibition
In Martin Travers’ new exhibition entitled ‘Journeys through struggles and dreams’ he explores the classic notion of ‘what doesn’t kill you simply makes you stronger.’ Through a series of journeys on public transport around the world Martin found inspiration for…
Street Art San Francisco Mission Muralismo
New book out by the folks at Precita Eyes called “Street Art San Francisco Mission Muralismo”. It’s edited by Anice Jacoby with a nice forward by the man himself, Carlos Santana. My mural is among the many great works of…
New York Times Ad
The Mural I painted in San Francisco’s Mission District, Balmy Alley, entitled “New Dawn” is being used by the New York Times in an ad campaign aimed at the “Bay Area”. So it’s up on billboards in the BART …
Legoland, Denmark
At the moment i am painting scenery for the original Legoland theme park in Denmark thanks to my top scenic art man Lionel. In 2010 Legoland is opening a new ride called “The Temple” where you ride through this Egyptian…
Nooit meer de Pijp uit
Working with Jan De Hartog on a public arts project sponsored by the Amsterdam Funds for the arts. The aim of the project is to both bring art to the public (who wouldn’t normally go to galleries), and to directly involve the public in…
