Public Art & Murals
Through murals and large-scale public installations, Shabazz Larkin creates artworks that celebrate local culture and collective history. These works are designed to activate public spaces and invite reflection, pride, and community connection.
Every community deserves a monument.
Not just statues to the powerful, but images that reflect the people who actually live here—our history, our culture, our pride. Walls should speak. Corners should remember. Public spaces should hold the spirit of the neighborhood.
Brick wall mural images on this page are renderings of Shabazz Larkin's illustrations.*
Our studio is on a search for one hundred public locations where art can live in the open air - weather for a mural or a sculpture. One hundred walls, streets, and gathering places where a community can see itself reflected back with dignity.
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The Wall as Witness
Every neighborhood carries a memory of itself.
Not always in books. Not always in monuments built by the powerful. But in the places where people live their daily lives—on the walls, in the corners, in the spaces where children grow up and elders sit and watch the street breathe.
A mural is not simply paint on brick. It is a declaration that the life of a community matters enough to be seen.
Public art does something quiet but powerful.
It gathers history, pride, struggle, and beauty and places it where everyone can reach it. You do not need a ticket. You do not need permission. You simply walk past and recognize something of yourself in it.
When a community sees itself reflected back—its faces, its colors, its spirit—something shifts. A wall that once held nothing begins to hold memory. A street corner becomes a place of pride.
That is the work of public art.
It reminds people that the story of a neighborhood is not small. It is vast. And it deserves to stand tall in the open air.
A wall is just a wall until it tells a story.
I work with cities, schools, businesses, and neighborhoods to turn blank spaces into murals that carry memory, pride, and imagination. Every piece is designed for the place it lives—because public art should belong to the people who see it every day.
Does public art belongs to the people who walk past it every day?
Some walls hold up buildings.Some walls hold memory.
Some spaces need more than a painting.
I design large-scale patterns and custom wall installations for hotels, offices,
restaurants, and cultural spaces. These pieces transform entire rooms into
immersive environments—where art becomes part of the architecture itself.
Have a wall that needs a story?
A blank wall can become a landmark of inspiration, a gathering point, or a symbol of pride for the people who see it every day.
Commission a Mural, Sculpture or Public Work
Share your vision and let's create something extraordinary together. Fill out the form below to start your custom art commission.
Some public work doesn't fit in a box. (Or a wall)
We can imagine anything together.
