Street art in Málaga: murals and graffiti by neighbourhood
Street art in Málaga: photos of murals, graffiti, colourful decorations and urban paintings across the city’s walls and the shutters of many shops. Street art can be found across the city, but especially in the neighbourhoods of Soho, La Trinidad and Lagunillas. The collection on this page combines street art from these three neighbourhoods, the city center, El Perchel, Olletas, Bailén-Miraflores and other districts. Maps on this page help locate the neighborhoods, while streets and artists (where known) are listed alongside the photos.
I have tried to list the correct street names and artists. If you find an error, please send an email to: andaluseeya.creations@gmail.com.
In this gallery:
Street Art in Soho (including a self-guided street art walk) · Graffiti in Lagunillas · Murals in the city center · Street art in La Trinidad, Bailén-Miraflores, and El Perchel · Murals at the Miguel de Cervantes School in Olletas · Other murals and graffiti in Málaga
Featured artists: ROA, D. Darko, Dal East, TVBOY, Chad Eaton, Boa Mistura, Bohemio, Lalone, El Alfil, Nesui, Diana Súnico, Belin, Doger, Ángel Idígoras.
Some of the murals and street art were photographed after sunset, giving them a darker and more atmospheric appearance.
Street art in Málaga’s Soho
The Soho district is a triangle between the Guadalmedina River, the Alameda Principal, and the Avenida Manuel Agustín Herrera. It was once a prosperous bourgeois neighborhood, but fell into decline at the beginning of the 21st century. However, local initiatives in the district brought about a turnaround. Now it is a hip neighbourhood with hotels, restaurants, coffee bars, tattoo parlors, and shops for skateboarding and collectibles—and, of course, plenty of street art. The Soho neighbourhood is also known as “Barrio de las Artes” (“Arts District”).
Self-guided Málaga street art tour in Soho
Start at Centro de Arte Contemporáneo (CAC) Málaga and Calle Alemania. Continue to Calle Comandante Benítez and the large MAUS murals, then Calle San Lorenzo and Tomás Heredia. Finish through Casas de Campos, Barroso and Navalón towards Alameda Principal. Allow 60-90 minutes. Use the map below for orientation; murals can change.
D. Darko is a self-taught painter originally from Fuengirola, a city on the Costa del Sol in the province of Málaga.
Both murals are part of the 2013 MAUS project (Málaga Arte Urbano Soho). ROA is an anonymous street artist from Ghent, Belgium. ROA creates large murals of animals, usually in black and white. Themes of death and decay recur in his work.
Bohemio is the nickname of Juan María Rivero, a Spanish visual artist and muralist originally from Málaga.
Above and below you can see the shutters of the Disaster Streetwear store in Calle Córdoba 6 in Malaga’s Soho. The shop also specialises in skateboards and graffiti spray paint and features a tattoo section. Both works are from the Málaga born artist Juan María Rivero or Bohemio. Above you see a depiction of the painter Salvador Dalí.
Up next: two artworks on the same residential building by the Guadalmedina River in Málaga. On the left, “Cerrado por Malagueña” by D*Face; on the right, “Paz y Libertad” by Shepard Fairey (OBEY); both located by the Guadalmedina River in Málaga as part of the MAUS urban art project.
Murals and graffiti in the Lagunillas neighbourhood
Lagunillas is an authentic yet raw working-class neighbourhood behind the famous Plaza de la Merced. The district is primarily known as the cultural and creative heart, full of colorful street art and graffiti.
The “Back To School” project was created in September 2019 by local artists Lalone and El Alfil to revitalize the Lagunillas neighbourhood in Málaga. Their murals capture the timeless, universal blend of childlike wonder and reluctant grumpiness that arises at the end of summer.
El Alfil (Borja Moreno Terrón) is a well-known Spanish urban and graffiti artist. Primarily active in and around the city of Málaga, he is known for striking facial expressions or melancholic portraits.
Doger, born Jonathan Morillas, is an acclaimed Spanish graffiti and mural artist originally from Zaragoza and based in Málaga.
Murals in the city center
Centro, Málaga, Málaga-Costa del Sol, Malaga, Andalusia, Spain
Belin (Miguel Ángel Belinchón Bujes) is a world-renowned Spanish street artist, born in 1979 in Linares (in the Andalusian province of Jaén). He fused his hyperrealism with the geometric abstraction of Cubism, drawing inspiration from the work of Picasso. This unique style is known as Post-Neo-Cubism.
Next to Plaza de la Judería, at 68 Calle Granada (centre district), there is a colorful mural by graffiti artist Doger titled “La Flamenca de El Pimpi”—an ode to Andalusia and to flamenco music and dance:
The work is loosely inspired by the painting “Días de verano” by the Spanish painter Vicente Palmaroli, on display at the nearby Carmen Thyssen Museum in Málaga. Nesui is a prominent Spanish graffiti and urban artist who, like El Alfil and Lalone, plays a key role in the thriving street art scene of Málaga and the Costa del Sol.
Lalone (Eduardo Luque Puertas) is one of Málaga’s most famous urban artists. His style is a blend of hyper-realistic portraits and comic-book illustration. He won Spain’s National Graffiti League in 2021.
Street art in La Trinidad, Bailén-Miraflores, and El Perchel Sur
La Trinidad is a historic district in Málaga on the west bank of the Guadalmedina River.
Diana Súnico is a respected Spanish street and graffiti artist who also hails from Málaga. She is known for her colorful murals, which feature expressive characters and social themes. She also runs the creative brand Muros&Aerosol, which focuses on commercial muralism and branding.
Below: a mural of a female warrior created by Doger in the Perchel Sur neighbourhood.
The murals at the Miguel de Cervantes School in Olletas
Below you can see a collection of murals at the Miguel de Cervantes School in the Olletas neighbourhood of Málaga.
Other murals and graffiti in Málaga
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