We’re excited to announce that the Edinburgh International Mural Festival (EIMF) will officially launch to the public in June at The Paper Factory, in partnership with Hidden Door.
A number of mural artists have been commissioned to create works around The Paper Factory complex, bringing the outside festival space to life.
The artists will react to the festival themes through huge collaborative murals on display during the festival, and there will also be surprise works appearing round the site throughout the week.
EIMF aims to provide local and international artists with a unique canvas to develop their skills and inspire the next generation of mural artists.
A visual interdisciplinary artist from Poland specializing in tattoos, murals, illustration and 2D animation. Dividing her practice between Edinburgh, and her hometown Wrocław. Her works explore elements of urban culture, folklore, dreams and mythology, while experimenting with still and kinetic imagery, through digital media and traditional techniques. The development of her style is grounded in respect towards the Asian cultures and her Eastern European roots.
Pelikan Baba will feature on one of our Huge collaborative Murals at the Paper factory.
Le Funky is a French-Portuguese artist born in Orange, and raised in Alentejo. His artistic journey began in his youth, inspired by cartoons, video games, and skateboard graphics. He developed an interest in illustration while studying arts at Gabriel Pereira High School in Évora, later pursuing graphic design at the University of Évora.
During his university years, he discovered graffiti and founded an art collective with friends, experimenting with the medium on large walls and participating in graffiti jams. His studies provided opportunities to travel and create illustrative projects in various countries, including Germany and Taiwan, where he engaged in live painting and commissioned work.
Le Funky will feature in Our Courtyard space.
A painter and mural artist based in Leith. She is inspired by the world directly around her, finding the beauty in everyday scenes, interactions and storytelling.
Shona will be painting In the courtyard at the Paper Factory as part of our international collaboration wall.
KMG is a Scottish based artist who has been creating work on the street for over two decades.
She was brought up steeped in the stories and tales of Northern Scotland. Inspired by the Celtic folklore stories that have shaped her own cultural identity, her work is created to celebrate, revive and reclaim the mythologies and history of oral story telling that are often overlooked and forgotten.
Her work explores how marginalised communities have been impacted by different social agendas and the effect this has had on our cultural legacies, connections and landscapes.
KMG uses her work as a catalyst to provoke questions on how these stories and myths translate to modern society, and the ways in which they are connected to our cultural identity and contemporary environments.
Hungry Window is an Edinburgh based street artist, paint pusher, art maker. Based out of Hot Snakes Studio, Leith – mostly painting faces and imaginary places.
Featuring on our huge all Edinburgh production wall.
Pedroz is an Edinburgh based artist specialising in murals and illustration. He was influenced by skateboard art as well as concept art for games and films from a young age. Find him merging his illustrative style with graffiti to produce detailed characters and environments.
They’ll be featuring on our huge all Edinburgh production wall.
