URBAN ART MAPPING is a multi-disciplinary research team dedicated to documenting and analyzing street art. Artists and writers producing work in the streets – including tags, graffiti, murals, stickers, and other installations on walls, pavement, and signs – are in a unique position to respond quickly and effectively in a moment of crisis. Street art’s ephemeral nature serves to reveal very immediate and sometimes fleeting responses, often in a manner that can be raw and direct. At the same time, in the context of a crisis, street art also has the potential to transform urban space and foster a sustained political dialogue, reaching a wide audience and making change possible.

The Urban Art Mapping George Floyd and Anti-Racist Street Art archive seeks to document street art from around the world created as part of an ongoing movement demanding social justice and equality in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder.

HOW TO USE THIS ARCHIVE: Choose “Collections” to explore organized around several prevalent themes. Click on "Map" to find images based on location, or identify images based on key words.

USE OF IMAGES: This archive is a repository for images made available for research and education only. Commercial use of the images and data is prohibited. When possible, the artists and photographers are identified. In many cases, we are not able to identify creators of these pieces. Indeed, many pieces were intentionally created anonymously. Please contact us with any missing attributions, questions, concerns, or ideas for collaboration.

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    Stop Killing

    A standard red stop sign with "stop" in white letters. Underneath "stop" green graffitti spells out "killing" to make a new message: "stop killing"

  • FOREVER--Breonna Taylor and Jatarius Tolbert

    This mural is located on the back side of Grandmas in da Kitchen in Everett, WA. The mural stretches the length of the building. On the left is a grey-toned portrait of Breonna Taylor. On the right side is a portrait of Jatarius Tolbert.

    Jatarius Tolbert, memorialized in this work, is the son of restaurant owner Sharon Tolbert. He lost his life to gun violence in Tacoma, WA on May 11, 2015 at the age of 17.

    The word "FOREVER" connects the two portraits, painted in beveled letters in pink, orange, and green.
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    ICE KILLS

    Large bubble letters in black with white 3-D effect reading "Ice Kills." Additional text reads Rest in Peace Renee Good"

  • Memorial for the Victims of Police Violence

    A complex memorial site focused on Black Lives Matter and victims of gun violence. This site was created on July 4, 2020 and has been maintained on at least a weekly basis since that time.

    This documentation includes "ICE OUT" posters and a portrait of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez. The text on the cardboard portrait reads "Silverio Villegas Gonzalez | Killed by ICE after dropping his kids off at school | We miss you | September 12, 2025.

    Posters and signs about ICE activity join many posters and artworks relating to Black Lives Matter, the oppression of Palestine, and other situations involving state violence.

  • Alex Pretti RIP

    Graffiti reading ALEX PRETTI RIP written on plywood panels on a storefront. This is written over top of previously installed wheatpaste images of Renee Good.
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    Renee Nicole Good | American Mom |Murdered by ICE wheat paste

    A series of large wheatpaste posters with a black and white photograph of Renee Good. This was the image of Good that was distributed in the media at the time of her murder. Above the photo, text reads RENEE NICOLE GOOD (in black) AMERICAN MOM (in red). Below the photo, text reads MURDERED BY ICE (in red). This is installed on the Lake Street and 36th Avenue side of the building, pasted up on plywood boards that cover the facade of the building. On the 36th Avenue side of the building there is a mural that had been previously tagged. New graffiti reads Fuck Ice, repeated multiple times. Additional graffiti adjacent to this reads Abolish Ice.

  • George Floyd Memorial Panorama

    Panorama (iPhone camera) of the George Floyd memorial taken the morning of June 20th, 2020. Image is facing east towards Cup Foods.

  • Moment of Empathy

    Photograph taken at the George Floyd memorial in Minneapolis, MN on June 20, 2020. Image is of a teddy bear, a painted rock, dried flowers, and child's drawing stating "People of color deserve to breathe". Behind the drawing is a list of names written on plywood. Child's drawing is signed with a name [not legible], age is listed as 11.

  • Black Woman Protests for Victims of Police Shootings

    Large mural depicting Black victims of police violence, in order from left to right: Eric Garner, Breonna Taylor, Tamir Rice, Philando Castile, George Floyd. A Black woman stands to the left of the victims in defiance, proudly raising her fist. Her afro is filled with flowers and her bright shirt says "melanin." This mural was put up over the course of two consecutive days, starting June 3rd 2020. It was one of several created by the visual art students of PiM Arts High School. This mural was originally designed by Ari Stephens and painted by Ari and a team of other students.

  • Portrait (possibly George Floyd)

    A portrait of a man in black and white, possibly George Floyd. Text reads "No Racism"

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