With our In Plain Site byline we feature publicly viewable art, both official and street art, throughout the state of Utah.
“Painting murals and doing art for public enjoyments is honestly a dream come true for me,” says Brooklyn Ottens, who has created a mural at Bonwood Bowl (43 W. Oakland Ave.) in collaboration with Matt Monsoon as part of South Salt Lake’s 2021 Mural Fest. “I never wanted […]
Encounters with cougars seem to becoming more and more common. Videos of hikers and trail runners in Utah making their way away from aggressive cats, all the while trying to convince them they will not make a good meal, have gone viral online over the past couple of […]
“Sanación a Madre Tierra” (healing of mother earth), Roots Art Kollective’s contribution to South Salt Lake’s Mural Fest 2021, emerged out of the difficult times of 2020. “We all went through some really hard times last year,” says RAK, “so we asked our followers on Instagram to give […]
Bill Louis’ contribution to South Salt Lake’s Mural Fest 2021 is all about family. Louis started as a graffiti artist but says as he started a family he wanted to “change up the my old ways and start beautifying the community with murals.” His mural on the south […]
This beautifully executed mural by Roots Art Kollective, featuring an image of artist Frida Kahlo, appears on the side of a Mexican bakery in Taylorsville: 5423 S. 4015 West. Discover more art with our Art Lake City map In Plain SiteWith our In Plain Site byline we […]
Along the Jordan River Parkway, a grieving family has turned this nondescript piece of infrastructure into a memorial. Accessible by foot or on bike, it is across the canal from the Khadeeja Islamic Center, 1019 W Parkway Ave, West Valley City. Discover more art with our Art […]
Price Real Estate has placed sculptures at a variety of properties they have built or maintain in Salt Lake City, including the company headquarters at 230 E. South Temple, where you’ll find this sculpture of a resting rhinoceros serving as a playground for two birds. Discover more […]
Since it’s painted on the Clever Octopus building (2250 South West Temple) one might expect, well, a cephalopod, but Dan Toro’s massive cephalopod orgy going on across the street might have made Evan Jed Memmott & Isaac Hastings think twice about the idea. Instead, for South Salt Lake’s […]
During lockdowns and quarantines people have been discovering the outdoors. They probably have run across Chris Peterson, who didn’t need a global pandemic to get him out in the wild; and he brings wild settings back with him to urban landscapes, and charges his experience with neon color. […]
Created in the summer of 2019 by L.A.-based actor/artist Brady Smith, this 480-square foot mural is on the new Brixton residential complex along the S-Line at 700 East. Commissioned by Heath Gregory of Baron Equities, it was completed over a 3-day period. In Plain SiteWith our In […]
Located along 900 South and centered on 200 East, the Maven District is home to Salt Lake City’s largest community of female-owned businesses. It’s appropriate then, that the bevy of murals that have gone up on the north-facing parking lot on the west corner of the intersection are […]
Billy Hensler has created murals for a variety of clients: municipalities, hospitals, dentist offices, private individuals. And the subject and style can change with each client, from twinkly, light-filled landscapes ala Thomas Kinkaide to dark, chiaroscuro fantasy villains. Wildlife is a recurring motif in many of his murals. […]
AM Source 2285 S. Main Street South Salt Lake What will South Salt Lake’s downtown area look like in two decades? Who knows. As Evan Jed Memmott’s mural reminds us, “Nothing Lasts.” Right now, however, the area is going through a revival, with hundreds of new residences popping […]
Shades Brewing 154 W. Utopia South Salt Lake He’s got a BS in Interpersonal Communications from the University of Utah, an MFA in Drawing & Painting from Utah State University, and a KA (kick ass) from the streets. Raise a glass to Chuck Landvatter’s for his latest mural, completed for […]
Gustin Hydraulics 151 W. Commonwealth Ave. South Salt Lake Life got you down? Feeling under pressure? Ann Chen’s mural on the face of this high-pressure hydraulics shop may be just the message you need — “Change Starts With You.” The mural was completed as part of South Salt […]
“Aspen Forest,” which fronts the new Utah Department of Environmental Quality Technical Support Center in Salt Lake City, is the latest in a number of successful public art projects by Salt Lake City artist Day Christensen. With a degree in art and design from Brigham Young University and […]
A half-mile of masking tape, gallons of exterior paint, dozens of rollers and brushes and some not-entirely-successful lessons in operating a scissor lift — that’s what it took Jann Haworth to create her recently completed mural facing the Pictureline parking lot in Salt Lake City’s Granary District. Haworth’s […]
