Tbilisi Mural Fest

The Tbilisi Mural Fest was launched in 2019 and has been held annually ever since. What began in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi has since expanded to the cities of Kutaisi, Batumi, Gori, and Gurjaani. At its core is the collaboration between local artists and internationally renowned muralists, with the clear ambition of placing Georgia among the leading destinations of the global street art scene.

The founder and organizer of the Tbilisi Mural Fest is Georgian artist and curator Besik Maziashvili, who lives in Berlin and also participates in the festival as a mural artist himself. Under the motto "Street is our Gallery", the festival transforms the city into a public exhibition space. Its canvases are primarily the large concrete facades of Soviet-era apartment blocks, many of which rise ten to twelve stories high.

The festival features leading Georgian artists alongside internationally acclaimed muralists such as JDL (Netherlands), Vesod (Italy), Fintan Magee (Australia), Case Maclaim (Germany) and Sasha Korban (Ukraine). Thanks to its strong media presence, the festival has achieved considerable success. Tbilisi is now widely regarded as a vibrant street art hub and attracts prominent international artists every year. In 2022, the Tbilisi City Hall allocated 500,000 GEL to support the street art activities.