Top street art in Seoul
15 artwork(s) matching your search.
Map of street art in Seoul (South Korea)
Graffiti arrived in Seoul in the early 1990s alongside hip-hop culture from the United States. The first artists gathered around the Apgujeong underpass connecting the residential quarter to the Han River banks. A turning point came in 2006 when the government launched the 'Art in the City' programme, mobilising around sixty artists to revitalise disadvantaged hillside neighbourhoods with murals rather than demolition.
Ihwa Mural Village, on the slopes of Naksan Park, was born from the 2006 project, with murals of flowers and fish cascading down steep stairways. Hongdae, the student quarter around Hongik University, is home to Picasso Street, where walls change almost weekly. Mullae-dong, a former metalworking district, has attracted over 200 artists since the 2010s, their work displayed on the iron shutters of workshops. The Apgujeong underpass remains one of the few traditional graffiti spots in the city.
The Seoul Street Arts Festival, organised by the Seoul Foundation for Arts & Culture around the Cheonggyecheon stream and Seoul Plaza, is the country's largest outdoor arts event with over twenty years of history. Seongsu-dong - known as the 'Brooklyn of Seoul' - draws international brands commissioning monumental murals across its former industrial buildings. The local scene is sustained by a steady flow of young artists from the city's design and fine art universities.
Find the 15 artworks by the following street artists in Seoul (South Korea)
Invader
GR1
Coming soon: city referents and ambassadors.
