The association made up of creative and cultural professionals, companies, and organizations in Barcelona — Poblenou Urban District — returned to Cruïlla Arts to showcase some of the city’s top artists.
WAC Murals / Windows Art Circuit
Poblenou Urban District selected five artists to create a 36+ meter-long linear mural. All of them had taken part in the Windows Art Circuit / WAC.
KST: Andrés de la Bastida (KST) is a visual artist from the Galápagos, Ecuador. With a background in architecture, he works as an illustrator and muralist, exploring the intersection of tradition and modernity.
Rice: Focuses on public space interventions using stencil techniques. His work turns the urban landscape into a canvas to highlight themes like loneliness, distance, and love through his portraits.
Juani Bengali: Illustrator, designer, and architect based in Barcelona. She loves bright colors, playful shapes, and creating characters that bring joy through art.
Antón Seoane: After experimenting with photography and tattoo art, he now focuses on decorative spray-paint works inspired by cinema and comics — his main passions.
Pango i CO: A project by Ivan Egea and Estitxu Julián Fandiño that merges muralism, screen printing, design, and digital marketing. With “Refranys il·lustrats”, they reinterpret traditional Catalan sayings using humor and modern illustration — a form of “pop wisdom.”
Ground Mural Collaboration: AEROSÒL
For the first time, three artists (Aleix Font, Domini, and Sònia Toneu) created a joint mural on the ground.
Aleix Font: Fascinated by grids as a symbol of structure amidst chaos. He creates open-ended narratives for viewers to interpret.
Domini: Believes art begins where design ends — without margins or rules. He enjoys large-scale works, like buildings.
Sònia Toneu: Focuses on abstraction through painting, installations, and digital media, proposing alternate realities through her art.
That ground mural was more than art or signage — it connected people, paths, and stages in a collaborative piece that reminded us that, at Cruïlla, art was part of every step.
Giant Mural & Interactive Photocall
Asis Percales and Geco teamed up to create a giant participatory mural and photocall that invited the audience to join the artwork.
Asis Percales: A celebrated artist who has exhibited across Europe and Latin America, known for blending the grotesque with the beautiful through illustration and nature.
Geco: A multidisciplinary artist from Barcelona who has worked in animation, video games, and mural art. His works carry thoughtful, socially aware messages suitable for all audiences.
Together, they brought a living, interactive installation to Cruïlla.
Volumetric Art
El Dios de los Tres joined Cruïlla with a bold volumetric installation, bursting with color, symbolism, and creative energy.
Javier Navarro Romero (Almería, 1985), aka El Dios de los Tres, is a multidisciplinary artist whose career spans murals, live performances, and collaborations with global brands. His work fuses baroque aesthetics, pop surrealism, and multicultural references to create a visual celebration. At Cruïlla, his vibrant world toke physical form — joyful, free, and wildly imaginative.
Light Installation: No artists, no creative district
Created by Poblenou Urban District and Lluria for Off Llum Barcelona 2025, this light installation crowned the wall where WAC artists will paint. It highlights the essential relationship between artists and their neighborhood, showing how shared creativity keeps Poblenou’s cultural pulse alive.
