The 11 Best Murals in Miami

Wynwood is known the world over as Miami's epicenter of street art, graffiti, and murals, and for good reason. But all the attention garnered on the small, increasingly commercialized neighborhood makes it easy for outsiders to think that all of Miami-Dade's public art is confined to that neighborhood. In reality, some of the city's most exciting and meaningful murals are found outside Wynwood's borders, with local and visiting artists leaving their mark on walls across the county. In fact, as walls have become harder and harder to snag in the oversaturated Wynwood landscape, more artists have gone out of their way to avoid it.

If you're looking for the very best of Wynwood itself, check out our guide to the Ten Best Murals in Wynwood. To avoid repetition, the following list focuses mainly on murals outside the neighborhood, offering a wider view of Miami's creative landscape.

Brothers From Different Mothers, Case Maclaim

255 NE First St., Downtown Miami
Case Maclaim's towering mural in Downtown Miami, painted in 2021 for Mana Public Arts with support from the Bushwick Collective, captures a tender moment between two boys, Caleb and Anthony, brothers "from different mothers" whom the artist met in St. Louis. Inspired by their warmth and respect for each other and their sister, Maclaim painted this portrait as a tribute to the idea that family transcends biology. The intimate mural is striking for its hyperrealistic style. The boys sit side by side atop concrete blocks, with expressive detail in their faces and postures. Against the stark white wall and framed by palm trees and high-rises, this piece stands as a quiet, human counterpoint to the looming weight of urban sprawl.

Goddess, Vizsla Bacon

500 NW 24th St., Wynwood
Canadian artist Alex Bacon, better known as Vizsla Bacon, brought his signature style to Wynwood Mural Fest 2024 with a sublime work that raised the bar for other muralists in the neighborhood. Bacon is known for deconstructing traditional graffiti techniques and blending realism and abstraction to create smooth transitions, luminous textures, and reflective ethereal surfaces. A dreamy blend of porcelain and marble, water and light, the female figure in this piece stands in stark contrast against a solid black backdrop that makes it pop. Her arms raised, fingers delicately holding blooms, arms and face entwined with stems and flowers, surrounded by a variety of spirit-like animals, the composition invites metaphorical interpretation from viewers who want to dig deeper than appreciating the work simply for its aesthetic value.

ILA Longshoremen, Reginald O'Neal

816 NW Second Ave., Overtown
Reginald O'Neal's deeply personal mural at the ILA Local 1416 Union Hall is a powerful tribute to Overtown's history and the people who shaped it. It's sorely needed in a neighborhood often overlooked by public art projects. Painted directly across from the historic Lyric Theater, the work honors the International Longshoremen's Association Local 1416, a neighborhood cornerstone since 1936. Rendered in O'Neal's signature moody, painterly style, the mural evokes the dignity and resilience of Miami's Black working-class communities. More than just a static image, the mural was digitized by Miami MoCAAD, and it includes embedded oral histories that tell the story of Miami's Black longshoremen.

Lucky Doom Cat, The Creative Outcome

143 NW 23rd St., Wynwood
On the front of neighborhood staple 1-800-Lucky, this mural was designed by local graffiti artist Dias and collaboratively painted in 2024 by him, Mars, and Professorx305 under the Creative Outcome moniker. The blend of Japanese design, street culture, and music recalls Miami's tight-knit, diverse creative communities and celebrates their ability to continue making space for themselves in increasingly hostile environments.

Made In Haiti Mural Series, Seth Globepainter

Various sites, Little Haiti
French artist Seth Globepainter's Little Haiti murals stand apart for their quiet power and meaningful connection to Haiti. The series, sponsored by Fabien Castenier Gallery and supported by Little Haiti Mural Project, originally consisted of five murals scattered throughout the neighborhood. It was inspired by photographs taken by legendary photojournalist Martha Cooper during her first trip to Haiti in 1979. That fateful trip unknowingly helped set Cooper on the path to document graffiti and hip-hop culture in New York City. To mark the 40th anniversary of that first visit, Globepainter and Cooper reunited in Haiti in 2019, drawn by a shared fascination for the creativity and resilience of children. Their collaboration led to a body of work that blends Seth's tender, dreamlike portraits of children with Cooper's photographic documentation. In Little Haiti, these murals feel like quiet tributes to youthful imagination, set against the backdrop of a neighborhood navigating its own transformations.

Native Song, Ernesto Maranje

725 NE 125th St., North Miami
Native Song, by Miami-based artist Ernesto Maranje, is a massive and stunning tribute to Florida's native wildlife. Known for his distinct surreal style blending animals and foliage, Maranje's mural features native flora and fauna seamlessly intertwined — equally impressive taken as a whole or isolating smaller sections at a time. The piece was created in collaboration with environmental nonprofit Before It's Too Late, which uses art and technology to promote ecological awareness.

Paseo Murals at Joule House, Various Artists

2200 NW First Ave., Wynwood
The newly opened Joule House Apartments is a refreshing example of a developer (Fisher Brothers) going beyond the bare minimum to integrate local art. Through a collaboration with art-tech platform Wxllpace, the property displays more than 20 murals spotlighting Miami and South Florida artists. Exterior highlights include Dasic Fernández, Nico and Remote, and a striking ceiling mural by Mr. June. The ground-floor Paseo mural gallery is an impressive collection of works, featuring Abstrk, BK Foxx, Chnk, Disem, Golden, Grabster, Hiero Veiga, Hoxxoh, Jose Felix Perez, Krave, Nate Dee, Quake, Rage Johnson, Ruben Ubiera, and Tati Suarez.

Tea Gator, Saturno

NW Fifth Ave. and NW 22nd Ln., Wynwood
Spanish artist Saturno made his Miami debut during Miami Art Week 2019 with this enormous mural (and a second smaller one) that has become one of Wynwood's most memorable works. His hyper-detailed, surreal style brings a colossal Florida alligator clad in golden armor, porcelain textures, and delicate floral motifs to life. The image feels both fierce and fragile, an apt metaphor for the city itself. Atop the gator's back sits a steaming teapot, symbolizing the restless mind, forever boiling over with thoughts. For Saturno, the work represents the aspiration of finding the ability to sit within one's own consciousness, balancing our day-to-day thoughts and subconscious. The result is a dreamlike meditation on mental clutter, self-awareness, and balance within a mural that rewards close viewing while also leaving a lasting impression from afar.

Wall of Idolatry, CP1 and BKFoxx

Sweat Records
5505 NE Second Ave., Little Haiti
A few months after moving to its new digs in 2008, Sweat Records' wall facing NE Second Ave. was transformed into the now-iconic shrine to musical icons by local artist CP1 (Claudio Picasso). Painted entirely by hand exclusively with spray paint, the wall has been refreshed three times over the years, including most recently with help from BKFoxx to give it some love ahead of the shop's 20th anniversary. The wall includes portraits of Prince, David Bowie, Grace Jones, MF DOOM, Celia Cruz, and many other music legends.

Welcome to Little Havana, Atomik

SW Eighth St. and SW 27th Ave., Little Havana
In 2012, developer Bill Fuller chose Miami graffiti veteran Atomik to paint this mural welcoming visitors to Little Havana. Unlike his usual work, which is often defined by his signature grinning orange, this mural depicts dominoes and other neighborhood symbols but conspicuously avoids cigars — after all, a health care company sponsored the work. Completed over three nights to avoid disrupting operations for the Chase Bank next door, the mural pushed the artist outside his creative comfort zone. The result is a colorful, instantly recognizable landmark in the heart of Calle Ocho.

Welcome to Miami Beach, Lebo

W. 41st St. and Chase Ave., Miami Beach
Lebo's Welcome to Miami Beach mural is as bright and sunny as the city it celebrates. Combining his unmistakable cartoon style and a nod to vintage travel posters, the piece stood for years as a colorful, cheerful invitation to locals and visitors alike. Its prime location near one of Miami Beach's busiest intersections made it an unmissable part of the cityscape, welcoming people arriving on the island on the Julia Tuttle causeway. The artist tragically passed away in 2023, and while the mural is still up on the building, the property owners have covered it with political posters, marring the legacy of one of our most extraordinary local talents.