Dallas Artists Transform 42 Buildings Into Large-Scale Street Art Murals

Deep Ellum stands as Dallas's primary street art hub after its 2020 designation as a state Cultural District, now holding over 130 murals across its 10-block grid. The designation anchored a focused effort by artists to cover aging structures with large-scale pieces.

The Anchor of the Scene

The 42 Murals Project serves as the central effort in Deep Ellum. It converted older buildings into murals that display local music icons, Christian imagery, and psychedelic designs. Artists working on the project selected walls throughout the neighborhood and applied these themes directly to the surfaces, creating a consistent visual identity for the area.

Active Workspaces and Citywide Reach

The Fabrication Yard operates as an outdoor workspace where artists continue to produce large-scale murals on an ongoing basis. Commissions have extended beyond Deep Ellum into the Design District, Uptown, and West End. Chains such as 7-Eleven have also added murals as statement pieces for their locations, showing how businesses adopted the format across Dallas.

Specific Murals by Named Artists

One example is the 'Stay on the Bright Side' piece by Gonzo 247 located at 2801 Elm St. Another is the 'Selena' mural at 921 W Jefferson Blvd. A third is the 'Howdy' mural outside Chubbies in Knox/Henderson. These works illustrate the range of subjects chosen by individual artists and the precise addresses where they appear.

Exploration of these murals can begin in Deep Ellum and extend to the listed neighborhoods where new commissions continue to appear on building exteriors.