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About BUMP Festival

Launched in 2017 as the Beltline Urban Murals Project, BUMP Festival has evolved into Calgary’s most expansive public art initiative, reshaping neighborhoods with cutting-edge installations and progressive public programming. Artist-led and community-powered, BUMP pioneers a new vision for Calgary’s urban spaces, positioning public art as a catalyst for cultural transformation and collective imagination.

Annually, a jury of diverse perspectives selects local, national, and international artists to bring new works to life through muralism, graffiti, and unique installations, creating a dynamic visual landscape across the city. In 2024, BUMP commissioned 83 unique artworks, expanding our impact to over 360 installations that weave narratives of place, identity, and possibility into Calgary’s public realm.

Beyond the visual, BUMP fosters artistic discourse and community engagement through a range of forward-thinking programs including an Urban Arts Conference, Alley Parties, Guided Mural Tours and workshops. Each program embodies BUMP’s belief that public art can elevate communities, spark dialogue, and challenge conventional spaces. With an unwavering commitment to diversity and inclusion, BUMP showcases a spectrum of voices, perspectives, and aesthetics. Our mission is to continue transforming Calgary into a more vibrant, inspiring city that celebrates the power of art in reshaping public life.

To learn more, visit BUMP Festival's website.

Launched in 2017 as the Beltline Urban Murals Project, BUMP Festival has evolved into Calgary’s most expansive public art initiative, reshaping neighborhoods with cutting-edge installations and progressive public programming. Artist-led and community-powered, BUMP pioneers a new vision for Calgary’s urban spaces, positioning public art as a catalyst for cultural transformation and collective imagination.

Annually, a jury of diverse perspectives selects local, national, and international artists to bring new works to life through muralism, graffiti, and unique installations, creating a dynamic visual landscape across the city. In 2024, BUMP commissioned 83 unique artworks, expanding our impact to over 360 installations that weave narratives of place, identity, and possibility into Calgary’s public realm.

Beyond the visual, BUMP fosters artistic discourse and community engagement through a range of forward-thinking programs including an Urban Arts Conference, Alley Parties, Guided Mural Tours and workshops. Each program embodies BUMP’s belief that public art can elevate communities, spark dialogue, and challenge conventional spaces. With an unwavering commitment to diversity and inclusion, BUMP showcases a spectrum of voices, perspectives, and aesthetics. Our mission is to continue transforming Calgary into a more vibrant, inspiring city that celebrates the power of art in reshaping public life.

To learn more, visit BUMP Festival's website.

Works by BUMP Festival

  • Flyover Park Pillar Murals

    The murals are painted on the abutment supporting the flyover, as well as 3 pillars that support it, representing people moving through their city with visual storytelling that highlights Calgary geography, landmarks and architecture.
    Mural

  • PILANDOK

    In this mural’s composition, Pilandok is depicted in an encounter with a formidable crocodile, on his quests to find the enchanted “Sarimanok”.
    Mural

  • The Combinatory Connection of Convergence

    The Combinatory Connection of Convergence” is a series of large scale paintings created by Cassie Suche and Rhys Farrell.
    Mural

  • All Together

    This mural depicts a gathering of funny monsters and robots.
    Mural

  • Between Two Worlds

    Characters, or “selves'' gaze curiously at each other and at an audience who greets them. Some appear like spirits or soul bodies peeking through lush foliage, or giants gently watching over their neighbours.
    Mural

  • NAASHPITOOHTAKAYHK

    The design juxtaposes the fiercely protective nature of the hare with the parasitic nature of the flower.
    Mural

  • Honouring Life Givers North to South

    The artists chose to collaborate on a mural that celebrates the power of life givers.
    Mural

  • Still I Rise

    Still I Rise’ honors the strength and perseverance of farmers and also seeks to remind us of our collective power in the face of injustice.
    Mural

  • Violet King

    This mural's design is based on the first Black woman lawyer in Canada, Violet King.
    Mural

  • Pride In Bloom

    With this mural, the artist wants to celebrate the courage and resilience of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community at a time when divisive politics are threatening to take hold of our province.
    Mural

  • SILVER SPRINGS

    The artist emphasized the natural aspects of silver springs - the foliage, flowers from the many gardens, as well as some of the animals who live in the neighbourhood
    Mural

  • Homehood

    Colourful houses adorn the wall to remind us of the feeling of home; a place where we feel safe, comfortable, and welcome.
    Mural

  • Padayon, the Daydreamer

    "Padayon, the Daydreamer" is a tribute to the extraordinary found within the ordinary, a celebration of the mundane evolving into the fantastic.
    Mural

  • The Mojave Phone Booth

    Places like The Mojave Phone Booth, Electric Ave, and even public art, tell stories of unique slivers of time and the connections they fostered in their community.
    Mural

  • Bones of Our Past

    This is a piece that speaks towards the history of the residential school system and powerfully depicts the survival and strength of Indigenous people, even through historical violence.
    Mural

  • Subconscious Radio

    This design is inspired by the feeling of lying down and trying to meditate.
    Mural

  • Migrant

    This whimsical and exaggerated image of a polar bear in a pastoral country scene intends to foster dialogue about habitat displacement.
    Mural

  • THE LAST MAPLE LEAF

    Rising from nature an ancient guardian of the forest who merges the realms of magic, other worlds and dimensions, spirit and space stands tall looking over our city - in hope, in wonder, in a challenge to ask us to be better protectors of our environment.
    Mural

  • Portal Maker

    The artist's portal maker looks to the future as a cyclical regeneration - with a design representing an optimistic future that is ecologically abundant yet still incredibly human.
    Mural

  • First Frost

    The artist was inspired by the wall having such a unique shape that resembled the mountains, which was a jumping-off point for this mural
    Mural

  • Maa

    This mural signifies a kind of homecoming - a remembrance of the earth and those who have given the artist life. It’s also a reminder to give back and continue nurturing our land and our families.
    Mural

  • Into the Light

    The artist's hope is to connect people with this Mural through its folkloric aesthetics, as folklore itself is a universal visual language.
    Mural

  • Traveling Family

    This mural highlights the importance of dance in FilipinX culture through the ages.
    Mural

  • Look Within

    The title Look Within is literal in the sense of seeing something exposed from inside out, as the design depicts the inside of the Barber Culture Shop on their outside wall.
    Mural

  • Companion

    In the ancient Chinese art of Feng Shui the parrot is a powerful symbol of opportunity and the bearer of good news. It draws positive energy while keeping away the negative.
    MuralGraffiti

  • CREATURE MEDICINE / PISISKIWÂYIS

    This piece is based on reimagined Cree and Métis myths surrounding the idea that we share this planet Earth with other beings that exist among us in different realms; traveling from either party to perspective realms by way of portals, dreams and ceremony.
    Mural

  • Conz Village

    Upon closer inspection the viewer will see Calgary’s very own C-train cars as they are a visual reminder of what once was.
    MuralCollage

  • Mother Nature

    The woman on the mural represents Mother Nature, with huge wings behind her back made out of plants. She talks to the birds sitting on her hands.
    Mural

  • Tinkiling & B-Boy

    This mural highlights the importance of dance in FilipinX culture through the ages.
    Mural

  • SOLSTICE

    Through colors and patterns, the mural transitions from the colder winter and early spring to the brief but warm summer months, and then back to winter.
    Mural

  • Ahead

    This piece is inspired by the materials and textures of the structure itself as well as the surrounding area’s luminosity.
    Mural

  • DAIM - straight up

    This incredible mural is officially the world's tallest painted mural. Painted by the legendary German graffiti artist Mirko Reisser (DAIM) in collaboration with BUMP the mural stands at an official height of 310-ft, 9-inches (~95 metres).
    MuralGraffiti

  • NEOMA

    This mural is a homage to birthing, creation, to transformation, to our ancestors.
    Mural

  • September 22, 1877

    The magpies flying with orange ribbons symbolize them bringing the little ones home who were lost from the residential schools system, and also remembering the ones that survived.
    Mural

  • BUMP

    The artist's practice is an investigation into how nature acts as a crossroad for developing concepts such as growth, death, adaptation, and cooperation, and perhaps most importantly, our emotional and physical selves.
    Mural

  • Inner City Summer

    By portraying a young woman sprawled across the grass reading alongside her bike, this work romanticizes a simple moment in time, and champions the beauty of individualism.
    Mural

  • Creature Comforts

    Tucked away in a hidden alley, our mural is about discovery, and the thrill that comes with finding a monstrous colourful squirrel in an unexpected place.
    Mural

  • Assiniboine Meadows

    At a first glance, mountains may appear unmovable, invulnerable and stoic, but the harsh reality is that they are suffering just as much as we are from the effects of climate change.
    Mural

  • A New Heat

    This work includes some symbols of Alberta: the provincial flower (wild rose), fish (bull trout), bird (great horned owl) and animal (bighorn sheep).
    MuralGraffiti

  • Capture to Preserve

    The concept of this work is about memory, healing, and tea as medicines, from the artist's childhood.
    Mural

  • BILLIONAIRE

    This design meshes floral imagery referencing the artist's Dene heritage with an original image of the Evening Grosbeak, a local bird, to create a dynamic, fun and expressive artwork.
    Mural

  • The Haretoise

    Everyone needs to find their own speed to move. If you feel slow, respect your time and personal experience, never compare yourself to others and keep walking forwards. If you are gifted with speed, don’t waste it, keep moving forwards but also remember to appreciate the journey.
    Mural

  • Horangi

    By connecting Horangi, the tiger with the urban environment, the artist creates an imagined utopia where their two different cultures (Korea and Canada) live together peacefully.
    Mural

  • KÎHKÂYÂSOWÊW

    Inspired by Alberta's beautiful natural habitat, this mural depicts the beauty of mountains, scenery, trees, water, sky, and animals in the province.
    Mural

  • Buffalo Nations Stand and Be Noticed

    The artist used a very old style similar to the Chauvet Cave hand paintings but a contemporary spray can alley wall twist.
    MuralAcrylic

  • IT’S A VYBE

    The feeling when you go to the islands is something that can’t be explained. The sun the beaches, the food, the ocean … there are no words… just a Vybe.
    Mural

  • Nocturne of Other Lands

    This piece is inspired by current Nasa’s exoplanet research, science fiction comic books, 60’s/70’s psychedelic posters filled with vivid contrast colors, and traditional contemplative Japanese painting of nature.
    Mural

  • sôhkâtisiwin

    This mural depicts B-Girl and traditional fancy and hoop dancer, Angela Gladue.
    Mural

  • Pandora's Snail

    A mural that took 14 days to paint, Pandora’s Snail looks like a page from a timeless storybook you could get lost in. Rich blues and pink adorn the cerebral clowns on Kayla’s canvas, between whom sits an ancient snail. What secret’s loom inside this snail?
    Mural

  • DANCING ANIMALS

    This mural serves as both a celebration of Canada’s natural heritage and a call to action for environmental stewardship.
    Mural

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    Mural

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    Drawing inspiration from graffiti, calligraphy, impressionism, and natural forms, the artists skillfully blend these influences into an uplifting mixed-media mural.
    Mural

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    The design represents a healthy, co-operative relationship between the Native culture and the community.
    Mural

  • Meeting Space

    Each portal is a different colour to represent a different universe, and as the energy ribbon weaves through the portals, its colour is also changed by the world it enters.
    Mural

  • Entanglements

    What the artist once thought of as ubiquitous is actually very fragile and rare: the grassland ecosystem is among the most endangered in the world due to monocropping.
    Mural

  • DAYDREAM

    The artist wanted to use art to transform part of 10th Street SW, adjacent to Connaught School into a permanent pedestrian space that creates a safer walkway for school children and the community.
    Mural

  • CALGARY DREAM

    Different elements and aspects of the city of Calgary and the region appear, a mixture of cultures and symbols, of forms of buildings that show its industrial side, and other forms that represent the vast nature in its landscapes such as the Canadian Badlands, the Pine Forest, the Canadian Rockies.
    MuralGraffiti

  • Forteset Liber

    Mural

  • Asyl Petra

    ASYL PETRA is a trans-dimensional portal intended to emit LIGHT and blessings of peace to the surrounding Beltline communities.
    MuralGraffiti

  • Joy & Fertility

    This mural was imagined during the lockdown, as human activity slowed down and nature was able to catch its breath.
    Mural

  • Sneaky Peek

    The mural is a forced perspective display of condominium-style birdhouses, with sneaky cats popping up in several spots. A singular little bird is successfully avoiding their daunting hunt, happily placed right in the middle.
    Mural

  • Daybreak

    Our approach for the Uptown Bottle Depot mural was to reference and reflect on the surfaces, materials, textures, objects and colours found in downtown alleyways of urban centres.
    Mural

  • Calgary Sunrise

    Kwest approaches the Macleod Trail wall inspired by the dawning of new times upon us.
    MuralGraffiti

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    Mural

  • Found in Translation

    Referencing classical ceramic forms, ornamental and pop cultural symbols, and combined with abstract painterly mark making, the mural provides a pluralistic vision indicative of our individual and shared experiences.
    Mural

  • Ninikan (Ni-ni-can)

    This scene depicts a tender moment between the artist and their ancestor at night, when the veil and connection is the strongest and the sacuanjoche flowers are in full bloom and most fragrant.
    Mural

  • Love, Said the People

    As the piece flows from geometric shapes into a gradient of turquoise, each circle is representative of the many thoughts and emotions that go through one’s mind.
    Mural

  • Upstream

    Upstream aims to illustrate the many social, emotional, political and economic forces a person faces when they decide to speak up for what’s right against the status quo.
    Mural

  • Simona Lisa

    The overall composition plays off of the form of Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa with a modern subject.
    Mural

  • Strength and Fragility

    “Strength and Fragility” is an abstract landscape of eagle feathers and swallowtail butterfly wings.
    Mural

  • When Day Meets Night, From Monday to Sunday

    Inspired by Alberta's beautiful natural habitat, this mural depicts the beauty of mountains, scenery, trees, water, sky, and animals in the province.
    Mural

  • EUPHORIA

    A euphoric wildlife scene featuring the Tortoise and Hare in a perfectly harmonious array of psychedelic colours.
    Mural

  • SYMBIOSIS

    This piece symbolizes our inseparable connection with the natural world. The warm tones of the color palette allude to an environmental wake-up call, highlighting the impact of the climate change and human actions that need to be contained.
    Mural

  • Sunset Dream

    This piece represents the artist's time in Calgary and the surrounding area.
    Mural

  • New Paradigm

    “New Paradigm” is a simple representation of the natural evolution of life through the use of abstract realism.
    Mural

  • Thanks for Being There to Hold My Ears As They Burn

    The piece centres on love, support and holding space for another.
    Mural

  • I LOVE YOU COFFEE SHOP

    This mural brings attention to and celebrates the Calgary businesses as well as the people that make a community unique.
    Mural

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    Mural

  • Opulence and Soul

    This bull and this masked woman are part of the same cycle, they are unified, they are life and death, fertility and desert. They are opposite and the same.
    Mural

  • Art is Adventure

    This concept visually extends the floor to create the illusion of depth and features a large pitcher plant who has come out of the vent above.
    Mural

  • HARBINGER

    Harbinger features a rider astride their mount, hurtling toward the viewer – and the future.
    Mural

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    The artist hoped that this mural could create some positive dialogue amongst Calgarians and show the world that Calgary loves bikes.
    Mural

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    Nestled between a row of local businesses, the Fortis Calgary wall peaks above many buildings giving people a beautiful view as they walk West down 17th Ave.
    Mural

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    Mural

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    Mural

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    Mural

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    This work showcases Ha Ling peak & Miners peak from the East end of Rundle, with a thick blanket of clouds covering the valley below, creating a feeling of extreme elevation.
    MuralGraffiti

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    Mural

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    The black morel (edible) is presented in this work as a symbol of renewal.
    MuralGraffiti

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    Selected wildlife are the focal point of the composition often found moving in a celebratory and joyful way.
    Mural

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    Mural

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    The artists' work is meant to be fun and inviting, while also creating curiosity and positivity in a public sphere.
    Mural

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    Mural

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    Mural

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    Electric blues, greens, pinks, and oranges tether the mural to its digital inspirations.
    Mural

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    The artist wanted to stay true to their graffiti roots and produce work that embraced traditional graffiti culture.
    MuralGraffiti

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    Mural

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    In his piece Jesse reflects on Louis Riel’s statement: “My people will sleep for one hundred years, but when they awake, it will be the artists who give them their spirit back.”
    Mural

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    The artist enjoys highlighting the materiality of the wall and/or the surface they work with, thus creating an important presence to the materiality of the place they are working in.
    MuralGraffiti

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    The artist sought not to represent the human in the figurative sense, but viewers can still feel his presence by the arrangement of the places and objects.
    Mural

Last updated: November 11th, 2025

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