12°CAaron Li-HillRise Up Residency
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33 Rancorn Road Westbrook Margate CT9 5DQThis mural highlights human entanglement and subsequent process of environmental degradation.
A Definitive List of Murals in Thanet
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Breeze YokoRise Up Residency
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Margate Lido Complex, 1 Ethelbert Terrace Cliftonville Margate CT9 1RXLarge-scale mural to celebrate the Margate Soul Festival.
Catherine Chinatree & Peter NichollsRise Up Residency
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24 Clifton Gardens Cliftonville Margate CT9 2BLThis mural gives reference to the wake – a lasting trail of turbulence and a realm of consciousness first set in motion by the slave ships that began to move across (and to the bottom of) the oceans.
Curtis HyltonRise Up Residency
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29 Oxford Street, Margate Old Town Margate CT9 1TDFour seahorses are depicted, referencing the four horsemen of the apocalypse, biblical figures who appear in the Book of Revelation.
David ShillinglawRise Up Residency
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Black Axe Throwing Co, Edgar Road Cliftonville Margate CT9 2EAAt any one time, pollution warnings are in place for more than 100 British beaches, due entirely to the practice of untreated sewage being discharged directly into the sea.
DoudouRise Up Residency
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46 Canterbury Road Westbrook Margate CT9 5BGFloating translucent plastic bags, with the occasional flash of brightly coloured typography and branding, could be and often are easily mistaken for a delicious, floating, translucent jellyfish.
DrephRise Up Residency
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22 Danesmead Terrace Cliftonville Margate CT9 1RFThis mural captures two local Thanet children playing with sandcastles on the beach, water rising all around the castle, and asks whether it is fair to leave this scenario for the young and as-yet unborn to deal with.
FaunagraphicRise Up Residency
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55 Thanet Road Cliftonville Margate CT9 1UBGrey herons are unmistakable; tall, long legs, elegant beak with grey, black, and white feathering. The mudflats and salt marshes of Pegwell bay are home to local herons, migrating waders and wildfowl.
HeraRise Up Residency
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1 Vicarage Place, Margate Old Town Margate CT9 1LQMermaids might be considered fictional characters, but the challenges of cleaning up our oceans and protecting what life is left is a profound reality, and an increasingly pressing issue.
Jordan T GrayRise Up Residency
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2 Clifton Gardens Cliftonville Margate CT9 2BLThis mural highlights the sad story of six fish swimming as a school trapped inside the classic six pack of plastic rings.
Lily MixeRise Up Residency
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Drapers Windmill, St Peter's Footpath Dane Valley Margate CT9 2SRLayered onto a brightly coloured camouflage background, the painting creates a juxtaposition with the corals and elevates a notion of being hidden and unknown in plain sight.
Louis MasaiRise Up Residency
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351 Northdown Road Cliftonville Margate CT9 3PBWithin an ocean forest of local kelps and seaweeds (also known as blue carbon) is a floating plastic bottle. Inside the bottle is a trapped local spotted catshark, shocking reports have averaged 2-3 sharks killed every second.
Margate Station MuralsGraham Upton & Southeastern
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Station Approach Margate CT9 5ADCelebrating the heritage of the railway and the spirit of Margate.
Martin WhatsonRise Up Residency
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Caroline Square Cliftonville Margate CT9 1SSThe commercial fishing industry can have a devastating and irreversible effect on ocean biodiversity; entanglement of species in fishing nets, churning of the ocean rainforest and plastics from ghost nets that are mistaken for food and consumed.
Nomad ClanRise Up Residency
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68 Harold Road Cliftonville Margate CT9 2HSA modern-day folklore based on the Greek goddess of the seas, Amphitrite. The work highlights the stark contrast of the Queen of the seas, now sat in a human-corrupted, faded seascape of bleached corals and plastic waste.
Nuno ViegasRise Up Residency
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33 Victoria Road Cliftonville Margate CT9 1LWThanet has its own population of local hermit crabs, which is where the inspiration for this mural was born. Hermit crabs can be found occupying rocky and sandy shorelines.
The Ocean Wolf and the SelkieShe Rises with the Sea - KMG
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Retort House,Albion Street Broadstairs CT10 1NEInspired by Gaelic mythology, the mural draws on two legends: the Madadh-cuain (translated as ocean wolf) and the Selkie, a mythical ocean woman who transforms between seal and human.
OnurRise Up Residency
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351 Northdown Road Cliftonville Margate CT9 3PBFrom a distance, this painting is a highly-rendered mountainscape. The scene begs you to take a closer look, however, plastic bags inform the textures.
Scotty BraveRise Up Residency
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206 High Street, Margate Old Town Margate CT9 1JZSometimes we just need to highlight wonderful people that give us that little spark of hope. Dr. Amanda Vincent is one such person, driven by a determination to protect our oceans.
Sea Shed MuralThe Margate Drop - Louis 'Masai' Michel
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Sea Shed, Marine Sands, Marine Parade Margate CT9 1XJThe artwork depicts a seal and highlights the issue of ghost netting and plastic waste in the ocean.
The Shark WhispererShe Rises with the Sea - KMG
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46 Canterbury Road Westbrook Margate CT9 5BGHighlighting the endangered Tope shark, native to UK waters and symbolic of misunderstood ocean life.
SmugRise Up Residency
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31 Canterbury Road Westbrook Margate CT9 5AWBoth grey and harbour seals live in Thanet, and can be easily seen from the dunes at Pegwell bay.