Puerto Vallarta Street Art

The street art of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

When I vacationed in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, I was delighted to discover an amazing selection of street art. I wrote about the pieces I came across in the 5 de Diciembre neighbourhood in my post Puerto Vallarta Street Art: Exploring 5 de Diciembre. Murals cover the buildings around the Cuale Cultural Center on Isla Cuale. I highlighted those in my post Isla Cuale: Island Oasis in Puerto Vallarta. But there was still more street art to be found throughout Puerto Vallarta.

Note: the mural at the top of the post is a self-portrait by Ana Pacheco.

Puerto Vallarta street art: an eclectic collection of graffiti-like swirls on a building in the Romantic Zone — *This eclectic graffiti-like piece is on the corner of Calle Francisco I. Madero and Pino Suárez in the Romantic Zone*

Puerto Vallarta street art:black and white circular motifs — *Also on Pina Suarez in the Romantic Zone*

Puerto Vallarta street art: three black and white indigenous-themed pieces: an elder, a hand holding a cob of corn and a half-circular design — *These three pieces were side by side on a long partial wall at 487 Hidalgo in El Centro*

Puerto Vallarta street art: woman with outstretched folded hands, part of Restore Coral Mural project — *The painting of the woman on a building at the corner of Juárez and Josefa Ortíz de Domínguez is by Eva Bracamontes and is part of the Restore Coral Mural Project*

In my post of street art in Puerto Vallarta’s 5 de Diciembre neighbourhood, I highlighted pieces that were part of the Restore Coral Mural Project. Restore Coral is an organization working for the restoration of reef systems in Mexico. The Mural Project raises awareness through urban art. Restore Coral murals can be found throughout Puerto Vallarta and other places in Mexico.

Puerto Vallart street art: puffy, kneeling sea creature — *Dherzu Uzala’s contribution to the #RestoreCoral project on Iturbide near Calle Hidalgo*

Puerto Vallart street art: two human heads and two sad fish submerged in a geometric sea of turquoise and blue — *Liz Rashell’s Restore Coral Mural Project contribution, which you can find on Calle Aldama at Hidalgo*

More Restore Coral murals can be found at the east end of Lazaro Cadenas Park in the Romantic Zone.

Puerto Vallarta street art: human face with serious expression wearing gold crown and being choked by purple octopus arms — *Restore Coral mural by Serge in Lazaro Cadenas Park*

Puerto Vallarta street art: large brown fish trapped in white plastic in the middle of a large turquoise see with reefs — *Mural in Lazaro Cadenas Park*

I discovered more Restore Coral murals as well as some other murals in the parking lot behind the Food Park at Francisco Medina Ascencio 2540.

Puerto Vallarta street art: stylized picture of the sea with geometric shapes and octopus with arms reaching through the painting — *Restore Coral mural in Food Park parking lot*

Puerto Vallarta street art: stylized angry fish — *Restore Coral mural in Food Park parking lot*

Puerto Vallarta street art: blue whale inside several colourful concentric circles — *Another Restore Coral mural in the Food Park parking lot*

Puerto Vallarta street art: two ladies sketched in black and blue colours — *Another piece in the Food Park parking lot*

Puerto Vallarta street art: divided face of man/woman — *Also in the Food Park parking lot*

Mural by Adrian Takano of a boy holding paint brushes and coming out of a frame — *Piece by Adrian Takano in the studio space at Art VallARTa*

I first learned of Adrian Takano at an art exhibition at Art VallARTa, where he had some paintings for sale and where his mural of a boy with paint brushes is on the wall of one of the studio areas. Adrian Takano is a self-taught artist originally from Mexico City now living in Puerto Vallarta. I had the opportunity to watch him put the finishing touches on a mural in the playground of a children’s shelter. I captured a few seconds of that in the following video.

The piece in the above video is in private courtyard and therefore not accessible to the general public. However, there are several other pieces of Takano’s work on the streets of Puerto Vallarta. (He also has murals in other parts of Mexico, Chile, Argentina, and Colombia.)

Puerto Vallarta street art: two children squatting around a doorway — *Mural by Takano Abasolo 238 in el Centro*

Puerto Vallarta street art: two murals in black and white, one of an angry boy shouting, one of a boy with hand to ear to listen — *Murals by Takano at Lázaro Cárdenas 240 in the Romantic Zone*

Adrian Takano also has a mural on a wall inside craft brewery Monzon Brewery Co.

Puerto Vallarta is full of vibrant street art. Like street art everywhere it ever changes as new pieces are created and old ones fade or are painted over.

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