Murals by Mantra

Artist Transforms Walls Into Giant 3D Specimen Boxes for Butterflies

Mantra is an artist currently based in Metz, France. In an ongoing series of murals, Mantra has been going huge on the sides of buildings, creating 3D specimen boxes for butterflies. The artworks have been popping up around Europe in cities in Spain, Austria and France in the last year alone.
To see more artworks by Mantra check him out at the links below!

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Mantra: Facebook | Instagram


Mariposas de Aragón, 2017. Festival Internacional de Arte Urbano. Photo by Juanjo Fernandez.
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Yasuni’s Imago, 2017. Thionville, France.
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source: twistedsifter.com

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also I have to add this older indoor one from thisiscolossal.com:

Bogota, 2015.

One placemark for 'Yasuni’s Imago', 2017. Thionville, France. (By the time of this first post)

Recent stage of updates: placemarks for 14 murals 
Murals by Mantra.kmz (3.59 KB)

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any other locations you know are welcome here!
thanks,
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Related from board:

Murals by BLU

Murals by ELLA and PITR

Murals by Guido van Helten

Murals by ASTRO

Mural by CitéCréation

Murals by SLOBO (by willi1)

Mural by WD

Bookshelf Murals Around The World (by CuriousJM)

The largest mural by one artist (by ET_Explorer)

Shadow Art by Damon Belanger

just have managed to locate this one from the (wider) neighborhood, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxemburg >>49.503649°, 5.987641°<< 

Placemark No.2.: kind of "bookshelf-style" mural from 2017,


source: www.about-street-art.com/mantra/

No.4.: Portrait with butterfly from Longwy (France):

source: www.about-street-art.com/mantra/

and a "butterfly-free" mural (No.3.) from Villerupt (France) / KUFA’s Urban Art (Picture 09/17/2017)

source: www.about-street-art.com/mantra/

updated kmz file attached to OP.

managed to locate remaining two from the same source as

No.5.: Ettelbruck (Luxembourg) | KUFA’s Urban Art | (Picture 09/17/2017)

source: www.about-street-art.com/mantra/

No.6.: Luxembourg (Photo 2017-05-21)

source: www.about-street-art.com/mantra/

note the butterflies on both murals (butterfly tattoo and butterfly book)!

No.7.: Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France (2016)

image source: galerie36emeart.com/2016/11/01/fresque-de-mantra/

further read (fra.): saintdieinfo.fr/2016/06/double-inauguration-mantra/  

Fresco both visible on aerial- and StreetView mode. Placemark set to SV as default where also pretty cool Europe-map mosaic can be noticed in the roundabout.

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updated kmz file attached to OP.

No.8.: Bogota, Colombia (2017)

image source: www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/608478599627739518/ (Pinterest)

...but where is the butterfly...?(:

updated kmz file attached to OP.

No.9.: Wien, Austria (2017)

image source: www.thisiscolossal.com/2017/10/butterfly-specimen-boxes-painted-as-multi-story-murals-by-mantra/

updated kmz file attached to OP.

No.10.: El asalto de Apollo, 2017. Zaragoza, Spain

image source: www.thisiscolossal.com/2017/10/butterfly-specimen-boxes-painted-as-multi-story-murals-by-mantra/

No.11.: Festival ASALTO 2017, Zaragoza, Spain 

image source: primo.com.es/index.php/2017/09/30/festival-asalto-2017-zaragoza-9/

updated kmz file attached to OP.

No.12.: "La formule secrète", Ambato, Ecuador (2016)

image source: www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/478718635376319138/

updated kmz file attached to OP.

I think this is the most recent one by him from the Wrechter Fest. also my last one for today.

No.13.: Werchter, Belgium (may 2018.)


image source: plus.google.com/+ChristianPeters69/posts/PGJatJ7jovB

updated kmz file attached to OP.

No.14.: Queretaro, Mexico, 2018

image source: Pinterest


updated kmz attached to OP.