Leon Keer Winner ‘Regionale Silver Award’ – National Mural Awards USA
Leon Keer:
Winner ‘Regionale Silver Award (2026)’, National Mural Awards (USA)
Take a stroll around any city in the country and you’ll see ordinary walls being transformed into incredible works of public art. To honor this flourishing branch of the contemporary art world, the National Mural Awards was founded to recognize the best examples of mural art all over the nation.
Since its inception, the National Mural Awards has grown from awarding prizes for individual artists that excel in creating public art, but also recognition of groups and organizations using murals as a way to transform communities and revitalize neighborhoods.
The 2026 edition of the National Mural Awards was hosted by the Hagerfest Music and Arts Festival, with the 2027 event slated to be held in Jacksonville, Florida. Applications for both the community and artist awards will open in January 2027.
Artist Awards
Artist Awards are given out to individual artists/teams who designed and completed the submitted mural. At current, the awards are given in six geographic regions based on where the mural was installed, not where the artist themselves resides.
Eligibility
Any mural completed in the United States during the calendar year (Jan 1 – Dec 31) is eligible for the Awards the following year. For the purposes of this competition, a mural is defined as any piece of graphic artwork that is painted directly to a wall, ceiling or other permanent substrate. The artwork itself can be permanent or temporary, and there is no size requirement. Only the artist that completed the mural (or the lead artist if completed by a team) may submit an entry.
International artists are eligible if the submitted mural was painted within the territorial boundaries of the United States and meets the guidelines listed above.
Judging
Murals are scored anonymously by a rotating panel of judges that include fellow artists, community organizers, festival coordinators, and city government culture & arts directors from each of the six indicated US regions.