Columbia’s art scene is easy to appreciate, but one of my favorite things (Jess here) about the Soda City is all of our city's murals and not just because I helped with two of them.

Today, we’re sharing the eye-catching and Insta-worthy backdrops you can find throughout the city. Wanna join in + treat your eyes? Read on for our guide to 58 of Columbia’s murals + where to find them.

Downtown

Aaron Graves Tribute Mural

Lauren Andreu + Claude Gilbert
2019
Hunter Gatherer, 900 Main St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Ne9v3gEDm/

Bears Ears/Solar Eclipse Mural

Lauren Andreu + Daniel Andreu
2017
Immaculate Consumption, 933 Main St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bfl2PwuANoL/

Cola’s Logo Mural

Cola’s Restaurant, 1215 Assembly St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CFV36WchNQE/

ColaTown Bike Collective Mural

Trahern Cook + Mazie Fran
2020
Cola Town Bike Collective, 711 Elmwood Ave.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CEVOZU_n3Nn/

Dum Spiro Spero

Alex Rusnak
2017
Cannon Parking Garage, 1227 Taylor St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BUKHNB-gAhG/

First Reflections

Ralph Waldrop
1988
Columbia Conservatory of Dance, 1545 Main St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXw3GAkhEyd/

George Washington Carver

Danrelle McCall
Rare Variety Vegan Cafe, 4622 N Main St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCkHrGhHPFS/

Hotel Trundle Butterfly

Megan Carn
2019
Hotel Trundle, 1224 Taylor St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B9mdTM9FJxS/

Magnolia on Main

Maria DeFelice
2020
Market on Main, 1320 Main St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CB5edAJnsfl/

MILAGROS Mural

MILAGROS Collective
2017
Taylor Street Garage, 1100 Taylor St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BikHgonlr2b/

Other Side of the Tunnel

Blue Sky
2000
AgFirst Farm Credit Bank/Downtown YMCA, 1447 Hampton St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/odlrAwxgdh/

Relequarium Garden

Khaldoune Bencheikh
2011
Transitions Homeless Center, 2025 Main St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BgTh1xqgIrl/

Starry Night at The Other Store

Val Zaba + Friends
2000
The Other Store, 4130 Bethel Church Rd.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Br_Q9O-FUzB/

Tell Your Story Through Design

Jay Talbot
2020
ByFarr, 2121 Sumter St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-XL4tsH6ky/

The WAV

Keith Tolen
2020
Free Times, 2101 Gervais St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CDMWMxjHmz5/

Tokamak

Josef Kristofoletti
2016
Sandwich Depot, 1211 Taylor St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXxyJmthSEW/

Tunnelvision

Blue Sky
1974
Land Bank Apartments, 1401 Hampton St.

Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak + Michael Hagen
1993
Richland Library Main Children's Room, 1431 Assembly St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B0bknKVnEd5/

Zesto’s Ice Cream Cone

Christine Lutfy
2017
Angelos Zestos, 4001 N Main St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CGkmCeejkvJ/

The Vista

City Summary Mural

Lacey Hennessey
2021
Columbia Chamber, 1225 Lady St., Suite 100

https://www.instagram.com/p/CLece00DZ4p/

Generations

Eric Lake
1999
Research Planning building, 1121 Park St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BQdIz96Fjoo/

Holiday Inn Columbia Mural

Christine Lutfy
2020
Holiday Inn Columbia Downtown, 1233 Washington St

https://www.instagram.com/p/B6JA6KgHQzB/

Lady Vista

Cait Maloney
2019
Sure Fire Taco, 916 Gervais St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CBwrRd-j0-G/

The Palms on Main

Stephen Gamson
2012
Palms on Main, 1155 Lady St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXyfDCahsBz/

Vista Union: Fleeting Glance

Blue Sky
2019
Heathcliff's Jewelry, 1000 Gervais St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BvZLkTHF02n/

Watermarked

Leadership Columbia Class of 2017, Michael Dantzler + Keith Tolen
2017
Tunnel at 1300 Lincoln St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKdC82opG0K/

Five Points

Columbia, We’re In This Together!

Christine Lutfy
2020
Home Advantage Realty, 2615 Devine St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CB1LINYnQI6/

Five Points Postcard Mural

Chad Brady
2017
Five Points Parking Lot, 732 Saluda Ave.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJlwED3Jfar/

Five Points in 1948

Blue Sky
1990
HomeTeam BBQ, 700 Harden St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgwr9xolkc7/

Frida Painting Dali

Tripp Derrick Barnes
2016
Pynk Butterfly Salon, 2911 Millwood Ave.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ8tuZKFlwo/

The Greedy Rascals

Ija Charles
The Greedy Rascal Hot Dog Bar, 1900 Rosewood Dr.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CHjG-QcFu5z/

God Bless America

Ralph Waldrop
2001
Former Yesterday’s building, 2030 Devine St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BbzWUteFrfW/

Import Specialties Cars

Lucas Sams
2017
Import Specialties, 1200 Rosewood Dr.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BijdDWrBqIG/

James Brown

Tripp Derrick Barnes
2016
Pelican's SnoBalls, 1912 Rosewood Dr.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BueUg43FNuq/

Jim Morrison

Derrick Tripp Barnes + Christine Lutfy
2016
Jake's on Devine, 2112 Devine St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BVFWRQ_jV-E/

Lady of Devine

Shelby LeBlanc
2018
London and Lace, 2921 Devine St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BvppKuuA5dh/

Ra Obelisk

Richard Lane
1990s
900 Heyward St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BpaDs5hhfaH/

Rosewood Market Honeybear

Christine Lutfy
2020
Rosewood Market, 2803 Rosewood Dr.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CHX3YUFnCwj/

Rubble without a Cause

Blue Sky
2020
Grouchos Deli, 611 Harden St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CFpZwEuFtmd/

The View from Mount Zion

McClellan Douglas
2020
Natural Vibrations, 719 Harden St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CDuzxELjF0K/

Village Idiot Mural

McCellan Douglas
Village Idiot, 2009 Devine St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgo_lLRlEOM/

West Columbia

Alley On State

Christine Lutfy
2019
Interactive Park, 122 State St., West Columbia

https://www.instagram.com/p/CFcJD8XHbz9/

Carolina Sunset

Will Bryan + Eric Henn
2016
321 Hwy 38, West Columbia

Full of Life

Ija Charles
2020
Interactive Park, 425 Meeting St., West Columbia

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCLz1T-HXnB/

State of Mind Butterfly

Christine Lutfy
2019
Interactive Park, 425 Meeting St., West Columbia

https://www.instagram.com/p/B81pXyWHgXV/

Cayce

Cayce Wonders

Ija Charles
2020
2018 State St., Cayce

https://www.instagram.com/p/CH8jrfun7qD/

Enjoy the Little Things

Will Bryan
2019
2015 State St., Cayce

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_QcgQkHWyq/

Paint the Town

Michael Gedding
2020
2019 State St., Cayce

https://www.instagram.com/p/CEmSDDTnQ-W/

Other Spots Around Columbia

1950’s Columbia SC

McCellan Douglas
2012
Cocos & Beer Authentic Mexican Grill, 4405 SC-760

https://www.instagram.com/p/BtubYAYF5l8/

CityServe Mural

Clay Wooten
2017
Norman Arnold Boys and Girls Club, 1100 S Holly St.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BaSIWnKj1SA/

Growing Together

Charmaine Minniefield
2018
Hyatt Park, 4005 Monticello Rd.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BhfQoN-hIzY/

Midlands Adoption, Children’s Center Mural

Ralph Waldrop
Midlands Adoption, Children's Center, 2638 Two Notch Rd.

https://www.instagram.com/p/sd17rsxgdo/

Prediction

Karl Wilkes
2014
2746 Decker Blvd.

https://www.instagram.com/p/05z0SURgVr/

Saluda In Bloom

Austin "Slim" Gee
2019
Palmetto Experience, 300 Candi Ln.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4kL_1hJBgB/

Plus, the Love Not Litter Extension

Austin “Slim” Gee + Taylor Renee
2020
Palmetto Experience, 300 Candi Ln.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKwG13_HA0Q/

Think you have what it takes to add to Columbia’s growing murals list? One Columbia has the Permanent Public Art Program available to artists.

Through a partnership with city government + other partners, One Columbia has created an application process and implementation system for funding, maintaining, and sharing public art throughout the city. The arts-focused organization has an ongoing call to artists to submit ideas to create public art.

Additionally, One Columbia is open to working with other partners, both private and public, to bring new large-scale artwork to life. Got a project idea? Contact them here.

Did we miss your favorite mural in town? Let us know here.