Street SmArts Mural in Bayview

Palou and 3rd Streets
Bayview

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This mural (done in 2010) by Briana Fleming is part of the Street SmArts program of San Francisco. A collaboration between the San Francisco Arts Commission and SF Department of Public Works started in 2010, the program connects established urban artists with private property owners who own buildings with walls that are graffiti hot spots. Artists create vibrant murals on the walls and buildings become a canvas for art enjoyed by all. The outcome is a phenomenon of reduced incidences of graffiti tagging on the properties.

Like many artists, Bryana Fleming is a product of her surroundings. Growing up in a household that place a high value on art, Bryana was encouraged to follow her creative passions. She credits her mother and father for directing her towards a life as an artist and for giving her first drawing lessons. She attended the California College of Arts and Crafts and graduated with high honors and was the in-store artist at Trader Joe’s in Emeryville from 2002 to 2005.

 In 2005, she was commissioned to paint a 300-square foot mural in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Her 2006 painting, Spinning Lesson, won second prize in the nationwide competition for the 70th Anniversary of American Artist Magazine in 2007, and was featured in the December issue. After a brief hiatus, she returned to painting murals in 2008 as the lead muralist/educator for the Mural Music and Art Project in the Bay Area. She also returned to Trader Joe’s to paint murals at various locations. To date she is credited with ten murals