ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: SEPTEMBER 2024

Darren Villegas is an accomplished California muralist, with over twenty years of mural painting experience. His colorful and distinctly vibrant murals can be seen throughout the Riverside, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland, and Inland Empire regions of California. 

Darren is also an art educator and mural project coordinator, with long-standing residencies with the Mission Urban Arts program in San Francisco's Mission District, and the Visual Element mural arts program in Oakland's Fruitvale District. His murals have been featured in numerous art publications and have received several awards, including the "Certificate of Appreciation in the Arts", from the San Francisco Mayor's Office and San Francisco Board of Supervisors. 

He resides in Riverside, California where he continues to initiate and elevate the developing public art movement. You can find his most recent mural, a tribute to the late Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis, on Mission Inn Avenue at Fairmount Street in historic Downtown Riverside. 

For more information, visit Man One on IG @darren.vs.drama. or www.massmurals.art