Mariela Ajras

Mariela Ajras

Muralist / Public Art
based in New York

I paint images that feel like memories — public murals across the Americas and Europe rooted in social practice and cultural memory.

Scroll · selected work 2018 — 2026
Murals around Buenos Aires

Work

Corredor de la Memoria · Hospital de Clínicas
Corredor de la Memoria (2)
Corredor de la Memoria (3)
Corredor de la Memoria
Hospital de Clínicas · Buenos Aires · 200 × 46 ft · AMIA 25th anniversary
Distinguished Cultural Personality · Buenos Aires Legislature
Distinguished Cultural Personality (2)
Distinguished Cultural Personality (3)
Distinguished Cultural Personality
Buenos Aires Legislature
Immense Tomorrow (close-up)
Buenos Aires · Immense Tomorrow
Buenos Aires · Immense Tomorrow (2)
Immense Tomorrow
Buenos Aires · [ciudad] · [tamaño]
Buenos Aires Museo · Memory and Women
Buenos Aires Museo · Memory and Women (2)
Video by Pablo Soria
Memory and Women
Buenos Aires Museo · 42 × 65 ft
Buenos Aires Museo · Nomadic Intimacy
Buenos Aires Museo · Nomadic Intimacy (2)
Buenos Aires Museo · Nomadic Intimacy (3)
Buenos Aires Museo · Nomadic Intimacy (4)
Buenos Aires Museo · Nomadic Intimacy (5)
Buenos Aires Museo · Nomadic Intimacy (6)
Nomadic Intimacy
Buenos Aires Museo · site-specific · solo show (co-curated) · 30 × 10 ft
Adidas collaboration · Buenos Aires
Adidas collaboration · Buenos Aires (2)
Adidas collaboration · Buenos Aires (3)
Adidas collaboration · Buenos Aires (4)
Adidas collaboration · Buenos Aires (5)
Adidas collaboration · Buenos Aires (6)
Adidas collaboration · Buenos Aires (7)
Adidas collaboration · Buenos Aires (8)
Adidas collaboration · Buenos Aires (9)
Adidas collaboration · Buenos Aires (10)
Adidas collaboration · Buenos Aires (11)
Adidas collaboration · Buenos Aires (12)
Adidas collaboration · Buenos Aires (13)
Adidas
Brand collaboration · Buenos Aires · 42 × 65 ft
Latin American Female Identity · IDB Washington DC
Latin American Female Identity
IDB · Washington DC · Inter-American Development Bank · gift to the city · 10 × 49 ft
Golden Threads · Minneapolis triptych
Golden Threads · Minneapolis triptych (2)
Golden Threads · Minneapolis triptych (3)
Golden Threads · Minneapolis triptych (4)
Golden Threads · Minneapolis triptych (5)
Golden Threads
Minneapolis, MN · mural triptych · 40 × 20 ft
Lupita · Minneapolis, MN
Lupita · Minneapolis, MN (2)
Lupita · Minneapolis, MN (3)
Lupita · Minneapolis, MN (4)
Lupita · Minneapolis, MN (5)
Lupita · Minneapolis, MN (6)
Lupita
Minneapolis, MN · 42 × 16 ft
Bloomington
Bloomington (2)
Bloomington (3)
Bloomington (4)
Bloomington (5)
Bloomington (6)
Bloomington (7)
Bloomington
Bloomington, MN
A Possible World · Lynn, MA
A Possible World · Lynn, MA (2)
A Possible World · Lynn, MA (3)
A Possible World · Lynn, MA (4)
A Possible World · Lynn, MA (5)
A Possible World
Lynn, MA
Portrait of Mariela

Mariela Ajras is a muralist based in New York, NY. Her large-scale work transforms architecture into emotional landscapes — images that feel like collective memories made visible.

Distinguished Personality of Culture — Buenos Aires Legislature, 2022. Solo exhibition at Buenos Aires Museum, 2023. Corredor de la Memoria, Hospital de Clínicas, IDB Washington D.C.

Founder of AMMURA. Named one of the most influential female muralists in South America by Public Art Review. O-1 Visa for Extraordinary Ability in the Arts.

Selected partners

Recognitions & milestones

2024 — Now
Mural projects and public art commissions in Buenos Aires and the US
2023
Solo show · Intimidad Nómade · Buenos Aires Museo
2022
Distinguished Personality of Culture · City of Buenos Aires
2019
Corredor de la Memoria · 25th AMIA anniversary mural
Ongoing
O-1 Visa · Individuals with Extraordinary Ability

Press

Selected videos

Mariela Ajras — HistoriaBuenos Aires
A Plea for JusticeAMIA
Mañana InmensoBAM
La memoria y las mujeresBAM
AdidasBuenos Aires

Selected press

La Nación La argentina que hizo uno de los murales más grandes de la ciudad y llevó su arte al mundo ↗ ArchDaily “I think of the city as a large canvas loaded with morphological and historical stories” ↗ Marie Claire Conocé a Mariela Ajras, la muralista argentina feminista que triunfa en el mundo ↗ El País Cobertura del Corredor de la Memoria · 25° aniversario AMIA ↗ DW Muralistas latinoamericanas · pinceladas de identidad ↗ Forecast Public Art A movement to give women muralists their due in Argentina and beyond ↗ Gente “Un mañana inmenso” · el mural de Marie Ajras en Buenos Aires ↗ Elle (Clarín) Murales para pintar mujeres en el espacio público ↗ Clarín Los murales del Hospital de Clínicas, convertidos en obras de arte por verdad y justicia ↗ BA Street Art Buenos Aires Museum · new mural by Mariela Ajras ↗ Filo News Tres murales con un pedido de justicia por la AMIA ↗ Plataforma Arquitectura “Pienso a la ciudad como un gran lienzo cargado de relatos morfológicos e históricos” ↗ YouTube Entrevista en video · City of Buenos Aires · Distinguished Personality ↗