About
J Muzacz creates energetic mosaics and vibrant murals using unique community engagement with people of all ages and abilities.
Inspired by cultural diversity, humanitarian leaders, and the natural world, Muzacz bestows reverence on every project by creating site-specific artwork that uniquely speaks to the area’s history and culture, fostering individual empowerment and collective celebration.
Originally from Houston and a graduate of the University of Texas in Sociology, Muzacz went on to live and work abroad for the better half of a decade, painting murals all around the world from Japan to New Zealand and beyond. Now based in Austin, Texas, Muzacz has dedicated himself to community building through teaching, mentoring, and creating spaces for artists to connect with community members and uplift each other.
Since diving into mosaic making in 2018, Muzacz has created over a dozen large-scale mosaics. He also co-founded The Mosaic Workshop, an artist-run studio in East Austin that leads hands-on classes and community-created mosaic murals of monumental scale.
He also wrote the 700-page guidebook ATX Urban Art, which chronicles the graffiti, street art, murals, and mosaics in Austin, Texas over the past 70 years.
Throughout many projects, Muzacz invites community members and aspiring artists to take part in the public art process, most notably in his signature “digital impressionism” technique, allowing hundreds of people of all ages and abilities to help lay tiles in massive mosaic murals.
Recent studio work utilizes his digital impressionism style in over a dozen and counting pixelated pop art mosaics showcasing iconic aerosol spray paint cans in a series he calls Tools of the Trade, inspired by his roots as a street artist.
Projects
The Mosaic Workshop is an artist-run studio founded by J Muzacz and Carmen Rangel.
The Mosaic Workshop hosts workshops teaching people of all ages and abilities the art of mosaic making through hands-on workshops and community-led mosaic murals of monumental scale. They organize The Legends Project, an ongoing series of 36 and counting grassroots public art portraits depicting cultural leaders across industries.
ATX Urban Art is a first-of-its-kind book by J Muzacz about graffiti, street art, murals, and mosaics in Austin, Texas from 1949 to today.
700
PAGES
128
ARTISTS
2000+
PHOTOS
