A new mural has arrived on Myrtle Avenue. Created by Brooklyn-based artist Eugenia Mello, Myrtle Buzzin’ transforms the corner of Carlton Avenue & Myrtle Avenue at Bravo Supermarket into a vibrant celebration of neighborhood energy and everyday life.
Through bold color and visual storytelling, the work reflects the spirit and movement of the neighborhood while inviting passersby to pause, look closer, and experience Myrtle Avenue in a new way. Read the artist’s statement below to learn more about the inspiration behind the piece.
Myrtle Buzzin’
2026
Bravo Supermarket
331–337 Myrtle Avenue (corner of Carlton & Myrtle)
ARTIST STATEMENT
Myrtle Buzzin’ began with a simple gesture: writing the words “Myrtle Avenue” large enough to feel like a declaration. A collective “we are here.”
The letters themselves were designed to become a kind of framework or container. Instead of being filled in, the color exists in the negative space, in the space around them, creating an interior space ready to be inhabited. Inside them, I initially sketched what appeared to be an abstract pattern, which is why, if you squint your eyes while looking at the mural, it can still feel that way: a collective texture. But slowly, individual figures begin to emerge. Black-and-white silhouettes in motion: dancing, gathering, moving through, celebrating. Together, these figures become the mural’s energy source, its heartbeat.
The piece was inspired by the rhythm of Myrtle Avenue itself. The movement of people through restaurants, storefronts, music, conversation, routes to school and work, late nights, family life, and a transient gathering space for and of everyone. It’s a street full of overlapping lives and constant motion, always shifting, palpably alive.
At its core, the mural is about collective joy: the kind created through sharing public space, through the interweaving of lives as they move through the day, the kind built simply from being around one another. I wanted the mural to feel vibrant, welcoming, and alive. Bold enough to stay in the back of your mind, and present enough to return to. A kind of home for the music of a street. Something people could discover themselves inside of.
ARTIST BIO
Eugenia Mello is an Argentinean illustrator, muralist, and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. Her work is a constant exploration of movement, rhythm, and collective energy through a combination of formal visual tools such as line, gesture, and shape, alongside an ongoing observation practice rooted in drawing from life. At the center of her work is a search for togetherness and for that fleeting space where we all become part of the same song.
Having lived across multiple countries throughout her life, she is especially drawn to the intangible, the emotional atmosphere of shared public spaces and to the ways people coexist, move through, and leave traces within the environments around them. Her murals and illustrations aim to translate those invisible rhythms into vibrant visual expressions that feel alive with joy.
Her work spans publishing and children’s books, editorial illustration, public art, and large-scale brand collaborations. She has created work for clients and institutions including Apple, The New York Times, the US Open, the New York Botanical Garden, and the Guggenheim Museum. Alongside her professional practice, she teaches illustration and visual storytelling at the School of Visual Arts and Queens College.
Through projects like Myrtle Buzzin’, she is interested in creating public work that celebrates the movement, energy, and everyday symphony of city life.
Follow & learn more about Eugenia @eumiel.
