Here's Why San Diego Is One Of America's Top Street Art Hotspots

According to a recent study, San Diego is one of the top street art hotspots in the nation.

The online gallery Singulart delved into social media data to find every hotspot for street art across the nation and San Diego made the cut. They analyzed common hashtags like "#streetart," #urbanart," and "#graffitiart," as well as search terms like "mural" and "spray paint."

The city rounded out the top 5 in a tie with Austin, Texas.

The top street art hotspots of the U.S. are:

1. New York City, New York
2. Chicago, Illinois
3. Portland, Oregon
4. San Francisco, California
5. Austin, Texas AND San Diego, California
6. Washington, D.C.
7. Boston, Massachusetts
8. Los Angeles, California
9. Charlotte, North Carolina
10. Ann Arbor, Michigan
11. Nashville, Tennessee

Here are 10 of the most notable murals and street art in San Diego:

U. S. Naval Training Station

Artist: Victor King

Address: 2875 Dewey Rd, San Diego, CA 92106

"ARTS DISTRICT Liberty Station was once a Navy training center, but now it's mecca for food, art, and unique shopping.VictorVingtransformed an old pump house into an enormous vintage postcard incorporating the evolution of Liberty Station into a cohesive piece of art."

Murals of La Jolla 

Artist: Kelsey Brooks

Address: 7835 Ivanhoe Ave, San Diego, CA 92037

"Murals of La Jolla", a joint project of the La Jolla Community Foundation and The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, has brought well-known artists like JohnBaldessari, Terry Allen, Catherine Opie and Mark Bradford to the village along with local artist Kelsey Brookes, who contributes a psychedelic "One Pointed Attention," featuring pulsating waves that Brookes says is an attempt to create"a two-dimensional representation of meditation."There are fifteen other murals within walking distance."

Chicano Park ‘Colossus’

Artist: Mario Torero

Address: National Ave & S Evans St, San Diego, CA 92101

"San Diego’s Chicano Park is a local treasure that has grown to include 80 murals throughout the 7-acre park that cover the concrete pylons of the Coronado Bay Bridge. The amazing murals began appearing in 1973and after restoration in 2011 – 12, were named a National Historic Landmark. One of the park’s prominent contributors is Mario Torero who painted “Colossus” in 1975. Torero describes the work as the “reawakening of a sleeping giant."

Murals for Oceans

Artist: Jet Martinez

Address: 3804 Fourth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103

"San Diego’s Cohort Collective teamed up with several national and international artists to create and install 18 murals throughout the county that are “taking the oceans to the streets” to raise awareness for environmental issues. The murals can be found from Encinitas to Imperial Beach and each provides a poignant ocean image. One of these murals can be found on the back of the Artist & Craftsman Supply store in Hillcrest. Its bright use of flowers and swimming fish is definitely an eye-catcher."

Year of the Rooster

Artist: Gloria Muriel

Address: Alley southeast of Azalea Community Park - 2596 Violet Street, San Diego, CA 92105

"In one of San Diego’s most ethnically diverse communities, just south of city Heights, you’ll find Azalea Community Park, an area that’s home to many local artists. It’s also where you’ll find artwork by GloriaMuriel (known as ‘Glow’) who worked with photographer Alex H.Banachand muralist MichaelAmorilloto to create “Year of the Rooster,” which is a reminder to wake up and pay attention to what’s happening in the world. Close by on 4133 Poplar Street are more amazing street art displays."

Dearly Beloved 

Artist: Travis Crosby

Address: 3215 Adams Ave, San Diego, CA 92116

"In San Diego’s bohemian neighborhood of Normal Heights you’ll find a mural painted by Travis Crosby as a tribute to the late artist Prince. Across the way and along Adams Avenue you’ll find more murals including another Crosby mural of Jimmy Hendrix."

La Colors 

Artist: PaolaVillaseñor(Panca)

Address: 1955 Julian Ave, San Diego, CA 92113

"While Barrio Logan ishome to the epic murals of Chicano Park, it has expanded to include an area on the east side of the freeway and a group of experimental galleries called Bread & Salt that are housed in an old bread factory built in 1891. The building’s old 4-story silo features a mural byPaolaVillaseñor(known asPanca), called “Lacalors” (“The heat”)which pays homage to neighborhood ice cream vendors."

North Park Mural Project

Artists: Kreashun

Address: 3750 30th Street, San Diego, CA 92104

"North Park is a well-known San Diego arts district with numerous galleries, music and theatre. Everything from buildings to utility boxes have been embellished by an artist’s brush including a 50-foot pink dinosaur by Mark PaulDeren(known asMadsteez) on the north end of Ray Street and a group of murals on the side of The Studio Door gallery painted by Monty Montgomery and Jason Feather, who call themselves Kreashun."

Untitled 

Artists: CarleyEaley, ChristopherKonecki, andNekoBurke

Address: 435 Fifth Ave, San Diego, CA 92101

"These artists are part of the Cohort Collective, a group of seven prolific muralists who've created some of the most distinctive images around town. This project is a collaborative painting in a stairwell that features graffiti-style tags, female characters and massive birds to create a stunning work of art with an attitude befitting The Oxford Social Club, located underneath the Pendry hotel in the Gaslamp Quarter."

Smile

Artists: PandrDesign Co.

Address: First Avenue and C Street, San Diego, CA 92101

"This massive mural is a big, bright celebration of color and happiness that encourages you to “SMILE”."