The Rost Public Art Festival in Murmansk: History, Artists, and Objects
Data as of November 2026. "Rost" is an Arctic public art festival in Murmansk: artists from various cities create murals, mosaics, and other objects on the streets and courtyards of the northern city. This page contains key facts about the festival and our coverage of the sixth edition.
What is "Growth"
The festival is organized by artists Maria Mikhailenko and Yuri Shachnev and graphic designer Polina Malyshkina. The main goal, as described in our materials, is to "humanize" the urban environment: transforming Murmansk's drab residential areas and industrial zones into vibrant spaces that tell the story of the history and nature of the North. Residents are participants, not spectators.
History by year
| Year | Issue | Where did it take place? |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | I | historic district of Rosta |
| 2022 | II | historic district of Rosta |
| 2023 | III | The longest house in Russia |
| 2024 | IV | The longest house in Russia |
| 2025 | V | Murmansk city center (with a media lab) |
| 2026 | VI | central route, theme "Warmth", collaboration with the Museum of Local History |
2026 festival
From July 4th to 19th, 12 new art projects were created as part of the 6th Arctic Public Art Festival: murals, glass and stone mosaics, bas-reliefs, tiles, and sculpture. The artists work in a variety of styles, from comics to pure abstraction, and draw on motifs from northern folklore. Read more in our article.
Participants
Ilya Fedotov (Nizhny Tagil), Svetlana Rastebina (Moscow), Antonina Fatkhullina (Saint Petersburg), Nadezhda Opalinskaya Nadya.O (Saint Petersburg), Petro (Moscow), Vasya Karmazin (Moscow), ILIA WINCE (Tomsk Oblast), Pavel Savchuk (Murmansk), Ivan Ninety (Protvino), "Krepkiy Palets" (Omsk), Elena Proshko (Sverdlovsk Oblast).
Faina Stolyarova, Vyacheslav Balobanov, Valeria Skat, Ulyana Ziman, and Andrey Seydin worked in the festival's media lab, and Viktor Tyapkov (Arkhangelsk) curated the project. A browser game, "Discover Murmansk," was developed for the festival by Pumba Games.
Related items
Other stories about street art and public art in the regions are collected in this collection Street Art and the Urban Environment.
Sources of
- Official website of the Rost festival — organizers, history by year, list of participants in 2026, number of works and teams.
- B-port: Participants of the 6th public art festival "Rost" have been announced.
- Nord-News: The Rost festival will conclude in Murmansk on July 19..