"For this new edition of the COLORS Urban Art Festival, Olivia De Bona wanted to paint for the people. The wall is located in Neuhof, in a highly mineral, concrete-heavy neighbourhood where she felt a lack of vegetation. So rather than simply talking about it, she chose to bring some into the neighbourhood: an immense bouquet of flowers offered to the community.

(...) Her flowers reconnect with the “New Art Nouveau” aesthetic that she is now developing with conviction: organic lines, generous nature, curves and sensuality that can sometimes evoke Georgia O’Keeffe — a comparison Olivia is more than happy to embrace :-).

But here, above all, the goal is to light up the wall. To make the colour vibrate and, in a lasting way, leave something behind for the people who pass by. In the end, it’s about giving flowers without waiting for them to fade." (description from the COLORS Urban Art Festival homepage)

Olivia de Bona was one of the featured artists at the 8th edition of the COLORS Urban Art Festival 2026 in Strasbourg. Every year, under the artistic direction of Stom500, the Festival brings together urban artists, who are invited to create murals on a site specifically chosen for this purpose.

The 8th edition of the Festival took place at the AFPA training center in Strasbourg. The ten participating artists were Hera Olivia De Bona, Koga, Rero, Fork One, Missy, FloaFleur, Friture de Style, Loïc Lusnia, and Jean-Michel Ouvry.