Prague street artist creates mural in support of Ukraine

The street artist ChemiS has created a new mural in Prague 4, a picture of a child refugee taking shelter under a Ukrainian flag. ChemiS, who spent several days creating the mural with a group of friends, said it reflects his stance to the war in Ukraine and is an appeal for continued solidarity with its people. The Prague-based artist, who has Kazakh roots, is one of the best known names on the Czech graffiti scene. In 2011 he created a mural of Vaclav Havel, shortly after the president’s death, and in 2018 one of the country’s first president, T.G. Masaryk, on the centenary of the birth of Czechoslovakia.