In 2024, ten mural artists from across the globe came together for something YouTube had never seen before—the biggest mural battle event ever hosted on the platform.
Held at Ten Hundred’s warehouse in Michigan, this epic showdown brought together five U.S.-based artists and five from Europe in a creative clash we called:
🎨 Artists in Wonderland.
Artists participating:
Ten Hundred, Smoe Nova, Slew, Blackbean CMS, Doke, Tee2Sugars, Jess Karp, Lazy Arts, Kiptoe
Special Guest and Live Stream Host: Bobby Duke
Each artist dropped their own video, documenting one of 10 mural battles, while viewers got to vote on who took the win. But this wasn’t just a paint-off—it was chaos, comedy, and creative sabotage. In between murals, we competed in mini-games, and the losers had to draw challenge cards designed to seriously mess with their flow: think painting with the wrong hand, painting with a garden rake attached to the back, or wearing a giant chicken mask.
Beyond the competition, the event was also a massive collaboration. All ten artists teamed up to paint one giant mural on the outside of Ten Hundred’s warehouse—a symbol of what this was really about: community, creativity, and pushing each other to new heights.
It all started with a collab print where each artist reimagined a character from Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" in their own style. That artwork became the theme and name of the entire project: Artists in Wonderland.
👉 You can grab the print here through Ten Hundred’s shop.
This was more than a battle—it was a celebration of mural art, storytelling, and the global creative community.
You can watch my video about the whole event right here:
(Photos: Jeremy Biggers – Stem and Thorn)