The Road Warriors 2025 / 8000 km Street Art Road Trip Across the USA
The Road Warriors 2025 marks a new chapter in a long-term artistic project that began in 2018. Over the years, this travelling series has evolved into a recurring road trip across the United States, bringing together artists, friends, and local communities through street art and mural painting. This 2025 edition follows a journey of approximately 8000 kilometers, starting from Austin, Texas, and crossing multiple cities across the American West, including El Paso, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berkeley, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, before returning to Austin.
Once again, I travelled with Sloke, continuing a collaboration and friendship that has shaped several editions of The Road Warriors project. The idea behind The Road Warriors is simple: travel, meet people, and paint murals along the way. Unlike traditional commissioned projects, this journey is built on spontaneity, encounters, and long-standing connections within the international street art community. Each stop becomes an opportunity to reconnect with local artists, revisit familiar places, and create new visual interventions in the urban landscape.
The 2025 edition of The Road Warriors covered roughly 8000 kilometers across the United States. During this journey, around 12 murals were created in different cities. Each piece reflects not only the location where it was painted but also the atmosphere of the moment: conversations, reunions, improvisation, and shared creative energy. Street art in this context is not only about the final image on the wall, but also about the process of movement, exchange, and collaboration.
El Paso / A border city with a strong cultural identity, where the mural reflects the intensity of the desert landscape and the energy of the environment.
Los Angeles / A major stop of the journey, where multiple works were created, including pieces with brothers from my crew CBS and influenced by the scale and density of the city.
San Francisco & Berkeley / Returning to Northern California allowed reconnection with artists and friends from Lords crew while painting along railroad and urban atmosphere.
Las Vegas / A city defined by contrast, lights, and artificial landscapes, influencing a more visually intense approach.
Albuquerque / A symbolic passage through the Southwest, marked by open spaces and desert tones.
Austin (Start and End Point) Austin remains the anchor point of the project, both the departure and return location, closing the loop of the journey.
This edition was again developed in collaboration with Sloke, continuing a creative partnership that has been part of multiple Road Warriors trips. Working together on the road allows for constant exchange of ideas, techniques, and visual languages, while adapting to each city’s unique environment. Beyond painting, The Road Warriors is also about people. During this 2025 edition, I had the opportunity to reconnect with many artists and friends across different cities, including Skew, Tommy, Vida, Jaber, Vyal, Quake, Bukue, Griffin, Dley and Critik. These encounters are an essential part of the project, reinforcing the idea that street art is built on long-term human relationships as much as on visual production.
This article presents a selection of the murals and visual moments that best represent this edition of The Road Warriors. Rather than documenting every piece individually, the focus is placed on key works and atmospheres that define the overall experience of the trip. Each mural exists both as an individual artwork and as part of a larger narrative spanning thousands of kilometers.
Since its first edition in 2018, The Road Warriors has become a recurring artistic format rather than a single project. Each year (2018, 2019, 2023, 2024, and now 2025), the journey evolves, expands, and adapts to new cities, new encounters, and new artistic directions. What remains constant is the core idea: painting on the road as a way of connecting places, people, and experiences.
Frequently Asked QUestions
What is The Road Warriors project?
The Road Warriors is an ongoing street art road trip project where artists travel across the United States painting murals in different cities.
How long was The Road Warriors 2025 trip?
The 2025 edition covered approximately 8000 kilometers across the USA.
Which cities were part of the journey?
The main stops included Austin, El Paso, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berkeley, Las Vegas, and Albuquerque.
Who participated in The Road Warriors 2025?
The project was led by Alex Kanos in collaboration with Sloke, along with various artists and friends met along the way.
How many murals were painted?
Around 12 murals were created during this edition.