IMAGINE876 Mural @ 545 Washington St

The IMAGINE876 mural in downtown Lynn is a public artwork by IMAGINE, the artist name of Nepali painter Sneha Shrestha, and was organized by Beyond Walls. Her work pairs mindful mantras written in her native Nepali with the aesthetics of Sanskrit scriptures and graffiti influences. She is described as the first artist to mesh Nepali alphabets with American graffiti, and the mural is listed among the public art of the Downtown Lynn Cultural District.

Shrestha has shown work in exhibitions and painted public walls in Boston, San Francisco, Bali, Istanbul, Geneva and Copenhagen. She has created work for clients such as Harvard University, Reebok, TripAdvisor, Neiman Marcus, Red Bull and Montana Cans. She holds a master’s degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and has served as Boston Artist in Residence for the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture.

What to Know

• The artist founded Nepal’s first children’s art museum.
• She has served as Lead Artist at the MFA.
• She has also worked as arts manager at Harvard’s Mittal Institute.