3B Collective has worked on several site-specific art installations and murals and collaborated with other artists, collectives, galleries, and institutions. These institutions have included UCLA, UCSD, El Museo Infantil in Oaxaca, Mexico, the Brick (formerly LAXART), The Mistake Room, the Hammer Museum, LACE, La Plaza de Cultura y Arte, the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the City of Inglewood, Mesa College San Diego and San Diego City College. Contracted projects have included work with artists like Barbara Kruger, Emory Douglas, Barbara Solomon, and Eduardo Sarabia.

Completed Public Art Projects

R.I.Pope.L Mural for the Brick (Formerly LAXART), 2025

Commissioned by Hamza Walker as the inaugural public artwork for The Brick’s new space on Western Avenue, this mural by 3B Collective honors the late artist William Pope.L by reimagining his iconic crawl performance across the building’s façade. The work functions as both tribute and provocation, placing Pope.L in dialogue with the city’s tradition of public murals, while confronting themes of endurance, absurdity, and visibility in public space.

As artists rooted in Chicanx and Indigenous traditions, we often see our own work as acts of endurance and performance — not only in process, but in the labor of creating large-scale public works that live in the everyday. This mural extends that philosophy, positioning Pope.L’s radical presence within Los Angeles’s visual landscape through our collective aesthetic framework of abstraction, symbolism, and layered meaning.

Located just south of David Zwirner in the heart of LA’s gallery corridor, the mural was conceived as The Brick’s “Kobe mural” for the art world — a bold homage to a cultural figure who challenged institutional norms through relentless presence and artistic resistance. It marks The Brick’s first public commission following its renaming from LAXART and stands as a permanent part of its architectural identity.

Rising Tides, 2024

Long Beach City College, Pacific Coast Campus, Building AA/BB Corridor, Digital Mural Commission

Commissioned as part of Long Beach City College’s Public Art Initiative, Rising Tides is a digital mural by 3B Collective installed in the AA Building corridor on the Pacific Coast Campus. Selected by a student jury from over forty submissions, the piece explores four central themes: nature, industry, cultural identity, and civil rights.

The composition uses our signature blend of bold geometric patterning and layered iconography to hold visual and symbolic tension. Local flora is set against refineries and oil fields; imagery of Indigenous Tongva dwellings, Aztec and Zapotec cosmologies, and the Land Back movement sits alongside references to the Black Panthers, UFW, and Chicano lowrider culture. Each element was placed to carry dual meaning, urgency and resilience, history and possibility.

The color palette reinforces this duality: warm tones evoke fire, resistance, and climate urgency; cool tones reference rain and ocean as both life-giving and threatened forces. At the center of the mural is a figure inspired by the life and work of Dolores Huerta, representing intergenerational commitment to justice and visibility.

Rising Tides reflects our ongoing commitment to creating public work that confronts inequality while honoring cultural memory. The title references not only the climate crisis, but also the idea that rising tides can lift all — if we move together.

Featured Artwork and Mural at the National Hispanic Cultural Center

Convergence x Crossroads: Street Art from the Southwest

National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM

June 7, 2024 – February 23, 2025

Collaborative mural with artist Votan Ik at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque.

Convergence x Crossroads: Street Art from the Southwest is an exhibition in the Art Museum at the National Hispanic Cultural Center that showcases the vibrancy and ingenuity of the street art scenes in New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, California, and Northern Mexico presenting artworks by artists who identify as Chicano/a/x, Latino/a/x, Indigenous, and Native American. The artists whose work is featured in the exhibition use the street as their medium to create graffiti and/or murals. On the street, their work is widely accessible to passersby, yet also ephemeral. The artists often know the cityscape intimately and their art is a significant marker of place.

Confluencia x Encrucijada: Arte Callejero del Sudoeste es un exposición en el Museo de Arte del Centro Nacional de Cultura Hispánica que muestra la vitalidad y perspicacia del mundo del arte callejero de Nuevo México, Texas, Arizona, California y el norte de México que presenta obras de arte de artistas que se identifican como chicano/a/x, latino/a/x, indígena, o indio americano. Las obras de los artistas de la exhibición utilizan la calle como medio para la creación de graffiti y/o murales. En la calle sus obras son fácilmente accesibles a los transeuntes, y al mismo tiempo efímero. Muy a menudo los artistas conocen íntimamente el paisaje urbano y su arte es un marcador significativo de lugar.

The exhibition depicts a cultural convergence of differing styles of street art from across the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico including graffiti and murals. The exhibit will provide a unique opportunity for the NHCC to collaborate with artists and community members in new ways as we strive to illuminate the significance of this artform at home and throughout the Southwest. The exhibit will feature over 25 artists from across the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico and open dialogue around street art from this era.

La exposición presenta la convergencia de culturas de distintos estilos de arte callejero del sudoeste de los Estados Unidos y el norte de México entre ellos el graffiti y los murales. La exhibición ofrecerá una oportunidad única para que el Centro Nacional de Cultura Hispánica pueda colaborar con artistas y miembros de la comunidad de nuevas maneras mientras tratamos de iluminar la importancia de esta forma de arte aquí y en otras partes del sudoeste. La exposición contará con más de 25 artistas de varios lugares del sudoeste y el norte de México e iniciará un diálogo sobre el arte callejero de esta época.

Rolling Colors | Colores Rolando | 3B | Palomares Park, Pomona, CA | 2023

Unidos | 3B | Edward Vincent Jr Park, Inglewood, CA | 2023

As Chicano and Indigenous artists with deep roots in Inglewood, we were happy to be approached by Residency art gallery owner Rick Garzon to design two basketball courts in Edward Vincent Jr Park. With a member of our art collective having grown up just a few blocks away and played on those very courts, we knew how important it was to create a design that reflected the diverse cultural heritage of Inglewood.

Drawing from our cultural iconography and modernist designs, we incorporated two pyramids, each representing a different facet of this vibrant community. The cool blues and other cool colors of the north court’s pyramid honor the history and traditions of the black community in Inglewood, while the warm yellows and other warm colors of the south court’s pyramid pay homage to the Mexican and Indigenous heritage of so many of the city’s residents.

The two pyramids extend and intersect where the courts meet, representing the intersecting and intertwined histories of the people of Inglewood. We also included a gold chain around the center court circle, symbolizing strength, lowriding culture, and the solidarity of black and brown communities. This design element is not only a tribute to the rich history and shared love of lowriding culture but also serves as a powerful visual reminder of the strength and resilience of our communities.

As artists with a deep appreciation for the cultural traditions of our community, we take pride in creating a design that reflects the diverse cultural heritage of Inglewood, where our friends, family, and collective members were born and raised. We hope our design will inspire and unite the community and visitors who enjoy the courts. We are honored to have been a part of this project and to contribute to Inglewood’s vibrant cultural landscape.