Tile set Urban Blue

This tile was created for Urban Blue – from Bricks to Tiles, the exhibition at the Royal Delft Museum from March 7 to August 23, 2026. It brings together the worlds of Delft Blue and street art. For this special project, six international street artists, selected by Straat Museum, translated their distinctive styles into the world-famous Delft Blue pottery.

Six international artists merge tradition and innovation into a contemporary, urban visual language. Claudio Limon, Keya Tama, Madi, Ryol, Speto, and Tja Ling Hu each designed a tile with its own character and story. Together, they form a unique series that invites collecting.

About Keya Tama

Keya Tama (b. 1997) is a South African artist living in New York City. Inspired by pastel color palettes, patterns, and symbolism, he has been active as an artist and muralist since the age of thirteen. His style can be described as old-meets-contemporary minimalism; by editing and refining images into minimalist forms while preserving their essence, his works aim to reunite past and present. He achieves this in part through contrasting yet unified iconography. Keya Tama draws on the rich visual language of art history and recurring themes to uncover sharp contrasts and unexpected connections, resulting in unusual, striking, yet strangely familiar works.

By primarily using acrylic paint in his art, a strong graphic quality is evident in each piece. Recurring themes in his oeuvre include contrasts between old and contemporary, family and community, monomyths, and minimalism.

More information about Urban Blue can be found at: www.urbanblueexpo.com

This tile was created for Urban Blue – from Bricks to Tiles, the exhibition at the Royal Delft Museum from March 7 to August 23, 2026. It brings together the worlds of Delft Blue and street art. For this special project, six international street artists, selected by Straat Museum, translated their distinctive styles into the world-famous Delft Blue pottery.

Six international artists merge tradition and innovation into a contemporary, urban visual language. Claudio Limon, Keya Tama, Madi, Ryol, Speto, and Tja Ling Hu each designed a tile with its own character and story. Together, they form a unique series that invites collecting.

About Madi

Madi (b.1987), currently living in Lisbon, Portugal, develops her style through graphic exploration, combining painting and mural techniques. As an artist, she constantly seeks growth. Her earlier work was black-and-white, full of intricate details. Today, she surrounds herself with a more colorful process—less controlled, less calculated, and in a way, instinctive. Her creative process is strongly shaped by the concept of spontaneity. Producing drawings is obsessive in nature, reflecting the journey through her mind. It results in imaginary figures, textures, sensations, dreams, and fantasies.

This is an intimate and tender process. She paints because she needs to. The viewer experiences the realization of a private universe, free from boundaries. It is as if she is seeking absolute calm—a quest that can only be fulfilled through painting.

More information about Urban Blue can be found at: www.urbanblueexpo.com

This tile was created for Urban Blue – from Bricks to Tiles, the exhibition at the Royal Delft Museum from March 7 to August 23, 2026. It brings together the worlds of Delft Blue and street art. For this special project, six international street artists, selected by Straat Museum, translated their distinctive styles into the world-famous Delft Blue pottery.

Six international artists merge tradition and innovation into a contemporary, urban visual language. Claudio Limon, Keya Tama, Madi, Ryol, Speto, and Tja Ling Hu each designed a tile with its own character and story. Together, they form a unique series that invites collecting.

About Tja-Ling

Tja Ling Hu (b.1987) is a visual artist and illustrator. In 2017, she won the prestigious Fiep Westendorp Stimuleringsprijs for a project depicting her family’s journey from China to the Netherlands between 1930 and 1970. What was for her family a search for a better life became for Tja Ling a search for her own identity as a person of Chinese descent.

Tja Ling invites you into the world of her thoughts, which manifest in a surreal, dreamlike, and sometimes somber way. With her characteristic fine lines and soft pencil strokes, she encourages the viewer to step into her world: only when you come closer can you truly perceive the details, making the connection with the work intimate and personal. Her art reflects her connection to her Chinese heritage and upbringing, which she seeks to understand more deeply through her work.

Tja Ling’s work has been shown in various galleries, museums, and art fairs, including Art on Paper (Amsterdam) and Museum LAM (Lisse). In addition to her work on paper, she also creates murals, both in the Netherlands and abroad.

More information about Urban Blue can be found at: www.urbanblueexpo.com

This tile was created for Urban Blue – from Bricks to Tiles, the exhibition at the Royal Delft Museum from March 7 to August 23, 2026. It brings together the worlds of Delft Blue and street art. For this special project, six international street artists, selected by Straat Museum, translated their distinctive styles into the world-famous Delft Blue pottery.

Six international artists merge tradition and innovation into a contemporary, urban visual language. Claudio Limon, Keya Tama, Madi, Ryol, Speto, and Tja Ling Hu each designed a tile with its own character and story. Together, they form a unique series that invites collecting.

About Claudio

Claudio Limon (b. 1979) was born in the highlands of the Jalisco region in Mexico. He currently lives in Guadalajara and works as a contemporary artist. Through his vibrant works, Claudio captures the essence of Mexican culture. Influenced by his heritage, he explores artistic themes around identity, culture, and emotions. His style is the result of a blend of traditional Mexican elements with pop culture, surrealism, color, and other modern influences. This creates dynamic images that merge hypnotic patterns in a grand and masterful way.

He has exhibited his work in Tokyo and Buenos Aires and created murals in Los Angeles, Miami, and Mexico City. Recently, he completed one of Mexico’s largest tile murals (1765 m²), further establishing himself as a leading muralist and contemporary artist.

More information about Urban Blue can be found at: www.urbanblueexpo.com

This tile was created for Urban Blue – from Bricks to Tiles, the exhibition at the Royal Delft Museum from March 7 to August 23, 2026. It brings together the worlds of Delft Blue and street art. For this special project, six international street artists, selected by Straat Museum, translated their distinctive styles into the world-famous Delft Blue pottery.

Six international artists merge tradition and innovation into a contemporary, urban visual language. Claudio Limon, Keya Tama, Madi, Ryol, Speto, and Tja Ling Hu each designed a tile with its own character and story. Together, they form a unique series that invites collecting.

About Speto

Speto (b. 1971) is a true pioneer in the graffiti scene of São Paulo. Born in one of the city’s suburbs, he was exposed to the local street culture and graffiti from a young age. This inspired him to begin painting in public spaces in the mid-1980s.

Over the years, Speto has developed a unique and unmistakable style, strongly influenced by Brazilian artistic traditions such as handcrafted woodcuts and Cordel literature—a folk tradition of poetic stories illustrated with simple woodcuts.

His visual language is characterized by bold, often black-and-white figures, conveying both simplicity and expression. With this style, he connects historical and modern elements, creating a bridge between popular culture and contemporary urban art.

His body of work includes both murals in public spaces and pieces in galleries and museums. Speto is not only a key figure in contemporary Brazilian art but also in the broader street art scene.

More information about Urban Blue can be found at: www.urbanblueexpo.com

This tile was created for Urban Blue – from Bricks to Tiles, the exhibition at the Royal Delft Museum from March 7 to August 23, 2026. It brings together the worlds of Delft Blue and street art. For this special project, six international street artists, selected by Straat Museum, translated their distinctive styles into the world-famous Delft Blue pottery.

Six international artists merge tradition and innovation into a contemporary, urban visual language. Claudio Limon, Keya Tama, Madi, Ryol, Speto, and Tja Ling Hu each designed a tile with its own character and story. Together, they form a unique series that invites collecting.

About Ryol

The Yogyakarta-based artist Laksamana Ryo (1993), better known as Ryol, works in the field of visual art with a strong fascination for pop culture.

Originally, he dreamed of a career as a musician, but his love for music grew into a broader artistic passion: depicting the cultural influences that shaped his youth. Ryol cites his parents and the many Sunday afternoons filled with cartoon shows as formative for his “early phase,” a period in which he learned to navigate freedom and responsibility. These experiences laid the foundation for his development as a pop culture artist.

His work reflects a clear vision: painting is his calling, a lifelong pursuit of expression and meaning. At the same time, his ambition extends beyond the canvas. Ryol aims to leave a lasting impression on his generation and create a tangible mark in the history of contemporary art.

More information about Urban Blue can be found at: www.urbanblueexpo.com