This mural of a scarab beetle was created during an informal artist residency in Indianapolis in the summer of 2019.  It is located on the wall of the Tube Factory ArtSpace, the home of Big Car Collaborative, a nonprofit arts and design organization dedicated to unifying people through art. One variety of scarab beetle, the dung beetle, was sacred to the ancient Egyptians, who used it extensively as a decorative motif.  The Egyptian root word “khpr,” which refers to the beetle, means “develop” or “create,” an apt metaphor for the work of Big Car.

Jules Muck, aka MuckRock, is a street artist from England who learned her craft in the 1990s from Lady Pink and many other legends of graffiti and hip-hop culture.  After working extensively in New York, she moved to Venice, California in 2008.  She currently works nationally and internationally, with major works in various locations including Miami’s famous Wynwood district, produced with Art Basel Miami. MuckRock’s street works are both invited and unsanctioned, and she has created work for gallery exhibitions.