14 Oct 200 Nationalities. One NHS.

Printing one of the largest murals in London.

Imaginators are proud to have been involved in such an exciting project which included the production of graphics to create a four-storey crowdsourced mural celebrating the NHS – featuring more than 200 flowers drawn by members of the public.

Titled 200 Nationalities, One NHS, the giant artwork by award-winning street artist ATMA celebrates the diversity of the NHS and frontline workers and features a portrait of a young Londoner, an NHS health worker and hundreds of hand-drawn flowers crowdsourced from across the United Kingdom.

The mural comprises of 136 individually printed vinyl graphics applied to the building’s moveable aluminium louvres – serving as a reminder of London’s gratitude to the NHS and its international colleagues for their work during the pandemic.

The new public artwork was co-created with the help of young people across East London in pre-lockdown workshops run by street artist ATMA and celebrated youth mentor Efe Ezekiel.
Workshops use an educator-developed curriculum to issues of diversity, inclusion, bullying, and other social challenges. The workshops are designed to empower young people to express themselves constructively and creatively and to become active members of their local communities.

The pandemic forced the workshops online. ATMA and Efe Ezekiel hosted weekly Instagram Live shows featuring special guests. The Instagram Live shows also created an opportunity to solicit members of the public to submit their own flower designs to be included in the 200 Nationalities, One NHS mural.
Installing a four-storey mural on a facade of moveable aluminium panels took some creative thinking. Artist ATMA and Imaginators Project Management Team collaborated on printing 136 vinyl adhesive prints, each installed on an aluminium panel by abseilers to the front of the iconic Rich Mix building in Shoreditch, East London.

Printed using specialist vinyl and environmentally friendly non-VOC inks on a Durst press each panel was individually labelled and precision cut to specific sizes by our automated ESKO flatbed cutting system.

ATMA has collaborated extensively, having worked with renowned institutions such as the Lazarides Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum, Punch Drunk and in association with Lufthansa, Dulux, Camel and HTC. He is a resident artist at Google Arts & Culture, delivering murals, Tilt Brush artworks, performances and talks across the world.