Our carefully selected expert panel consists of street art professionals, academics, journalists and community leaders from all over the world. Based on their experience in the field, they selected the nominees for this year's Innovation and Impact awards.
Jesse Laufenberg Germany
Theme manager for art and culture at VisitKöln, and a tour guide in the city of Cologne, with a specific focus on the local and international street art in his home town.
Camilio Lopez Colombia
Colombian lawyer, filmmaker and professor who founded Vertigo Graffiti: an initiative that connects artists, public offices and brands to produce large murals and art exhibitions globally.
Tim Marschang Belgium
Co-founder of Street Art Cities, who built a global network of friends, artists, festivals and galleries and has eyes and ears everywhere.
Lou Chamberlain Australia
Melbourne based street art hunter since 2005, who has published five books about street art: two about the scene in Melbourne, another about Australia as a whole and two more documenting walls across the globe.
Studio Giftig The Netherlands
Internationally acclaimed artist duo Niels van Swaemen and Kaspar van Leek, winners of the Best of 2022 Awards.
Pedro Soares Neves (PhD) Portugal
Founder and executive director of Urban Creativity Activities and AP2 Open Access Journals.
Fredrik Lidskog USA
A filmmaker and the founder of Impermanent Art, a Los Angeles-based urban art curation and production agency.
Christian Omodeo France
Art curator and the founder of bookstore 'Le Grand Jeu' in Paris. He recently curated the digital immersive exhibition 'Loading - Street Art in the Digital Age', which recently opened at the Grand Palais Immersif and will soon travel to other countries.