Where To Look For Street Art In Ipoh

We do not consider street art an absolute must during your visit, but if you’re already in town for other reasons, why not find a few?  They make for good photo sessions too.

Some of these murals have been around for years but are still mostly intact. There is also new art from time to time.

Don’t want to waste time looking around every corner of Ipoh Old Town or Ipoh New Town? Keep on reading and we’ll share where you can find some street art!

Prominent Artists To Look Out For

Many of the art around Ipoh Old Town is painted by Lithuanian artist, Ernest Zacharevic who is famous for his work in Penang. His street art has an appealing realism to them.

Much of the paintings (commissioned by Ipoh City Council and Old Town White Coffee) highlight Ipoh’s origin, lifestyle, and trademark Ipoh white coffee!

Another artist whose name you’ll see quite a lot is Eric Lai. You can see a lot of his work around Ipoh Old Town and Ipoh New Town. His tends to have brighter colors, and clear outlines.

This includes Mural Art’s Lane which he started.

Art Around Ipoh Old Town

To the side of Ho Yan Hor Museum, is the mighty Evolution (by Ernest Zacharevic) wall mural in black and white. This art is quite faded, but you can still make out the tin dredges in the painting.

There is a very colorful mural of a man resting outside his shop along the walls of a car workshop within walking distance of Evolution.

Concubine Lane has some art along it. These are easy to spot. If you look into the side alleys, you’ll also see some street art. At the end of Concubine Lane, there is a 3D mural of 3 men having a beer.

Walk next to Kedai Makanan & Minuman Ding Feng and you can see a mural of a tiger.

Market Lane close to Concubine Lane has sizeable murals too – including the one that has 3 children jumping.

At the end of Market Lane, there is a 3D mural of a man unloading (or loading) trash bags from a trishaw. This one is also done by Ernest Zacharevic.

If you have time to explore Hale Lane, there are some more murals there too. There’s one of a man handing some kids a bag from his blue scooter.

You can find a recent large painting by Eric Lai at the side of Patisserie Boutique.

Not far from the Tourist Information Center is a large mural with kids in a paper airplane (also by Ernest Zacharevic). The mural is high up on a dilapidated building.

Other murals close to the Tourist Information Center include a large mural of an elderly man sipping on coffee (by Ernest Zacharevic).

And right behind the Old Town Ipoh White Coffee branch that faces Ipoh Padang, are two tin-mining related murals.

Besides, these you can see some new murals at the side of the HSBC branch in Ipoh Old Town.

Art Around Ipoh New Town

The street art over at Ipoh New Town is concentrated in one place, Mural Art’s Lane so if you would rather see many murals in one place, we recommend going to Mural Art’s Lane.

None of these are by Ernest Zacharevic. But there are a couple by Eric Lai. Many are by the students of Eric Lai.

All the murals are signed and dated with the respective artist’s name and the date the mural was completed (we presume).

Note that there is more than one street to explore here. Look at every wall in this area if you can, because some of the new art is mixed with the old ones.

Conclusion

So, that concludes our round up of street art in Ipoh for now. Seek them out on your next trip! We will update this post if we find some more.

Don’t forget to check out Mural Art’s Lane too for even more murals.