Thyla Arden is a traveling muralist, designer and artist living and working across the USA. As a native South African her colorful murals and artworks pay homage to her homeland and traveling experiences worldwide. Her art always strives to infuse  bold, vibrant colors and patterns together with traditional African, Asian, and Mediterranean stylistic elements to explore heritage, ethnicity and the environment.

She studied and completed a bachelor of Journalism at Rhodes university in South Africa, specializing in photography. Throughout her academic and working career she always kept up with her personal love of painting and creating and upon moving to the USA in 2018 began her professional trajectory in art and muraling. “As a visual artist across multiple fields it has always been my objective to tell the story whether it be mine or the community I work within.”