Making a mural together breaks down barriers between people. Naomi King brings neighbourhood residents together around enormous murals where everyone can participate - from children to elderly, from CEOs to homeless individuals.

Her approach is simple but powerful: the neighbourhood chooses a design together, then everyone can paint. Her 600m² mural "Mi Lobi Zuid" at Rotterdam Zuidplein involved 400 people. Some just wrote their name, others painted for days. The result: not just a prettier building, but a safer, prouder neighborhood where people know each other.

For engage, King develops a new community mural in Rotterdam. From sketch to unveiling, residents determine what's created. Not art on a wall but artwork by the neighbourhood. Through making this work together, differences in background, age or language disappear - everyone is equal with a brush in hand.

Naomi King is an illustrator, muralist and community artist. As a child of two cultures - Surinamese and Dutch - she knows what connecting worlds means. With influences from art nouveau to 80's cartoons, she creates colourful works that break through grey reality. "Art is for everyone," says King. "If I can make people happy with my creations, that's a win for all."