For its 5th iteration, BLINK returns to Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky for the country’s largest celebration of public art & light. The immersive arts festival, led by ArtsWave, has biennially transformed the urban space since 2017. BLINK showcases the work of local, national and international artists, as well as hosts a fashion show and pop-up skate park. This year’s festival is scheduled to include 40+ city blocks.
The festival invites attendees to experience local architecture in fresh ways, incorporating interactive light-based installations, large-scale projections and expansive murals to take iconic landmarks through a visual metamorphosis. 2026’s festival includes work created with the latest in technology and digital art techniques. This fall, BLINK will feature 90+ artists when it returns October 8-11, 2026.
Lineup:
The BLINK lineup features a record number of women artists, up-and-coming artists participating for the first time and many internationally recognized artists. Artists with an asterisk after their names are appearing at BLINK for the first time.
Aérosculpture* (France)
Beamhacker* (Australia)
Big Art (Canada)
Cedric Michael Cox & Studio 181 Brent Keltch* (Cincinnati, OH)
Christian Reichle & Squid Kohut (Reno, NV)
Custom Fibre Optics* (England)
Daniel Shields (Cincinnati, OH)
Fifth Third Design (Cincinnati, OH)
Illumaphonium* (England)
Looking Up Arts* (San Francisco, CA)
JP Jackson & Brian Havener (Nashville, TN)
Juan Fuentes* (Madrid)
Keep Cincinnati Beautiful (Cincinnati, OH)
Kemper Sauce Studios (Cincinnati, OH)
Koros Design Studio* (Hungary)
Forealism (Northern Kentucky)
LeMonde Studio* (Austin, TX)
Lindsay Glatz & William Nemitoff* (Los Angeles, CA)
Northern Kentucky University Art Students (Erlanger, KY)
Mike Stasny* (Atlanta, GA)
Structurals* (Switzerland)
Paper Acorn (Cincinnati, OH)
Parker Heyl* (England)
Radius Concepts (Cincinnati, OH)
Scott Pennington* (Baltimore, MD)
Sew Valley (Cincinnati, OH)
The Mz.Icar Collective (New York, NY)
This is Loop (England)
Vigas* (Brazil)
Xavier University Art Students* (Cincinnati, OH)
0H10M1ke* (New York, NY)
Chase Melendez* (Covington, KY)
Drew Merritt* (New Mexico)
Dulk* (Valencia, Spain)
Elléna Lourens* (New York, NY)
Gera 1* (Greece)
James Bullough* (Berlin)
Jim Tucker and Frank Young* (Cincinnati, OH)
Marie Ajras* (New York, NY)
Medianeras* (Barcelona)
Pastel* (Argentina)
Sofles* (Australia)
Truly Design Crew* (Italy)
Wayne Horse* (Amsterdam)
Polina Soloveichik* (Berlin)
Max Sansing (Chicago, IL)
Ana Tomashvili* (Georgia)
Brett Bolton (Las Vegas, NV)
Chaske Haverkos (Cincinnati, OH)
Christo Squier & Thomas Blackburn* (England)
Daniel Rossa* (Germany)
DecideKit (Thailand)
Felix Frank (Germany)
Filip Roca (Barcelona)
Inka Kendzia (South Africa)
Jérémie Bellot (France)
Jérémy Oury* (France)
Jonas Denzel* (Germany)
Justin Boh (Cincinnati, OH)
Kasumi Art Studios* (Cleveland, OH)
Ke Jyun Wu* (Los Angeles, CA)
Kyle Eli Ebersole (Cincinnati, OH)
Leslie Epsztein* (France)
Lightborne (Cincinnati, OH)
Mindscape Studio* (Romania)
Napoleon Maddox (Cincinnati, OH)
Onda Studio* (Italy)
Paper Massacre* (Italy)
Sean Van Praag (Cincinnati, OH)
Silent Partners Studio (Montreal)
Smash Studio* (Sweden)
Spencer Sterling* (California)
Susan Kosti (Australia)
Vamos Animation* (Germany)
Vince Fraser (England)
Strangeloop* (Los Angeles, CA)
Shahzia Sikander* (New York, NY)
Miami University – Emerging Technology in Business & Design (Oxford, OH)
Black Art Speaks (Cincinnati, OH)
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music – Lighting Design & Technology (Cincinnati, OH)
Asha AMA (Cincinnati + New York)
Cincinnati Skatepark Project (Cincinnati, OH)
Art Academy of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH)
Asianati (Cincinnati, OH)
Marc Phelps* (Northern Kentucky)
1001 Colors (Cincinnati, OH)
Columbus College of Art & Design (Columbus, OH)
Greg D’Amico (Cincinnati, OH)
SnellBeast (Cincinnati, OH)
Liv Cassinelli (Cincinnati, OH)
School for Creative and Performing Arts* (Cincinnati, OH)
577 Studio (Los Angeles, CA)
Additional Information:
BLINK 2026 features art, architecture, live performances, food and beverage, programming, talks and community events. For more information about the festival, please visit https://www.blinkcincinnati.com/.