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Wing-Spreading Cormorant — Séma Lao

A great cormorant spreads its wings through turquoise, orange and violet paint on a tall Valence wall
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Wing-Spreading Cormorant

SeenSep 2026

Séma Lao · Rue Victor Jacquet, Valence, France · 2026

Photo: World Art Utopia media archive (photographer not identified), used in New Street Art! (16 Photos) — Vol. 112.

Séma Lao painted two linked great-cormorant walls for Valence’s 2026 Walls&Love festival. The local tourism office says the bird feeding is at the corner of Rue Victor Jacquet and Rue Barthélémy Roux, while this wing-spreading bird is farther along, on the other side of the same building. Source Source Checked

Seen Sep 2026: Le Dauphiné published a photograph on 15 September showing Séma Lao painting one of the cormorants. That is dated evidence of the work in progress, not proof that this exact wall was finished that day. Source Reported

💡 4 things to know

  1. One story on two wallsThe Valence tourism office describes two linked great cormorants by Séma Lao, one feeding and this one drying its wings. Source Checked
  2. The location needs careThe feeding bird is at the Victor Jacquet–Barthélémy Roux corner; the wing-spreading bird is farther along on the other side of the same building. The precise wall number is not independently resolved. Source Reported
  3. A Basse Ville fishing storyThe official local listing links the cormorants to the neighbourhood’s fishing tradition beside the Rhône. Source Checked
  4. Scheduled for Walls&LoveThe festival programme placed Séma Lao at 1–2 Rue Victor Jacquet from 9 to 13 September 2026. Those are programme dates, not independently confirmed execution dates. Source Reported

📍 Where it is

Rue Victor Jacquet in Valence’s Basse Ville. The official listing distinguishes two cormorant walls around the same building; this wing-spreading bird is not the one at the Barthélémy Roux corner. Source Reported

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🗓️ Sightings

  1. 20269–13 Sep

    Scheduled production window at 1–2 Rue Victor Jacquet · festival programme

  2. 202615 Sep

    Photograph published showing Séma Lao painting a cormorant · local press publication date

Amber stamps are dated programme or publication records. They are not claimed camera dates or proof of present condition.

🗞️ In the sources

Valence Romans TourismeOfficial local listing

Fresque de street art de Sêma Lao — Walls&Love

Identifies the two cormorant walls, distinguishes their positions around the building and explains the Basse Ville fishing connection.

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Sorry GraffitiFestival programme, 2026

Programme Festival Walls&Love 2026

Lists Séma Lao, the 9–13 September production window and the 1–2 Rue Victor Jacquet festival address.

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Le DauphinéPhoto report, 15 Sep 2026

Retour en photos sur les plus belles fresques du festival Walls&Love

Publishes a photograph of Séma Lao painting one of the cormorants; it does not state that the photographed work was finished.

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✅ The facts

Artist
Séma Lao (the tourism page styles the name Sêma Lao) Source Source Checked
Editorial title
“Wing-Spreading Cormorant” is a descriptive World Art Utopia title; no formal title was established.
Work
One of two linked great-cormorant murals Source Checked
Festival
Walls&Love 2026 Source Source Checked
Programme dates
9–13 September 2026; scheduled, not an independently confirmed execution span Source Reported
Place
Rue Victor Jacquet, Valence; the exact wing-spreading wall number remains unresolved Source Reported
Latest dated evidence
15 September 2026 publication showing a cormorant being painted Source Reported

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