Custom hand painted murals that transform space into place.

San Francisco Bay Area, site specific murals for public spaces, homes, and boutique destinations.

Always designed to elevate atmosphere, strengthen brand identity, and celebrate community.

Murals for small businesses, community spaces, & boutique environments.

Mikeala works with small business owners, companies, and developers to create custom hand painted murals that enhance customer experience, increase social sharing for user driven marketing assets, strengthen brand identity, and celebrate community.

These murals are for offices, fitness and wellness studios, retail shops, hotels, mixed use commercial spaces, restaurants, schools, community spaces, and hospitality environments.

  • It’s rare to find someone who has such excellent artistry combined with high-quality administrative and business skills! I loved my experience with Mikaela. Everything from the design process through implementation was done with such care.

    —Giti M. (The Dance Floor)

  • I can’t even describe how much I love my bedroom mural. Photos don’t do it justice. It’s absolutely beautiful. She brought my vision to life with multiple sketches and in person meetings to iterate together. Her creativity to bring together something so intangible that fit my style is absolutely incredible.

    —Jully K.

  • We recently had the pleasure of collaborating with Mikaela Bernhardt of Mikaela Karthik Design to reimagine the main entrance of our Sunnyvale location. The transformation has been nothing short of spectacular. Her design infused a warm and authentic South Indian aesthetic that beautifully reflects our roots and vision.

    —Jay J (Mylapore Group)

A little bit about Mikaela.

With a background in the Architecture and Engineering industry with years of experience at design firms including Gates + Associates and WRT Inc., Mikaela has worked on a wide range of projects: from BART streetscapes and schools to mixed-use commercial hubs and residential developments.

She understand the iterative design process and translates this multi faceted design experience to mural placemaking projects bringing a thoughtful balance of professional structure and creative flow to every project.

Design forward, residential wall murals.

Custom murals for your home including architectural statement walls, kids environments, nurseries, and backyard feature walls.

How it works.

DISCOVERY CALL

Let’s get to know each other: define goals, creative vision, spatial conditions, and budget range.

IN PERSON CONSULT

Assess physical conditions, further discuss goals, and study the context of your space.

DESIGN PHASE

Custom mural concept(s) are developed tailored to your space.

INSTALL

On site, hand painted execution.

Celebrating religion, culture, and ritual.

Mikaela’s own family is rooted in cross cultural, South Asian identity. Designing spaces that hold space to bridge multiple cultures while celebrating religious identity is deeply meaningful to her.

Let’s make your space into a place.

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