Crocodile Breaking Through — SCAF
SCAF · Yellow Cab Transportation, 800 NW Seventh Avenue (Avenue of the Arts), Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Photo: as published by Street Art Utopia (uploaded February 2025, used again in the Street Art Utopia post); the photographer is not named. Full photograph shown.
French artist SCAF painted this crocodile lunging out of a blue wave for AOTA Fest 3D, the third Avenue of the Arts Festival in Fort Lauderdale, held 19–26 January 2025; the festival’s own 2025 mural map puts him at Yellow Cab Transportation, 800 NW Seventh Avenue. AOTA Fest mural map · Our South Florida, 11 Mar 2025 · BAJA / ArtsCalendar, 14 Jan 2025 · Street Art Cities Checked A Street Art Cities user photographed it on 2 February 2025, and it was last marked as seen there on 4 March 2026. Street Art Cities Reported
4 things to know
- Painted for AOTA Fest 3DThe 2025 edition of the Avenue of the Arts Festival, its third, ran from Sunday 19 to Sunday 26 January 2025, with more than 40 visual artists painting around NW 7th Avenue. Our South Florida lists “Pierre “SCAF” Bertolotti (@scaf_oner) – France” among its international artists. BAJA / ArtsCalendar, 14 Jan 2025 · ArtsCalendar event listing · Our South Florida, 11 Mar 2025 Checked
- A wall at the taxi companyThe festival’s 2025 mural map lists Scaf first, with nine other artists and crews (Kogaone appears twice), at Yellow Cab Transportation, 800 NW Seventh Avenue. Yellow Cab Broward was one of the festival’s sponsors. AOTA Fest mural map · BAJA / ArtsCalendar, 14 Jan 2025 Checked
- It covered earlier muralsGoogle Street View from February 2023 shows the same wall, with the same grilled windows and roofline, painted with the word “Neighbor”, flowers and a portrait of a woman with a heart-shaped face. The crocodile replaced them. Google Street View, Feb 2023 · Street Art Cities photo, 2 Feb 2025 Checked
- Signed on the wallSCAF is a self-taught French graffiti artist known for hyperrealistic 3D murals of creatures that seem to break out of walls. Here his tag, “SCAF! ONER”, is painted at the top left of the wall, beside the crocodile’s snout. My Modern Met, 20 Mar 2023 · Street Art Addict · Street Art Cities photo, 2 Feb 2025 Checked
Where it is
- 📍
- On the Yellow Cab Transportation building, 800 NW Seventh Avenue, Fort Lauderdale. The painted wall faces NW 8th Street; Street Art Cities gives the address 612 NW 8th St for its pin, on the street in front of it. AOTA Fest mural map · Street Art Cities · Google Street View, Feb 2023 Checked
- 🎨
- NW 7th Avenue is the festival’s Avenue of the Arts, which runs from Broward Boulevard to Sunrise Boulevard and is rooted in Historic Sistrunk; dozens of other festival murals are nearby. Jitney Books, 19 Jan 2026 · BAJA / ArtsCalendar, 14 Jan 2025 Checked
- 🗺️
- Google Street View here dates from February 2023, before the mural was painted, and shows the wall with its earlier murals, so the button opens a plain map at the Street Art Cities pin. Checked
Sightings
- 202519 Jan
AOTA Fest 3D begins
- 20252 Feb
Street Art Cities photo
- 2025
AOTA Fest’s own photo
- 202511 Mar
Festival wrap-up names SCAF
- 20264 Mar
Marked as seen on Street Art Cities
Every stamp links to its source. The green stamps are photos of the mural: the Street Art Cities photo has camera date 2 February 2025, and the festival’s photo is filed with its 2025 mural photos, without a day. The amber stamps are reports: the start of the festival on 19 January 2025, Our South Florida’s wrap-up of 11 March 2025, and the date the mural was last marked as seen on Street Art Cities, 4 March 2026 (a community check, not a photo).
On the record
Avenue of the Arts Festival Paints The Town
“We’ve got both local and international artists that are going to be painting buildings surrounding Avenue of the Arts in Fort Lauderdale,”
Maxence Doytier, the festival’s founder and director, before the 2025 edition.
Over 20,000 Total Square Feet of Murals Painted During Avenue of the Arts Festival (AOTA FEST)
“With over 20,000 square feet of murals and 40+ commissioned visual artists, AOTA FEST 3D brought a bold new vision to South Florida’s art scene.”
Maxence Doytier, after the 2025 edition; the article lists SCAF among its international artists.
The facts
- Title
- No formal title found; the festival and Street Art Cities list the work only under the artist’s name. “Crocodile Breaking Through” is Street Art Utopia’s description. AOTA Fest mural map · Street Art Cities Unconfirmed
- Artist
- SCAF (also written Scaf), French graffiti artist; his tag “SCAF! ONER” is painted on the wall. AOTA Fest mural map · Street Art Cities · Our South Florida, 11 Mar 2025 · Street Art Addict Checked
- Real name
- Pierre Bertolotti, according to the festival wrap-up in Our South Florida; we found no second source. Our South Florida, 11 Mar 2025 Reported
- Year
- 2025, for the festival’s third edition. AOTA Fest mural map · Our South Florida, 11 Mar 2025 · Street Art Cities Checked
- Festival
- AOTA Fest 3D, the third annual Avenue of the Arts Festival, Sunday 19 to Sunday 26 January 2025 (live mural painting 20–26 January). Produced by Twenty6North Productions and MASS District. BAJA / ArtsCalendar, 14 Jan 2025 · ArtsCalendar event listing · Our South Florida, 11 Mar 2025 Checked
- Painted
- We found no exact painting dates; the festival’s live painting ran 20–26 January 2025, and the first dated photo we found was taken on 2 February 2025. ArtsCalendar event listing · Street Art Cities Unconfirmed
- Place
- Yellow Cab Transportation, 800 NW Seventh Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311, USA; the wall faces NW 8th Street. Street Art Cities pin: 26.13289, -80.15056. AOTA Fest mural map · Street Art Cities · Google Street View, Feb 2023 Checked
- Subject
- A crocodile with open jaws and one clawed foot forward, bursting out of a curling blue wave that runs across both levels of the building. Street Art Cities photo, 2 Feb 2025 · AOTA Fest photo, 2025 Checked
- Size
- We found no published size we could open and confirm. Unconfirmed
- Status
- Last marked as seen on Street Art Cities on 4 March 2026, where it is listed as active; the newest dated photo we found has camera date 2 February 2025. Street Art Cities Reported
- Our photo
- As published by Street Art Utopia (uploaded February 2025); the photographer is not named. It shows the same wall, tag and wave as the dated Street Art Cities photo and the festival’s own photo. Street Art Cities photo, 2 Feb 2025 · AOTA Fest photo, 2025 Checked
Related
- Florida Made Me Look Twice (9 Photos): the SAU collection with this crocodile and eight other Florida works
- Is It Just Me, or Is It Getting Crazier Out There – By SCAF: more of SCAF’s 3D work on Street Art Utopia
All sources (12)
Official
- AOTA Fest: “Mural Map”. The festival’s site; under “2025 Murals”, Zone 1 lists “Yellow Cab Transportation 800 NW Seventh Ave Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311” with Scaf first among its artists.
- AOTA Fest: 2025 mural photo “scaf1”. The festival’s own photo of the crocodile, shown on the festival site and filed with its 2025 mural photos.
- ArtsCalendar: “2025 AOTA Fest 3D”. Event listing with the organizers’ announcement: third annual festival, live mural painting 20–26 January 2025, presented by Twenty6North Productions and MASS District.
Press
- BAJA / ArtsCalendar: “Avenue of the Arts Festival Paints The Town”, Steve Rothaus, 14 January 2025. Dates (Sunday 19 to Sunday 26 January), more than 40 artists, Avenue of the Arts as NW Seventh Avenue, Yellow Cab Broward as a sponsor.
- Our South Florida: “Over 20,000 Total Square Feet of Murals Painted During Avenue of the Arts Festival (AOTA FEST)”, Nile Fortner, 11 March 2025. Wrap-up of the third edition; lists Pierre “SCAF” Bertolotti, France.
- Jitney Books: “Avenue of the Arts Festival Hits Fort Lauderdale This Weekend”, 19 January 2026. Preview of the fourth edition (21–25 January 2026); describes NW 7th Avenue and Historic Sistrunk. It does not mention this mural.
- My Modern Met: “Amazing 3D Murals Look Like They’re Bursting From the Walls”, Margherita Cole, 20 March 2023. On SCAF as a self-taught French artist; it does not mention this mural.
Photos
- Street Art Cities: artwork by Scaf, hunted by kaotik954. Photo with camera date 2 February 2025, festival “Aota Fest”, address 612 NW 8th St, status active, last seen 4 March 2026.
Records
- Google Street View, February 2023. NW 8th Street before the festival: the same wall with earlier murals.
- Street Art Addict: “SCAF”. Artist profile: a professional French graffiti artist from Lorraine.
Street Art Utopia
- Street Art Utopia: “Florida Made Me Look Twice (9 Photos)”, 21 October 2026. The SAU post with this photo.
- Street Art Utopia: “Is It Just Me, or Is It Getting Crazier Out There – By SCAF”, 10 March 2024. More by the artist.
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