Meet Swati Rastogi: Featured in JCMAP.
This spotlight centers on a specific, verified record: Swati Rastogi is credited for an Untitled mural, completed in 2019, in the Jersey City Mural Arts Program’s public directory. In that listing, the artist’s name appears as “Swati Rostagi,” reflecting the spelling used in the official entry rather than resolving or interpreting the difference. Taken together, these two spellings point to the same documented mural credit and underline how public records can contain minor variations while still affirming an artist’s participation in Jersey City’s mural landscape.
The Jersey City Mural Arts Program (JCMAP) frames murals as tools for building community connection, celebrating cultural diversity, encouraging civic pride, and inviting inclusive public engagement. Within that mission, each entry in its mural directory functions as a concise but meaningful acknowledgment that a work forms part of Jersey City’s shared visual culture.
Rastogi’s 2019 Untitled mural appears in this archive through JCMAP’s official mural listing, where it is recorded alongside other works across the city. While the entry is brief, its presence confirms that Rastogi’s work contributes to JCMAP’s broader effort to document public art that residents and visitors encounter every day. Rather than supplying a full biography, this spotlight stays close to the public record, recognizing the mural as one thread in the larger fabric of community-facing art in Jersey City.
By foregrounding the exact language of JCMAP’s materials and the details contained in its directory, this feature honors both the artist’s documented contribution and the program’s commitment to making Jersey City’s murals visible, legible, and accessible to the public.