JULIAN CLAVIJO
Public Artist - Painter - Sculptor
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'2020 Australia'
Dedicated to the devastating Australian bushfires
Oil on Canvas
35cm X 55cm
2020
(Sold)
Environmentally (and socially) speaking what we are witnessing is a clear and loud mirror reflection of a fast-paced mass extinction as it happens. The 6th mass extinction and the only one caused by one of the species. These natural events generally happened by severe changes in the climate or rise or low in the levels of vital elements in the environment. But this one right here right now is seeing species and creatures being swept faster than never before, by the billions in a matter of months. Of course that the system we indulge in is politically incorrect but let's not forget that the sustainability of this planet is a global commitment that starts with the consciousness of each individual. Our next generation of little ones is staring at us while we literally stand and watch the planet burn. I feel ashamed to hand over the planet the way it is to the current generation of children. A planet where you check hazardous levels of pollution in the air before you step out the door, a planet where they can't go safely to school in terror of a shooting happening, a planet where we feed by food-like by-products, technology that is making us less social, ill and lethargic, and the list goes on. If we all think and act day by day with a purpose to leave this planet a bit better than we received it, I'm sure this will be a much better home for all of us.

Without the dark, light has no meaning
Oil on raw birch
40 x63,5cm
2019

Journey
Family portrait commission
Oil on Canvas
100 x 130 cm
2020
(Sold)

Peruvian Kids Pixels Series
Acrylic and spray paint on wood blocks
56x 60cm each panel
2019
(Sold)
Patterns, colour, material and attention to detail are aspects of my practice that I’ve aimed to thrive for for years. Inviting the viewer to connect and come close to my pieces to explore and discover more beyond of what can be seen from a distance; this is an interaction that I aim to achieve when communicating the intention presented in my work. Through the pixelation of portraits, materiality, distance and space I channel the notion of disintegration. In this case of indigenous communities world wide
Detail Videos
Emancipation
Acrylic and spray paint on wood blocks and bullet shells installation
250cmx 220cm
2018
(Sold)
Since birth and early years of existence, the human being has been vulnerable to set social paradigms and judgements that psychologically, emotionally and physically shape the individual being's views and values of the world they live in and are surrounded by.The bullets in the installation are elements representing the psychological trauma of war, but they also stand as metaphors, reflecting the wars we all have within us and the struggles of young people to overcome their own internal battles. It is a call to overcome these battles, to win in the fight against oppression and to emancipate ourselves from the mental limitations we face on a daily basis. Proceeds from this artwork were donated to the REACH Foundation.
Handing over the planet
Oil on canvas
120cm x80,5cm
2018
(Sold)

'Voices in My Head'
Oil on Canvas
35.5cm X 94.5cm
2017
(Available)
Finalist Black Swan Portraiture Prize 2017 (WA) & Semi-Finalist Doug Moran National Portraiture Prize 2017 (NSW)
Portrait of Adam Elliot, Academy Award Winner, filmmaker, director, writer, sculptor and animator. The creator of stop-motion animation cult classics Harvey
Krumpet and Mary and Max .This is a depiction of the conscious and subconscious creation of the stories and their forms, and how they are born in the brain of the creator who then become a beholder and interpreter. The personal story and life reflection in this portrait is deeply embedded in the representation of his characters and symbolic elements found throughout his films.


Portrait of Adam Elliot by Julian Clavijo

Portrait of Adam Elliot by Julian Clavijo

Portrait of Adam Elliot by Julian Clavijo

Portrait of Adam Elliot by Julian Clavijo

Portrait of Adam Elliot by Julian Clavijo

Portrait of Adam Elliot by Julian Clavijo

Portrait of Adam Elliot by Julian Clavijo

Portrait of Adam Elliot by Julian Clavijo

Portrait of Adam Elliot by Julian Clavijo

Portrait of Adam Elliot by Julian Clavijo

Adam Elliot

Adam Elliot andJulian Clavijo unveiling night
Private Commissions 2016 -2017

60x70cm Oil on birch panel 2016-2017 (Sold) by Julian Clavijo

60x70cm Oil on birch panel 2016-2017 (Sold) by Julian Clavijo

120 x 90cm Oil on Canvas 2016 (Sold)

75x55cm Oil on birch 2016 (Sold)

75x55cm Oil on birch 2016 (Sold)
Parallel Worlds
Cliftons Awards - Winner 2017
Oil on Canvas
110 x 123 cm
2015 - 2016
(Sold)

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'Patient Transition' Solo Exhibition
Ground Floor - STK Arts Space
St Kilda, Melbourne
Australia

Oil on Concrete (Sold)

Street Artist in the making (Sold)

Oil on Tasmanian Oak (Sold)

Oil on Tasmanian Oak (Sold)

Oil on Tasmanian Oak (Sold)

Oil on Tasmanian Oak sticks (Sold)

Oil on Tasmanian Oak sticks (Sold)

Oil on Tasmanian Oak sticks (Sold)

Spray and Oil paint on wood blocks (Sold)

Spray and Oil paint on wood blocks (Sold)

Spray and Oil paint on wood blocks (Sold)

Stoneware porcelain (Sold)

Stoneware porcelain (Sold)

Stoneware porcelain (Sold)
'Por Amor / For Love' Exhibition
Metro Gallery October-November, 2015
Armadale, Melbourne
Australia
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Oil on Canvas (Sold)

Oil on Canvas (Sold)

Oil on Canvas (Sold)

Oil on Canvas (Available)

Oil on Canvas (Sold)

Oil on Canvas (Available)

Oil on Canvas (Available)

Oil on Tasmanian Oak Panel (Sold)
Reborn
Oil on Canvas
195x165cm
2014 - 15
(Sold)
Wondering about the kids
Oil on canvas
167x110cm
2014
(Sold)

Oil on canvas (Sold)
Bubble Citizen
Oil on canvas
160x160cm
2014
(Sold)

Oil on canvas 167x110cm 2014 (Sold)

Oil on canvas 160x160cm 2014 (Sold)
The making of the Bubble Citizen - Timelapse
Memories of Gaza
Oil on rendered concrete
Various sizes
2014
(Series Sold)

Oil on concrete 30x21cm (Sold)

Oil on concrete 20x20cm (Sold)

Oil on concrete 20x25cm (Sold)

Oil on concrete 20x25cm
Paintings Selection 2013
Small selection of paintings created during 2013 exhibited in Australia, Italy, Thailand and Colombia.

(Sold)

Finalist Salón Nacional de Artistas Diversidad Bogotá 2013.

Oil on Canvas

Part of 3x3 Exhibition National Gallery Bangkok, Thailand 2013. (Sold)
Australia Art Month - Abu Dhabi 2013
Series of works created during the one-month artist in residency in Abu Dhabi. These works were a response based on the experiences and encounters of landscapes, contexts and its people.

Acrylic on Canvas 120x100cm 2013 (Sold)

Oil on Canvas 140x100cm 2013 (Sold)

Oil on Canvas 140x100cm 2013 (Sold)

Oil on Canvas 140x100cm 2013 (Sold)

Oil on Canvas 140x100cm 2013 (Sold)

Oil on Canvas 232x38cm 2013 (Sold)
Behind the Bars Series - 2013
“Behind the Bars” is a series of portraits of children – victims from around the world - who have actually experienced or are living through wars. These paintings are a poetic black and white depiction of the notion that there are children imprisoned behind the coloured bars of a denied childhood, deprived of the joy of life. Abducted from their innocence and dreams, these children are condemned by their memories and scars of war to survive behind these emotional and psychological bars.

Oil and Acrylic on Canvas 61 x 45 cm 2013

Oil and Acrylic on Canvas 61 x 45 cm 2013

Oil and Acrylic on Canvas 61 x 45 cm 2013

Oil and Acrylic on Canvas 61 x 45 cm 2012

Oil and Acrylic on Canvas 61 x 45 cm 2012 (Sold)

Oil and Acrylic on Canvas 61 x 45 cm 2013
This compilation of five portraits creates a general feeling of joy represented in the selection of colour values to transmit variety and people's passion for life. Regardless of their social and political problems, defective systems and their limitations, Latin American people are amongst the happiest people in the world.
Processes






Human Disintegration
Winner 1st place Banyule Outdoor Sculpture Award 2011 - Finalist Yering Station Sculpture Prize 2011
The concept that drives this sculptural painting is the sense of human fragility embodied within the image being depicted. The subject matter of the work relates to the notion that children around the world are suffering from corruption, violence, war and starvation extended to the armed conflict of Colombia. A real child holding a bullet belt evidences the fragile innocence standing parallel the poisonous element of war, raising the notion that humanity is being disintegrated by war and unfaithful politics. 3045 wood cubes (45mm3 each) are painted according to specific colour coding and separately placed within the chosen site. This conveys an overall sense of disintegration. Because the artwork is composed of numerous modules, at eye level the viewer can barely make out the image but can see its materialisation in detail On the other hand, viewed from above and at a distance, the observer can perceive the whole image and thus begin to understand what it is about. The act of the viewer being above or a a distance from the artwork becomes an implicit message of the piece interacting as a modular work that varies significantly depending on one’s distance or perspective.

Wood and Acrylic 300 x 275 x 4.5 cm 2010





Featured in Concierge Magazine Dubai 2013


Finalist at Yering Station Prize 2011

Crimson Red
Wood blocks and acrylic paint
60x90cm

Acrylic and wood 90 x 60 x 6.5 cm 2013 (Sold)
Stolen Soul
Wood blocks and acrylic paint
60x90cm

Acrylic and wood 90 x 70 x 6.5 cm 2011 (Sold)
True Faces
Wood panel and acrylic paint
57x9198cm

Acrylic on wood panel 190 x 57 cm 2011
Practice and studios
Small selection of some of Julian's painting practice prior 2009

Oil on Canvas 35 x 55 cm 2010

Oil on Canvas 30 x 50 cm 2008

Oil on Canvas 3 x 60 x 40 cm 2007

Oil on Canvas 30 x 30 cm 2009

Oil on Canvas 100 x 70 cm 2008

Oil on Canvas 110 x75 cm 2007

Oil on Canvas 80 x 55 cm 2006

Oil on Canvas 90 x 70 cm 2006

Oil on Canvas 80 x 60 cm 2000

Acrylic on Canvas 2 x 40 x 60 cm 2010

Plasticine on wood 30 x 30 cm 2010

Oil on Canvas 80x 50 cm 2005