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Public Art 

Murals / Street Art

Dawn of Gratitude - Listed in the top Best 25 Murals of the World in 2025 by Street Art Cities
Wangaratta, Victoria
2025
"Water is the element that unites us all and this mural is a tribute to nature, to water, to life”. Wangaratta sits on the Ovens River, and this mural celebrates its central part in the life of the city, as a place of relaxation as well as a source of life via safe drinking water. It was commissioned by @northeastwater and @wangaratta_council 

 

Julian CLavijo Wangaratta
Julian CLavijo Wangaratta
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Julian CLavijo Wangaratta
Julian CLavijo Wangaratta

Dawn of Gratitude

Walpeup Silos
Walpeup, Victoria
2023
This beautiful mural was painted with fellow artist Camilo Delgado on the GrainCorp Walpeup Silos and pays tribute to Harold Thomas Bell, a local Walpeup boy who became a trooper of the 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment after using his cousin’s last name, Wickham, to disguise his true age.
The teenager was shot in the leg during the Battle of Beersheba on October 31 1917 and died of his wounds the following day. He was 16 years and seven months old.
Located in the town of Walpuep on the Mallee Highway, this piece allows viewers to reflect, and to pay respects to the bravery and sacrifices made during the war.

Cosmos' Universe
Mandurah Western Australia 
2023
Best Exterior Mural 2023 - Australian Street Art Awards Finalist

Finished mural in WA at the Mandurah Library for the @city_of_mandurah Arts Festival. ‘Cosmos’ aims to celebrate the joy of reading and the world of imagination. This is a colourful and enchanting visual journey, enticing passersby to immerse themselves in the magic of books and literary resources.
The central subject is immersed in a universe of knowledge, symbolising the book as the heart of knowledge and learning.

Confluence

Eastern Foreshore Mandurah, Western australia
2025
Water is the element that unites us all and this mural is a tribute to nature, to water, to life.

Design, lighting, installation and fabrication.

 

Ship of Wonder
Hawthorn, Victoria
2021
We all dreamed about flying a spaceship, driving a race car or a fire truck or sailing a flying boat or an ice cream truck when we were kids. This school building got turned into the ‘Ship of Wonder’ from the creative ideas by the little children who come and grow here day by day. In here, the ship represents the journey, the relationships and teamwork, representing the school helping humans reach their individual and pluralistic potential. The tower of books depict knowledge, hard work and experience upwards to the ladder of forward thinking and open critical mind, where the bubbles of dreams can take you anywhere. Always in a bright vibrant sky where everyday brings a new beginning. 

Ship of Wonder - Julian Clavijo
Ship of Wonder - Julian Clavijo
Ship of Wonder - Julian Clavijo
Ship of Wonder - Julian Clavijo
Ship of Wonder - Julian Clavijo

The making of the Ship of Wonder  - Video

Today's Devine Comedy
Braeside, Australia
2022
Inspired by the reflection of what our oceans are rapidly becoming a soup of death and destruction. Without it, we can’t exist, is that simple. The rapid devastation by the fishing industry, the islands of plastic floating in vast amounts around the globe, the high levels of mercury and other chemicals found in the fish and seafood we eat is not a joke anymore. The ocean is dying. This work is an introspection of going through purgatory, hopefully back to heaven, the heaven on earth that the ocean have always been before we existed.

The making of Today's Devine Comedy  - Timelapse

The Messenger
Frankston, Australia
2021
This mural is an open story. To me, the boy is the last human remaining after our societal system made the planet collapse. He will remain in his child form forever, wandering the universe in an eternal sunset of ever evolving reverberating colours. The whale, the last largest mammal to exists continues to carry the link of interdependence between water, earth and air where most creatures used to coexist. The bonsai tree, an ancient Saman, contains the relative notion of time and space; of the actuality of the here and of the now.

Dark days are over
Hoppers CrossingAustralia
2021
This mural is the manifestation of joy that resonates and bursts when we reconnect with nature which is the source of all that exists.
At a personal level this mural encompasses various profound symbolisms from the bright blooming sunflowers emerging from the dark, to the contagious bubbly-childlike-joyous expression of the subject that brings light with a smile to whomever sees her.

The making of Dark Days are over  - Video

Painting our future
Hastings, Australia
2022
This was awarded Best Outdoor Mural - Bronze, by the Australian Street Art Awards in 2022. This mural is a fantasy depiction of global warming and all about climate change and extinction of the species including ourselves, borrowing the planet and resources from our children and making a mess out of it. However, if there is life, there is hope, and consciousness is slowly being awaken towards a brighter future. The depiction of the pelicans, mangrove and orange belly parrot are as endemic as endangered elements of the Mornington peninsula area and the expression of disappointment on the kids, well, speaks for itself.

Global Warming - Mural

Gisborne, Australia

2019

Leaving a better planet for our children... what if we ALSO leave better children for our planet?? We, the global society, need a collective consciousness to bring back the balance in nature through sustainable living. Not continuing with the nonsense disposable consumerist model that is taking us to extinction. What kind of planet are we handing over to the next generation of little ones? What kind of humans are we rising up to take the responsibility of this planet? Collectively we are failing to manage and care for our home, while heavy economical interests continue to damage the balance of the planet. The temperature rises, the poles melt, the land burns and all that would be left floating will be the element upon which all else was sacrificed for.  Inspired by the truth of what really is going on with the planet, the students fight for it and how we are really passing it over to the upcoming generation of little humans.

Global Warming - Julian Clavijo
Global Warming - Julian Clavijo
Global Warming - Julian Clavijo
Global Warming - Julian Clavijo 2
Global Warming - Julian Clavijo

Back to Land - Mural

Black Rock - Victoria, Australia

May 2018

 

‘Back to Land’ It’s a homecoming celebration. A reminder that all goes back to the origins, our origins and the origins of the land we walk on.As some of the most ancient creatures on this planet, sea turtles are symbolisms of wisdom, endurance, patience, peace and serenity. As they evolved to adapt to life in the sea, they always go back to the place where they were born to lay their eggs on shore. 
This is an interpretation that aims to evoke a journey of origins and culture traveling back to the land of where it all began, holding the intrinsic connection to the roots where we all emerged from, and live on. 

Back To land mural- Julian Clavijo
Back To land mural- Julian Clavijo
Back To land mural- Julian Clavijo
Back To land mural- Julian Clavijo

Journey of Hope

Doncaster, Victoria

2026

 

Journey of Hope celebrates the shared human pursuit of peace, belonging, and renewal. 

Conceived through the lens of a migrant artist, this work stands as a visual and emotional testament to the stories that shape Manningham’s richly diverse community.

Rising in the form of a triangular pyramid (the strongest geometric structure in the universe), it symbolises peace, home, safety, and harmony. Each of its three faces features the image of a child representing kindness, innocence, diversity and harmony. They carry offerings rooted in Australian identity and symbolic of universal human values

Journey of Hope Julian Clavijo
Journey of Hope Julian Clavijo
Journey of Hope Julian Clavijo
Journey of Hope Julian Clavijo

Continuous Improvement - PFD Boulevard of Murals

Knoxfield - Victoria, Australia

2019

 

A descriptive narrative of the company's 60 years journey from the arrival of Rick Smith (AO) depicting integrity, progress, vision, courage, hard work and loyalty within the symbolisms on each wall. Click on each mural to read the story.

The Origins of PFD 1864, Early Days and Post 1943
Moving Forward - Past, Present & Future
When Reputation Counts - Always
To The Moon and Back - 30 Times
To The Next 100 Years
PFD Chromatic Transition
PFD Chromatic Transition
PFD Murals Boulevard - Julian Clavijo
PFD Murals Boulevard - Julian Clavijo

NYLEX SILOS - MURAL

Cremorne - Melbourne, Australia

March 2018

 

Not long ago a friend asked one of his friend’s little boy what would he like to be when he grows up.”I want to be a good person”, the little boy answered. This little boy’s awareness is enlightening. At that early age, he understands already that no matter what job he does, what religion he follows, what colour, background or socio-economic status he reaches or was born with, none of that matters; what matters is to be a good person. 
I found in the simplicity of his answer, the answer to pretty much all of our current society’s problems (which are so deep that are pretty much taking us all to extinction). This artwork took almost 2 years from his conception to production and installation. I hope with it that we all get to reflect that the need for a more fair and peaceful society begins within each of us. 

Human essence is mirrored on the expressions of joy and innocence through the children’s spontaneous un-judgemental inner nature. In this work, life is portrayed in permanent motion and change through the soap bubbles and the hour glass, honouring the value of the present moment in constant interdependence with one another. Until we understand that to change our pre-conceptions is not hard at all, and that what is hard is to understand how easy it is to change; nothing will change at all.

Nylex Silos Mural
Nylex Silos Mural
Nylex Silos Mural
Nylex Silos Mural
Nylex Silos Mural
Nylex Silos Mural
Nylex Silos Mural
Nylex Silos Mural
Nylex Silos Mural

Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix

'Focus on your Dream'

Hosier Lane - Melbourne CBD, Australia

March 2017

Hosier Lane Julian Clavijo
Julian painting on hosier lane
Hosier Lane Julian Clavijo
Hosier Lane Julian Clavijo
Hosier Lane Julian Clavijo
Hosier Lane Julian Clavijo

Mural for - Benalla Street Art Festival 2017

Benalla, Victoria, Australia

April 2017

The joyous innocence of childhood is the true essence of humanity

Benalla-Julian Clavijo
Benalla-Julian Clavijo
Benalla-Julian Clavijo
Benalla-Julian Clavijo

Adulthood
Moe, Australia
2021
Mural completed in Moe for @showmesomeartfestival .

Portrait Murals Commissions
Australia
2022

South End City Murals U.K
England 
2024

Portsmouth Mural U.K
England 
2024

Beaumaris Ricketts Point Private Commissioned Boat Shed

2020


Mural for - Benalla Street Art Festival 2018

Benalla, Victoria, Australia

March 2018

The curious desire to explore is intrinsic in pretty much all species in motion. Also a reminder for the child who remains within all of us to come out and be adventurous, explore, play and be free, no matter how hard we try to hide it, it is always ready to bet set free.

White Night - Outside the Box

Melbourne

February 2018

Outside the Box featured some of Melbourne’s hottest artists facing off in a unique battle. All artists are placed on a level playing field – no matter their experience, style or technique; only their skills will set them apart.

Each had 2 hours sharp to create their work, using only the materials provided to them.

Alexandra The Great

Templestowe, Victoria, Australia

February 2018


Nature Before Profit -

Albion Street

Brunswick, Victoria, Australia

June, 2017

 

Portrait of little Eber from Q'ero Nation. They are the direct descendants of the last Incas in the Peruvian Andes in Cuzco, Peru.

This mural honours the innocence of childhood and the wisdom of all the living indigenous communities from around the world, and the urgency to bring back the balance in nature and society that has rapidly deteriorated in the past century. 

Upside Down

United Energy Substation

Springvale, Victoria, Australia

June, 2017

 

Portraits of local school children. This project was a collaboration with the local school and local council where the children and their friends  had the entire 2 background walls to paint freely anything they wanted.

M-Lane Exhibition

Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix

Albert Park - Melbourne, Australia

March 2017

Projects 2016

Unfolding

Wood, acrylic paint LED lights
 
Nocturnal Winter Arts 2015
Dandenong, Australia
 

A sculptural invitation to celebrate memories and dreams with the ancient bird of happiness and
wisdom. This heavenly creature of nature meets humans in their habitat. She is a legendary symbol
of imagination, immortality and transcendence. The powerful whiteness, colours projected and scale of
this crane, dreams of conveying souls into deeper levels of introspection.

Cubby Pear

Plywood and Acrylic paint
 

Public sculpture inspired by the notion of giving memorable experiences in a playful manner, as well as delivering positive messages about healthy living to children in a fresh produce environment.  

No Fence for Dreams

Transformed - Public Art Program.
Thomas St. Car Park Dandenong.
 

This chromatic and kinetic work, symbolically connects our interior and exterior, challenging what we encounter in the world around us. It breaks the lacklustre grey patterns around the communities to enliven the daily pathways with dynamic meaning and colour.

ROAR WASTE

Polymer clay, wheelie rubbish bin, acrylic paint
Knox / Dandenong, Australia
 

A whimsical, engaging and interactive pop-up exhibition that lifts the lid on waste, featuring ahuge wheelie bin, a bespoke sculptural terrarium, a host of local extinct and endangered animalsand a rap on the harms of waste by the inimitable wordmeister, Yung Philly.

Grand Projection - Hidden

NOCTURNAL 2013 -  Annual Winter Arts 
 

An eight - storey high art projection on a Dandenong landmark featuring the community context represented in the image, to challenge perceptions and experience through innovative and memorable arts encounters.

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