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Athens
Mural artist in Athens
In Athens, Giulia Dal Bon paints murals with a brush, in flats, hotels, restaurants, offices and shops. Trained at the Brera Academy, she paints on site, from 150 € per square metre. Free quote within 48 hours, two sketches included: you approve the design before Giulia paints.
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The price of a mural in Athens
| Simple motif or line drawingFine lines for flowers, patterns, silhouettes or figures… | 150 €/sqm |
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| Fully painted subjectColours and shadows for landscapes, portraits or scenes… | 250 €/sqm |
| Trompe-l’oeil or ceilingThe wall opens onto a false window, a sky on the ceiling or an entire landscape… | 350 €/sqm |
| Exterior facade: if needed, scaffolding is added to the quote. | |
Free quote within 48h
The price is based on the surface and the technique; the quote then takes into account interior or exterior, the condition of the wall, the height, scaffolding if needed and the timing.
Where to start?
When you contact me about a mural in Athens, here is what happens next.
A photo of the wall with the sketch
Send me a photo of the wall and I draw a sketch straight onto your photo. You tell me what you think. The first two sketches are free.
The quote
Once the sketch is approved, I send you the quote and we set the date together.
I paint the wall
I come and paint at your place in Athens, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals in Athens
Athens is one of Europe’s capitals of the painted wall: Psyrri, between Monastiraki and Omonia, is considered the district where the movement was born, and Exarcheia, around the Polytechnic, holds its densest works. The decade 2008-2018 was the golden age of Athenian street art. Today the Onassis Stegi commissions monumental murals on apartment-building facades in the centre, and the Municipality of Athens runs a public murals programme. Giulia paints with a brush: custom mural decoration, designed for the inside of a home, a hotel or a venue. In Athens, Giulia paints for apartments, hotels and venues. Giulia travels easily to Athens to paint: you send her a photo of the wall and she draws the sketch straight onto it, so you see the mural in place before she travels.
In Athens, a wall can carry the city itself: the Acropolis and the Parthenon, the ochre houses of Plaka, Lycabettus, the painted walls of Psyrri, the olive trees and the bougainvillea. The price follows the technique: 150 € per sqm for a line silhouette, 250 € for a fully painted subject.
What Giulia brings to Athens. Giulia is a painter, trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. She exhibits her paintings in art galleries and also paints on walls. Corriere della Sera, Domus and Sky Arte have covered her work, and her mural of more than twenty metres dedicated to Gaber and Jannacci stands in Milan. The wall is her favourite canvas because it truly becomes part of a place, a unique work made to tell your story.
Giulia also paints live in Athens. For a wedding, a concert, a festival or a company evening, she sets up her easel and the painting takes shape in front of your guests, signed and taken home the same evening. From 950 € for a wedding, from 900 € for a company evening, from 400 € for a performance at a concert. See live painting →
Murals district by district in Athens
Murals in Psyrri
Psyrri mixes recent bars with century-old workshops, and it is the quarter the history of the painted wall in Athens ran through. Giulia Dal Bon paints bar walls, shopfronts and workshop courtyards here, in odourless acrylic indoors: the business stays open while she works. From 150 € per square metre, free quote within 48 hours.
Murals in Exarcheia
Exarcheia is the intellectual heart of Athens as much as its political quarter, with its bookshops, its cafés and its walls covered in writing. Giulia paints bookshop walls, café rooms and stairwells here, on surfaces of 8 to 15 m².
Wall painting in Plaka
Plaka is the old town of Athens, at the foot of the Acropolis, with its low houses, its stairs and its lanes. Giulia Dal Bon paints patios, taverna walls and hotel lobbies here. As the quarter is protected, a facade visible from the street needs a declaration.
Murals in Metaxourgeio
Metaxourgeio has gone from neglected quarter to a quarter of galleries, theatres and studios, and its streets in Athens now carry a great many painted walls. Giulia paints studio facades, roller shutters and gallery walls here, in quartz paint outdoors with an anti-pollution varnish.
Murals in Koukaki
Koukaki sits just south of the Acropolis and its museum, with its cafés, its low buildings and its roof terraces. Giulia Dal Bon paints terrace walls, bedrooms and café walls here. The sun in Athens is strong: outdoors she chooses pigments that hold and varnishes the surface. From 150 € per square metre, free quote within 48 hours.
Your questions, before commissioning
A photo of the wall, its approximate dimensions and the idea you have in mind are enough to receive a quote.
How much does a mural cost in Athens?
Giulia Dal Bon’s price is per square metre: 150 € for a line drawing or a simple motif, 250 € for a fully painted subject, 350 € for trompe-l’oeil or a ceiling. A small mural in a bedroom costs less than a facade that needs preparation and scaffolding. The quote is free: see all prices.
How do I commission a mural in Athens?
Write to Giulia Dal Bon on WhatsApp or by email, even if the idea is still vague: she replies within 48 hours. Send her a photo of the wall to be painted, she draws a sketch straight onto your photo, you tell her what you think, and the first two sketches are free. Once the sketch is approved, she sends you the quote, from 150 € per sqm in Athens, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Athens, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
Does the price of a mural in Athens include the materials?
The square-metre price Giulia Dal Bon quotes includes the paint and materials, the first two sketches and the protective varnish as a finish. While she paints, you tell her what you think, and she adjusts. Added to the quote, when needed, are the scaffolding for a facade and travel costs, agreed together. The quote is free and arrives within 48 hours; a deposit of about 100 € for materials confirms the date, and the balance is settled at the end.
I’d like a mural or a painting on a wall of my home in Athens, who should I contact?
Giulia Dal Bon, a painter trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. She paints murals by brush in homes, bedrooms, bathrooms, on terraces, pool walls and facades, and travels in Athens as she does across Europe. Send her a photo of the wall, its approximate dimensions and your idea, however loose: she replies within 48 hours with a quote and a first proposal. The first two sketches are free.
Can I see a design before commissioning the mural?
Always. You receive a sketch set on a photo of your own wall, to scale, together with the quote. The first two sketches are free: Giulia shows the work in progress, you give your opinion, and she adjusts. You confirm when you are ready.
Will a mural damage the wall?
The paint goes onto the plaster already in place. In most cases a dusting down is all that is needed before starting. If the surface has cracks or rising damp, Giulia points it out before quoting and proposes the preparation required. Indoors she uses an odourless acrylic: a child’s bedroom in use or a restaurant that stays open can both be painted. An acrylic mural can later be painted over like any wall paint, if you change your mind in ten years.
When is the best time to paint a mural in Athens?
All year round. Indoors the odourless acrylic lets the room stay in use while she works, in January as in July. Outdoors she needs a dry wall and a mild temperature. Giulia sets the date with you when she quotes, within 48 hours, and gives plenty of notice if the schedule moves.
Can a view of Athens be painted on a wall?
Yes, and the city lends itself to it. The Acropolis and the Parthenon above the roofs, the ochre houses of Plaka at the foot of the rock, and Lycabettus hill closing the view. Giulia Dal Bon draws them, then paints them, by hand. The line alone falls under 150 € per sqm, the painted version under 250 €. Free quote within 48 hours.
What subject works well for a mural in Athens?
The subjects that work here: floral and botanical work for bedrooms and living rooms, landscapes for living spaces and terraces, trompe l’oeil for facades and ceilings. Everything is drawn to measure: Giulia offers two free sketches from your idea, and you refine it together until the subject is yours. For a wall in Athens, the guide What subject to choose for a mural goes through the subjects room by room.
What is the difference between a hand-painted mural and spray-painted graffiti?
They are two different crafts. A graffiti artist works with spray cans, with a fast gesture and a graphic finish. A brush-painted mural is built layer by layer, which allows gradients, fine detail and trompe l’oeil: it is a painting made directly on the wall. Indoors, Giulia uses odourless acrylic. And while she paints, people take the time to watch: a brush at work is a show in itself. The choice depends on the finish you are after.
What do you call an artist who paints on walls?
The craft is called mural painting, and the person who practises it is a muralist, a mural artist or a decorative painter. Giulia Dal Bon comes from the brush rather than the spray can: trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, she exhibits her paintings in art galleries and paints by hand, in Athens as elsewhere in Europe. For a mural in Athens, a photo of the wall is enough to begin, and the quote arrives within 48 hours.
Does a mural hold up outdoors in Athens?
Yes, with surface preparation and quartz paint, made for outdoor walls. In Athens the sun is strong and the air heavy with dust: an anti-pollution varnish is added on request, and the hottest hours of summer are avoided.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Athens?
An interior wall can be painted freely. For a facade visible from the street, you usually need the owner’s or the building association’s approval, and a notice to the town hall if the building is in a protected area, a common situation in the historic centre. Giulia explains the process before starting.
How long does it take to paint a mural?
It depends on the surface, the level of detail and how easy the wall is to reach. Giulia gives the timing with the quote, within 48 hours, and gives plenty of notice if the schedule moves. The place keeps running while she works: the acrylic is odourless.
How long does a mural last?
An acrylic mural lasts a lifetime indoors: the paint becomes part of the plaster and lives as long as the wall. Outdoors, quartz paint is made for facades, and an anti-salt or anti-pollution varnish extends it further. And if one day you want a change, it can be painted over like any wall paint. In Athens, on a façade exposed to traffic, Giulia can also propose an anti-pollution paint, which turns part of the nitrogen oxides under daylight. The option is priced in the quote.
Other spaces
The other places Giulia paints, her portfolio and the towns nearby.
Homes and villas
A bedroom, a hallway, a staircase: the walls you look at every day.
Home and villa murals
Restaurants, hotels, and boutiques
A painted wall gives the room its character, and the place stays open while she works.
Restaurant and café murals
Other cities
From Athens, the mural can open toward these places.
The mural of over 20 metres for Gaber and Jannacci, in Milan, in the press
Giulia Dal Bon, trained at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan.
Where Giulia works in Athens
In Athens, whether it is a house, a villa, a second home or a flat, Giulia paints on an interior wall : the living room, the children’s bedroom and the bedroom. She also paints the kitchen, the bathroom, the entrance, the hallway and the stairwell. A ceiling asks for more work, and she paints it gladly. On the exterior facade and the garden wall, quartz paint takes over from acrylic: it is made for facades. A mobile panel is painted separately, and moves with you.
In a restaurant, a pizzeria, a café or a bar in Athens, she paints the dining-room wall, and service carries on while she works. In a boutique and a shop, window and shutter are painted by hand, and change with the seasons. In a hotel and a B&B, she paints the lobbies, the corridors and the rooms. In a hair salon and a spa, she paints the treatment-room walls and the reception area. In a medical practice and a waiting room, she paints the reception wall and the corridor. For an office and a showroom, she paints reception, the corridor and the meeting room.
In Kolonaki, Psyrri, Plaka, Pangrati, Koukaki and Exarcheia, you send her a photo of the wall and she draws the sketch straight onto it, then you shape the idea together.
Possible subjects in Athens: the Acropolis and the Parthenon, the ochre houses of Plaka, Lycabettus, the painted walls of Psyrri, the olive trees and the bougainvillea. And always the trompe-l’oeil window, the botanical motif and the painted sky on a ceiling.
People ask for different things and mean the same one: a mural, a wall mural, an artistic painting on a wall. Others say wall decoration, decorative painting, mural decoration. Others again a trompe-l’oeil, a hand-painted wall, a drawing on a wall, or a painting made directly on the wall. It is one craft, that of a mural artist, a muralist, a decorative painter, and Giulia does it with a brush in Athens.
Athens is one of Europe’s capitals of the painted wall, from Psyrri to Exarcheia: Giulia paints with a brush, for the inside of homes, hotels and venues.
Giulia also travels to Hydra, to Mykonos and to Santorini.
Where the mural can find its place
- In an apartment or a house, Giulia paints the living room, the bedroom, the hallway, the entrance and the ceiling. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48h.
- For a restaurant, a pizzeria, a shop or an office, Giulia paints the dining room wall, the shop window, the sign and the reception. Free quote within 48h.
- Giulia also travels to Hydra, Mykonos and Santorini.