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Mural Artist in Geneva
In Geneva, Giulia Dal Bon paints murals with a brush, in flats, offices, practices, hotels and restaurants. Trained at the Brera Academy, she paints on site, from 200 CHF per square metre. Free quote within 48 hours, two sketches included: you approve the design before Giulia paints.
Contact Giulia
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The price of a mural in Geneva
| Simple motif or line drawingFine lines for flowers, patterns, silhouettes or figures… | 200 CHF/sqm |
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| Fully painted subjectColours and shadows for landscapes, portraits or scenes… | 330 CHF/sqm |
| Trompe-l’oeil or ceilingThe wall opens onto a false window, a sky on the ceiling or an entire landscape… | 460 CHF/sqm |
| Exterior facade: if needed, scaffolding is added to the quote. | |
Free quote within 48h
The quote starts from the surface and the technique, and spells out what comes on top: interior or exterior, the condition of the wall, the height, scaffolding if needed, the timing.
Where to start?
When you contact me about a mural in Geneva, 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 Geneva, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals in Geneva
Geneva’s Old Town, the largest historic centre in Switzerland, stands on a hill overlooking the harbour: of Celtic origin, it became a strategic Roman city and later the heart of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century, earning it the nickname "Protestant Rome". The district is centred on the Place du Bourg-de-Four and St Pierre Cathedral. Geneva is best known for its banks specialising in wealth management, while the Bains district remains the city’s most avant-garde area for contemporary art. In Geneva, Giulia paints for private residences, offices and galleries. Giulia travels easily to Geneva 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.
What can be painted in Geneva comes down to a few images: the Jet d’Eau on the harbour, Saint-Pierre cathedral, the quays, Mont Blanc on a clear day, Barceló’s dome as an echo. The price follows the technique: 200 CHF per sqm for a line silhouette, 330 CHF for a fully painted subject.
What Giulia brings to Geneva. 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. She paints with a brush, in odourless acrylic indoors and quartz paint outdoors, and Corriere della Sera, Domus and Sky Arte have covered her work. The wall is her favourite canvas because it truly becomes part of a place, a unique work made to tell your story.
For a company evening, Giulia also paints live in front of your guests: corporate live painting in Geneva, from 900 €.
What Giulia brings to Geneva
On 18 November 2008, at the Palais des Nations, Room XX was inaugurated with the dome painted by Miquel Barceló: 1,400 square metres of coloured stalactites, tonnes of paint sprayed with an industrial compressor, three years of work. The room became the Human Rights Room, and in Geneva people call it the Sistine Chapel.
Geneva is therefore a city where the most recent decision about the colour of a ceiling was taken in 2008, and taken on a grand scale. Giulia Dal Bon paints there with a brush, in flats, offices, professional practices, hotels and restaurants, using odourless acrylic: the place stays open while she works. From 200 CHF per sqm, free quote within 48 hours.
Live painting is available in Geneva too. Giulia arrives with canvas and paints, works through a company evening, a conference, an opening or a wedding, and the painting is yours at the end of the evening. From 950 € for a wedding, from 900 € for a company evening, from 400 € for a performance at a concert. For a wedding, see live wedding painting on Lake Geneva.
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 Geneva?
The rate is per square metre: 200 CHF for a line drawing or a simple motif, 330 CHF for a fully painted subject, 460 CHF for a trompe l’oeil or ceiling. The quote is free: see all prices.
How do I commission a mural in Geneva?
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 200 CHF per sqm in Geneva, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Geneva, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
Does the price of a mural in Geneva include the materials?
Giulia Dal Bon’s price per square metre includes the paint and materials, the first two sketches, corrections during the work and the protective varnish as a finish. 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 Geneva, 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 Geneva 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 Geneva?
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 Geneva be painted on a wall?
Yes. A painted view lives first of all on its lines. The water jet on the lake, Saint-Pierre cathedral above the old town, the quays and Mont Blanc in the distance on a clear day. Giulia Dal Bon composes the view for the wall in front of her. As a line drawing, 200 CHF per sqm; painted in colour, 330 CHF per sqm. Free quote within 48 hours.
What subject works well for a mural in Geneva?
In residences in the Champel district or in offices in the centre, a discreet botanical motif or an elegant trompe l’oeil fit well with the city’s reserved atmosphere. Everything is painted with a brush, in odourless acrylic. For a mural in Geneva, the possible subjects, room by room, are gathered in the guide What subject to choose for a mural.
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?
A mural artist, a muralist, a wall artist or a decorative painter, and the art itself is called mural painting or wall art. Some come from graffiti and work with spray cans; Giulia Dal Bon comes from painting: trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, she exhibits her paintings in art galleries and paints commissioned murals with a brush. To have one painted, send her a photo of your wall: free quote within 48 hours.
Does a mural hold up outdoors in Geneva?
Yes, with surface preparation suited to the Swiss climate. Outdoors, Giulia paints all year round, on a dry wall and in mild weather.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Geneva?
An interior wall can be painted freely. For a facade visible from the street, you generally need the owner’s or building association’s agreement, and a notice to the municipality if the building sits in a protected zone: many buildings in the Old Town are protected. 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 Geneva, 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.
A mural for your home
Restaurants, hotels and boutiques
A painted wall gives the room its character, and the place stays open while she works.
A mural for your restaurant
Other cities
Giulia also works in these other European cities.
The 20-metre-plus wall 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 Geneva
In Geneva, for a private client, in an apartment, Giulia paints on an interior wall : the living room, the bedroom and the kitchen. She also paints the bathroom, the entrance and the hallway. A ceiling asks for more work, and she paints it gladly. Outside, she switches to quartz paint on the exterior facade. She also paints on a mobile panel, when the wall belongs to someone else.
For a boutique in Geneva, she paints the window, the shutter and the back wall. In an office, she paints the wall the teams walk past every day.
Whether your wall is in the Vieille Ville, in Eaux-Vives, in Champel, in Carouge or in the Quartier des Bains, a photo of it and its dimensions are enough to start: Giulia draws the sketch straight onto the photo.
The subject comes from you. Giulia draws a landscape, a floral or botanical motif, a painted sky on a ceiling, a perspective trompe-l’oeil. She paints figures and animals, letters signs and lettering by hand, and reproduces a work you love.
Possible subjects in Geneva: the quays and Mont Blanc in the distance on a clear day, the water jet on the lake, saint-Pierre cathedral above the old town. 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 Geneva.
Geneva’s Old Town, the largest historic centre in Switzerland, was the heart of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century, when the city earned the nickname "Protestant Rome".
Giulia also travels across the whole of Switzerland.
Where the mural can find its place
- For a residence or an apartment, Giulia paints the living room, the bedroom, the entrance and the ceiling. From 200 CHF per m², free quote within 48h.
- In an office or a gallery, she paints the reception wall and the exhibition space. Free quote within 48h.
- Giulia also travels across the whole of Switzerland.