Jellyfish Colectivo

Ciudad Juárez has a deep history of muralism, and Jellyfish Colectivo is making a name for themselves in the contemporary. Their murals breathe life into tucked away plazas, rooftops, and parking lots, and their colorful, playful style is recognizable from any distance. The collective frequently collaborates with the El Paso-based Lxs Dos and other bi-national groups, representing an important movement of muralists and public artists that blur the division of the border through vital art projects.

One of those projects includes HOME, which we featured pieces of in the documentary. The mural — a collaboration with Lxs Dos, and completed alongside dozens of community members — runs the length of the Durango Street bridge, which links downtown to the Chihuahuita neighborhood. The mural is an incredible undertaking that tells the story of a migration journey between these cities, and the merging of border culture, utilizing Indigenous material to shape this narrative. Like much of their work that’s come before, they employ images of wildlife throughout HOME to return a respect to all original inhabitants of the land. In its entirety, HOME is almost incomprehensibly large to behold.

Their most recent mural — another collaboration with Lxs Dos — is stationed outside of the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, TX, as part of the museum’s Desert Triangle Print Carpeta exhibition. Check out an image of the work-in-process and final product below. For more of their recent work, follow them on Instagram @jellyfishcolectivo