We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Calicho Arevalo. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Calicho below.
Calicho, appreciate you joining us today. Did you always know you wanted to pursue a creative or artistic career? When did you first know?
While I was working on design buildings I found a word full of rules and even when my imagination was with a lot of desire factors as budget and materialization was always a limit for how far you can go. the Art appears as my natural passion because I could feel freedom for design and develop any piece of art without limits. The first time I knew I wanted to pursue an artistic path was after my first time showing my paintings on a gallery this was in one art space gallery in finatial district this group show curate by sophocles really help me to see how was the reality on a gallery and after a successful weekend of sells i decide to dedicate more time of my daily routine to art.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
I’m calicho Arevalo Born in Bogota Colombia studied architecture and now living in NYCi became an artist few year ago living on NYC got inspired by the city and on my free time develop a new hobby. Art has been part of me all my life but just recently I seen it as something special for me. Animals, doddles and colorful images inspired me a lot. Murals and canvas are my favorite things to paint
My inspiration is the city and my culture my focus is make art with a message and my mission become a reference point for artist of my generation
For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?
Have the opportunity to connect to other people through are is a passive conversation with others. I really appreciate when people find my murals and feel identify at the moment. the biggest reward i can have on the site of street art is have other people taking the time to stop and learn something new of keep you mind thinking about the message on the paint.
Any insights you can share with us about how you built up your social media presence?
During pandemic the routine of weekly live videos teaching art or something like this definitely help me to grow. share your daily life good and bad things are important to show you are also human.
make people part of your design decisions is crucial
Contact Info:
- Website: www.calichoart.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calichoart/
- Facebook: calichoart
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/calichoart
Image Credits
@jorgequinteros @katiegodowski_photo @mutedawolf @hidekiphoto