We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Felix Galvan. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Felix below.

Felix, appreciate you joining us today. We’d love to hear about a project that you’ve worked on that’s meant a lot to you.

I am currently working on a project called “Ollin”, meaning movement or a state of flow, in Nahuatl. “Ollin” will display a body of work I’ve been preparing for my first solo art show. My goal with this project is to celebrate this flow state that has inspired me to make art that speaks with my voice.

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 make surreal art that references topics in my community, unpopular culture, and my ancestral roots. As a sophomore in college, I began submitting my art to local galleries with hopes of getting over the intimidation of showing my work. Once I got accepted to my first group show, I made it a goal to continue pushing my art out of the comfort zone by branching out to other media such as murals, 3D sculptures, and clothing. As someone who enjoys staying busy, it makes me proud that I have been able to enjoy painting more these days, and I’m currently looking for opportunities to bring more visibility to my art.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

Being able to wake up in the morning and look forward to getting to my studio to paint is a feeling that money can’t buy. As a kid, my goal was to do what I do now, and that’ something that I try to appreciate every day by staying diligent in my work. The reward also comes from knowing that I didn’t give up on myself.

We’d love to hear the story of how you built up your social media audience?

I used to be intimidated with sharing my art, in general. When it came to showing personal art online, it felt vulnerable to the point that it often kept me from posting my art altogether. One thing that I learned about social media is that if your community doesn’t feel a connection to you they won’t engage with you as much. Two habits that helped build my online community were to make more content about my process and to show my audience a little about the artist behind the art.

Contact Info:

• Website: felixgalvan.com
• Instagram: @felixgalvanart
• Youtube: @felixgalvanart