Luis Felipe Chávez
Luis Felipe Chavez (b. 1996) is a queer artist originally from a small town in central-western
Mexico. His artistic journey began at the age of fourteen with drawing and painting classes in Guadalajara,
Jalisco.
From 2015 to 2020, Chavez pursued a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Visual Arts at the University of
Guadalajara. Each summer during those years, he traveled to the U.S. to visit his family—spending time
working alongside his father and brother in the agricultural fields of Bakersfield, California, and in
factories in Phoenix, Arizona.
In 2020, amid a global atmosphere of uncertainty and loss, Chavez completed his degree and began developing
a new body of work. Later that year, driven by a desire for change despite limited English and lingering
fears, he packed a few clothes and some paintings into a suitcase and moved to California.
By the end of 2021, Chavez relocated to San Francisco, where he continues to live and work. Working
primarily with traditional drawing and painting techniques, his art explores themes of migration, labor,
identity, and belonging through a queer, cross-cultural lens.
2015 - 2020
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
2011 - 2013
Drawing & Painting Courses
Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Mexico