Felipe Galindo Feggo

Felipe Galindo (aka Feggo) creates humorous art in a variety of media, including cartoons, illustrations, animations, fine art and public art. He is also an arts educator. Born in Cuernavaca, Mexico, resides in New York City since 1983. BFA in Visual Arts from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. His humorous drawings have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Nation, The Manhattan Times, Air Mail, The Wall Street Journal, Reader's Digest, Mad, Narrative, Newsday, AMNY, NACLA, INXart.com, El Chamuco (Mexico) and numerous European publications: The Spectator, Private Eye, Prospect and Oldie in England; Ode in Holland; International Herald Tribune, France; Red Bull F1 in Austria; Haüser in Germany. Feggo has held numerous individual exhibitions in the United States and abroad and received numerous awards worldwide, among them: Honorable Mention, Dolyne, Ukraine; Hispanic Federation/Google Grant; UMEZ Arts Engagement Grants; LMCC Creative Engagement Grants; Ciudad de Las Ideas, Puebla, Mexico; Porto Cartoon Festival, Portugal; Aydin Dogan Success Award, Istanbul; Zagreb Cartoon, Croatia; Ministry of Tourism Cartoons Competition Award, Antalya, Turkey; The United Nations Ranan Lurie Political Cartoons; "People's Prize," Knokke-Heist Humorfest, Belgium; Greek Ministry of Culture Honorable Mention; "People's Choice Award," Omiya Festival, Japan. His animation Manhatitlan Chronicles won Mesquite Award in San Antonio CineFestival. He created “Magic Realism in Kingsbridge,” a series of 4 permanent public artworks fabricated on glass based on Galindo’s humorous designs. They are installed at the 231st Street subway station platforms of the No. 1 subway line in New York City, commissioned by the MTA-Arts for Transit Program. Visit www.feggo.com