Visual Art
Artist’s Statement
I create whimsical and surreal images that encourage the viewer to find the unexpected among the familiar. My work is about seeing the things we take for granted in a different way. I use the universal languages of art and humor to celebrate cultural differences. Diversity inspires me as well. I create my artwork using ink, watercolor, or digital techniques, on paper.
As a Latino artist living in the U.S., I view myself as a participant in a constant dialogue between two different cultures. As an artist and as an immigrant, I sometimes integrate my Mexican background into my adopted homeland’s culture.
These are works from my ongoing project Manhatitlan (a word I coined merging “Manhattan” and “Tenochtitlan,” the ancient Aztec capital). I explore, through humor, the encounter of Mexican and American cultures in the context of the immigrant experience in New York, underscoring ethnic traditions in this era of multiculturalism and globalization.
Felipe Galindo 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, and a U.S. citizen, Feggo has resided in New York City since 1983. He holds a BFA in visual arts from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. His humorous drawings have appeared in many publications worldwide, including The New Yorker, The Nation, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Reader’s Digest, MAD Magazine, Nickelodeon Magazine, Narrative Magazine, Newsday, International Herald Tribune, INXart.com, Manhattan Times News, etc., and numerous European publications. In Mexico he has collaborated with La Jornada, El Chamuco, Unomásuno, Novedades, Revista de la Universidad de México, Los Universitarios, Nexos, etc. His cartoons have appeared also in many cartoon anthologies and international cartoon competition catalogs.
Feggo has held numerous individual exhibitions in the United States and abroad and has been awarded for his humorous drawings in the USA, the United Nations, Poland, Ukraine, Turkey, Greece, Portugal, Mexico, Japan, Italy, Puerto Rico, Croatia, and Belgium.
His cartoon collections include Cats Will Be Cats (Plume/Penguin); Manhatitlan and No Man Is a Desert Island (J. Pinto Books); and George Washington: Back to New York City, Taking Liberties (a take on the Statue of Liberty), Used/Reused, Trump Truth, and Trump Law co-authored with Henry R. Kaufman (Now What Media). He wrote the graphic novel Ellis Island (2025, First Second Books/ Macmillan).
He designed Magic Realism in Kingsbridge, a series of humorous images on four permanent public artworks in faceted glass for the 231 Street subway station platforms in New York City, commissioned by the MTA Arts & Design. To see more of his work and bio visit www.feggo.com.