Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Luis Felipe Chávez

We’re celebrating Best of the Bay 2026 with a multitude of Editors’ Picks of things we love. Please join us at our 13th Annual Gala on October 27 to celebrate even more! Luis Felipe Chávez grew up in a small town in Jalisco. When he was 14, he won a drawing competition, which encouraged him to explore on paper even more. His family moved to the United States, but he had a scholarship to the University of Guadalajara, so he stayed and got his BFA. It wasn t until after graduating in 2020 that he moved to California, first staying with family in San Jose, and then moving to San Francisco. Chávez has shown work in Mexico, as well as in Bakersfield, Palm Springs, and San Francisco. A solo show of oil paintings last year, INTERmedio, featured works with juxtaposed images from Mexico and the States, such as a cathedral in Guadalajara alongside one in San Jose, California, and the Torre Latinoamericana in Mexico City coexisting with the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco. Luis