Description
Felix Morelo
American Dream Spot #1, 2024
Painted Door Mat
17 × 30 in
Artist’s. Statement:
My paintings, murals, and drawings are based on the street art interventions that I make with chalk all over the city, on parks, and sidewalks. These consist of circles that have phrases inside of them, such as, the “GOOD LUCK SPOT”, “BAD LUCK SPOT”. “HUGGING SPOT”, “KISSING SPOT”, “SCREAMING SPOT”, “HEALING SPOT”, “POETRY SPOT”, “SINGING SPOT”, “DANCING SPOT”, “CRYING SPOT”, “CURSING SPOT”, “BREATHING SPOT”, “BOXING SPOT”, and “LAUGHING SPOT”, among many others. The interventions are social experiments that deal with human psychology and with aspects of advertising to question superstitions, taboos, stigmas, and show how the power of words evoke a range of emotions . The interactive artwork invites the public to participate, react, or discuss whatever is written inside the circles. The aim of the circles is for people to break out of their everyday routines, express themselves, question their belief systems, and have fun by engaging with the artwork.
BIO:
Felix Morelo is a Colombian/American artist based in New York City. He is a painter, sculptor, printmaker, book maker, performance and street artist, and poet. Morelo studied Painting at Parsons School of Design, and Drawing at The Art Students League in New York City. Morelo is best known for his interactive “GOOD LUCK” AND “BAD LUCK SPOTS” drawn on the streets of NYC and he was featured in The New York Times, and Univision TV in 2023. He is represented by himself, and Artist Abbey Gallery in Truth or Consequence, New Mexico. EDUCATION: Parsons School of Design Painting New York, NY 1990- 1994 Art Students League drawing/painting New York, NY 1988/1996
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: “Family Dinner” Grove34 Queens, NY 2022 “Present and Absent” Mique Gallery Tokyo, Japan 2019 “Spider God” AAA3A Gallery Bronx, NY 2018 “FELIX WORLD” Panoply Performance Laboratory Brooklyn, NY 2014 “Restrictions” Casita Maria Center for the Arts Bronx, NY 2012 “My 2 Cents” Bucktown Center for the Arts Davenport, IA 2007 “Mystery Boxes” The Peanut Gallery Rock Island, IL 2004
SELECTED VISUAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS: “GROUP TEXT” 38th W 28th New York, NY 2023 “Experimental Art” Artist Abbey T or C , NM 2022 “Buena Suerte” Loisaida Center New York, NY 2022 “Selected Works” Corona Gallery New York, NY 2021 “Bringing Back Bowery:” Howl Happening New York, NY 2020 “Auction” THE WOODS Brooklyn, NY 2020 “Juan Rulfo Turns 100” AAA3A Gallery Bronx, NY 2017 “El Museo at Blackburn” Blackburn Printshop New York, NY 2016 “UNDER ONE SKY” DIANXI UNIVERSITY Lingang, China ,2016 “JCAL First Fridays” JCAL Queens, NY 2016
SELECTED PERFORMANCE ART EXHIBITIONS: “BACK TO THE FUTURE” LP Queens, NY 2019 “11th Anarchist Arts Festival” Judson Memorial Church New York, NY 2017 “Labor Day Rooftop Show” CASA PULSAR Brooklyn, NY 2016 “LUMEN Arts Festival” Atlantic Salt Company Staten Is. NY 2014 “over/under limbo lab” LabBodies Baltimore, MD 2014 PRESS: “Good Luck and Bad..: The New York Times Amelia Nirenberg 2023 Despierta America Univision TV Patricia Fuenmayor 2023 “Public Art” NHK-World-Japan @NYC 2023 “What’s Up With These” UnTapped New York Nicole Saraniero 2023 “Felix Morelo”s..” THE SPIRIT Gabriel Rodriguez 2022 “Good Luck Spot” Artist WestView News Kambiz Shekdar Ph.D. 2022 “Bad Luck Spots” The Village Sun Lynn Ellsworth 2020 “Meet the Locals” Washington Square News Jemima McEvoy 2017 RESIDENCIES: Abbey Gallery Truth or Consequence, NM 2022 Jamaica Center for Arts and Education Queens, NY 2017 Panoply Performance Laboratory Brooklyn, NY 2014 Bucktown Center for the Arts Davenport, IA 2007 GRANTS AWARDS: Guaranteed Income for Artists New York, NY 2022 City Artist Corps Grant New York, NY 2021
