While he’s only been in San Francisco for almost five years, painter Luis Felipe Chávez has already exhibited at several local galleries with his impressive array of work, ranging from the personal to architectural symbolism.

His next exhibit, “INTERmedio,” opens at Jonathan Carver Moore Studios on August 28, and focuses on large works over the past few years that blend architectural sites and buildings in San Francisco and Mexico City that intersect like photographs. For Chavez, it symbolically blends his personal journey of immigration from Mexico.

In the interview with the Bay Area Reporter, Chavez, 29, discussed his other work that includes self-portraits, religious iconography, and even themes of queer sexuality.

Luis Felipe Chávez ' ‘Pegasuses, goddesses and skyscrapers. Ciudad de

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