BIOGRAPHY
Felipe Echevarria is an American fine artist, illustrator and graphic novelist. Originally from San Diego, California, he lives and works in Loveland, Colorado. For fine art, Felipe works in both a figurative genre and abstraction.
NEWS:
October 1, 2025: I’m in a new spacious studio and will be on the city-wide Loveland Studio Tour October 11-12, and October 18, 19. Hours are 11-5pm each day. Please come and visit! I’ll have large and smaller abstracts, figurative works, my books and prints and lots of great things for purchase.
As of April, 2025 the second half of the DEATH FROM ABOVE graphic novel subtitled LOVE is in the works, with a projected finished publication date of later 2025. Also in the works are new paintings and drawings for a “Spearwomen” coffee table book.
Jeramiah’s Power, a children’s book written by author Betsy Wells and illustrated by Echevarria is now available through large publisher Austin Macauley Publishers. Click here for details. The second in the series, Jeramiah’s Bravery, should be published late 2025.
EXHIBITIONS highlights
2017 Helikon Gallery, Denver, CO "Harmonie" large two-man show with George Pratt & Felipe Echevarria, with painting and drawing demonstrations by the artists
2014 Loveland Museum, Loveland, CO show juror: "Figure and Form" - figure drawings by local artists
2013 Loveland Feed & Grain, Loveland, CO 10 paintings of women
2013 Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, WY, one-man show "Coloring Outside The Lines" (ink line with mixed media painting, plus works in other styles)
2012 group shows Rendition Gallery, Fort Collins, CO
2012 group show "Square Deal" Sequential Art showing with 3 artists, Laramie Community College, Cheyenne WY, also included lectures and demos with the drawing and painting classes
2011 juried group show "Resurrection of Beauty" Gallery Provocateur Chicago, Il
2011 group show "Go Figure" art of figure drawing Colorado Coalition of Artists Fort Collins, CO
2007 3-person show: IN THIS LIFE: War & The Political Climate Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Main Gallery Fort Collins, CO show was filmed by regional CBS crew and local documentary film company all 3 artists did talks and critiques at Colorado State University 4th year painting class, Front Range Community College painting class, and local high school art students
2006 juried group show Space Gallery Denver, CO
2005 Savannah College of Art & Design group showing of sequential art Savannah, GA
2005 Colorado Art Expo curated group show Republic Plaza Denver, CO
2003 two-person figurative show Union Colony Civic Center Greeley, CO
2001 group show "Working Drawings" Philip J. Steele Gallery Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design
2000 group show of published commercial art Philip J. Steele Gallery Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design
1999 group show Unity Visual Arts Exhibition Fort Collins, CO
1998 two-person show on "feminine mystique" Koelbel Public Library Littleton, CO
1997 Art Fest 3 curated group showing of regional artists Lincoln Center Fort Collins, CO
1997 juried group show Native American Heritage Curfman Gallery Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO
1997 instructor group show for Loveland Academy of Fine Art Loveland, CO
1997 juried group show for Colorado Watercolor Society Colorado History Museum Denver, CO
1997 juried group show of "dark art" Dark's Art Parlour North Hollywood, CA
1996 juried group showing of fine art of comics Four Color Images Gallery New York City, NY
1995 group show One West Art Center (now FMoCA) Fort Collins, CO
1990 group show Non-violent Erotic Art Show Northern Hotel Fort Collins, CO
INSTRUCTION
Past instruction includes: Osher Olli CSU online classes (through the Zoom platform), Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, Wilds Art Center, Loveland Academy of Fine Art, One West Art Center (now FCMoCA), and various Colorado institutions 1993 to current: instructor for watercolor and oil painting, figure drawing, sequential art, and cartooning classes. Slide show lectures at San Diego Comic Con, WonderCon, IlluxCon, Denver Pop Culture Con and many other trade show conventions: Color-mixing, How To Draw Comics, Painted Comics, Spirituality in Comics
Periodic lecturing, show juror, consulting, portfolio reviewer, and career day representative for various institutions (junior and senior high schools, artist groups, and one on one) 1990 to present
EDUCATION
The Joe Kubert School Dover, NJ - graduate 1990