Art Matters: Meet Jovanny Felix Luna, a rising senior at West Potomac High School and an award-winning filmmaker and artist

The InkandescentKids.com team was thrilled to celebrate artwork by Jovanny Felix Luna at our 1st Birthday Bash on August 8. We look forward to watching this young artist grow! Find his work on YouTube at @JovannyFelixLuna.

About Jovanny: I’m a rising senior at West Potomac High School and an award-winning filmmaker and artist. I love art and history and primarily focus on film and prop-making, though I have also begun exploring visual art, with Hijo and its accompanying pieces being the first major artworks I’ve created. Apart from creating things, I’m also the founder of Movie Magic Workshop, an after-school club designed to engage students with filmmaking in a fun, hands-on way.

Artist Jovanny Felix Luna

About the Art: The works Abuelo, Hijo, and Abuela tackle the ancestral roots within us, examining the Indigenous foundations of Mexican identity and culture that were suppressed as a result of Spanish colonialism.

Created using acrylic paint and a gel-plate printing process, the artworks represent three major pre-colonial civilizations of Mexico: the Olmec, Aztec, and Maya, while showing modern Mexicans alongside the idols and symbols of their ancestors.