Juan Muniz grew up in San Diego and moved to Las Vegas in 1998.  He attended Chaparral High School and the Art Institute of Las Vegas, where he still resides, creates and runs the lifestyle brand Nino Buni.  Mr. Muniz became an known Artist in the Arts District in the mid-2000s, and his work can currently be found as Murals around the City as well as at the walls of the Holsteins restaurant at the Cosmopolitan.  Mr. Muniz creates character for his work and one of the most prominent is Felipe that is the subject of this painting.  Felipe is a lovable androgynous figure in a bunny suit with a small protruding belly and an expressionless face mask that reveals only his eyes.  The Character is named after Mr. Muniz's brother who died at birth and became his childhood imaginary confidant, and the character is now Downtown Las Vegas fixture as sanctioned murals on buildings (Art Square) and interior walls (Insert Coins).

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This Painting was acquired directly from Mr. Muniz by the current owner in 2022.