Antonia Otoya is a new artist to Revelstoke who created the new mural on the laneway side of Terra Firma’s kitchen. She arrived a few months ago from Cali, Columbia, where she worked as an artist painting murals.
She joins her wife Angela here, both working at Terra Firma’s, a local Victoria Road restaurant focused on local food.
The mural depicts veggies grown locally and prepared at the restaurant, in front of Mt. Begbie’s snowy summit bathed in alpenglow. Otoya told Revelstoke Mountaineer she was putting focus on the healthy farm to table vegetables at the restaurant.
Otoya explores contemporary 2SLGBTQIA+ advocacy issues in her work. She said her favourite was a four-storey mural on a building on Calle Inta, a prominent public street venue in Cali. She said it “is my favourite because it’s an homage to drag culture and the positive visibility they provide for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.”
She studied fashion design and she used to run a clothing shop that manufactured dance party clothing. She painted murals on her shop and has focused on her painting and commissioned interior and exterior murals for over a dozen years.
Next January she has an exhibit at the Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre. Her paintings will explore the theme, which asks what if feelings were alive. Otoya says she’ll explore “the importance of being in touch with your feelings” and seeking wellbeing support like therapy if you want.
She created murals in Cali, some of which you can see at @anto.otoya, her InstagramAntonia Otoya created new work at Terra Firma’s .
In Revelstoke, she wants to make her mark in Revy by connecting with exterior and interior projects.
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