Galvez Atelier is a home for artists and art students who want to immerse in the fine and decorative arts. It is a creative learning hub where students can watch artist-teachers at work. The atelier offers a space for contemplation and creation for artists, so that their ideas make flourish and take material form. The entire structure is a residence repurposed into an atelier, with spaces allotted for an office, art production, and year-round art classes. The year-round art classes include drawing, painting, and faux finishes and decorative painting. Galvez Atelier also offers an apprenticeship program.

About the Founder:
Alfred Galvez studied Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines. His practice ranges from portraits, murals, faux finishes transform the abode into a resplendent space. He established AGmurals in 2003-2014. Galvez was exposed to Filipino masters at an early age. At 17, he was an apprentice of Dean Mariano Madarang from the Philippine Women’s University. He was then trained in the restoration and conservation of the paintings of Fernando Amorsolo, Carlos Francisco, Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo and Juan Luna. Keen to develop his expertise, Alfred studied under Marco Cavallini and Alison Grace Woolley in 2007. The Bottega Arte in Florence, Italy was esteemed for trompe l’oeil techniques. Aside from the traditional Florentine approach to murals, the studio was also known for architectural illusionistic techniques seen in ceiling paintings that seem to transform the earthly realm with dramatic lighting effects.

In 2013, along with two fellow artists, he opened the very first Classical Drawing and Traditional Oil Painting workshops studio in Kamuning, Quezon City. Since then, his art workshops have continued to teach foundations of art to students across ages, delighting students both young and old. His art workshops are most sought after by those who are preparing for an art career and those who choose to begin by learning the secrets of the Old Masters.