Window View and a Hanging Prayer, 2020, oil and acrylic on hardboard panel, 46 x 46 in. (116.8 x 116.8 cm)
Valdez (b. 1985, California, United States) received her BA in Anthropology and Art from University of California, Davis in 2009 and her MFA in painting from Boston University in 2013. Her work has been exhibited nationally at venues including Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville, AR); North Carolina Museum of Art and the Contemporary Art Museum (Raleigh, NC); Asheville Art Museum (Asheville, NC); New Britain Museum of American Art (New Britain, CT); Cañada College (Redwood City, CA); Hashimoto Contemporary (San Francisco, CA); David B. Smith Gallery (Denver, CO); 1969 Gallery, Alexander Berggruen Gallery, and Nancy Margolis Gallery (New York, NY); and OCHI in Sun Valley, ID and Los Angeles, CA. Valdez’s work has been featured in publications including The New York Times, Juxtapoz Magazine, New American Paintings, Artsy, and Artillery Magazine. Her work is included in various private and public collections including the New Britain Museum of American Art (New Britain, CT), The Columbus Museum (Columbus, GA), American Museum of Ceramic Arts (Pomona, CA), Xiao Museum in China, the Phyllis & Ross Escalette Permanent Collection of Art at Chapman University (Orange, CA), the Microsoft Art Collection (Seattle, WA), and Aritzia in Toronto, Canada. Valdez currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.