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Valadez
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(b. 1951, Los Angeles, California)

John Valadez is a painter, photographer, and muralist whose career of documenting the Chicano experience spans over 45 years. He was active during the 1970s and 1980s in Chicano art collectives, including Los Four and Centro de Arte Publico. He continues to pursue politically engaged work with his unique and colourful realism. 

Valadez studied at East Los Angeles Junior College and earned his BFA at California State University, Long Beach. He has exhibited widely, including his critically acclaimed retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. In 2017, Valadez was honoured with the Vincent and Mary Price Legacy Award from the Vincent Price Art Museum, along with a distant Joan Mitchell Fellowship award. From 2018–2020, Valadez was part of the exhibition Building Bridges in Time of Walls: Chicano/Mexican Art from Los Angeles to Mexico that toured Mexico. His upcoming exhibitions include Traitor, Survivor, Icon: La Malinche and the Conquest of Mexico. Valadez’s work is in public collections including the El Paso Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Brooklyn Museum. 

Photo by Harry Gamboa Jr. | Fotografía de Harry Gamboa Jr.

Works in the exhibition | Obras en la exposición

2008
John Valadez
 Oil on Canvas | Óleo sobre tela
152.4 x 91.4 cm (60 x 36 in)
Collection of Zoë A. Díaz | Colección Zoë A. Díaz
Photo courtesy of the artist | Imagen cortesía del artista

Selected Works | Otras obras destacadas

2004 John Valadez
Pastel on paper | Pastel sobre papel
96.5 x 127 cm (38 x 50 in)
Collection of the artist | Colección del artista
Photo courtesy of the artist | Imagen cortesía del artista
2004 John Valadez
Oil on canvas | Óleo sobre tela
152.4 x 213.36 cm (60 x 84 in)
Collection of the artist | Colección del artista
Photo courtesy of the artist | Imagen cortesía del artista
2014 John Valadez
Acrylic on canvas | Acrílico sobre tela
119.4 x 198.1 cm (47 x 78 in)
Collection of the artist | Colección del artista
Photo courtesy of the artist | Imagen cortesía del artista
2014 John Valadez
Acrylic on canvas | Acrílico sobre tela
119.4 x 198.1 cm (47 x 78 in)
Collection of the artist | Colección del artista
Photo courtesy of the artist | Imagen cortesía del artista
2007 John Valadez
Pastel on paper | Pastel sobre papel
96.5 x 254 cm (38 x 100 in)
Collection of the artist | Colección del artista
Photo courtesy of the artist | Imagen cortesía del artista

TASTE, READ, WATCH + LISTEN | SABOREA, LEE, MIRA + ESCUCHA

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