PATSSI VALDEZ BIOGRAPHY
[ Solo Exhibitions | Group Exhibitions | Awards | Public Collections | Selected Publications ]
Born in Los Angeles, California
A.A. East Los Angeles College, East L.A., CA
B.F.A.
Otis/Parsons School of art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1999
A Precarious Comfort, Laguna Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Patssi Valdez: The Living Room, Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
A Precarious Comfort, The Mexican Museum, San Jose, CA
1996
Cinco de Mayo Exhibition, Mexican Cultural Institute Gallery, L.A., CA
1995
Patssi Valdez: A Room of One's Own, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
1993
Viva La Muerte Bella, The Mexican Museum, San Francisco, CA
Rooms de la Vida, Julie Rico Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
The Painted World of Patssi Valdez, Boat House Gallery, Plaza de la Raza, L,A., CA
Recent Works, Mars Artspace, Phoenix, AZ
1992
Distant Memories, Daniel Saxon Gallery, L.A., CA
1987
Portraits, Gallery Posada, Sacramento, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1998
Patssi Valdez, California State University Northridge
1997
Collaboration and Transformation, Lithographs from Hamilton Press, Montgomery Gallery, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
1996
Ceremony of Spirit: Nature and Memory in Contemporary Latino Art, Studio Museum, Harlem, NY (touring exhibition through 1997)
The Mythic Present of Chagoya, Valdez and Gronk, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, L.A,, CA
Maiden America, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
1995
Altars, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Coming Home, Vincent Price Gallery, E.L.A College, Monterey Park, CA
Across the Street: Self Help Graphics and Chicano Art in Los Angeles, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA: Armand Hammer Museum of Art, L.A., CA (touring exhibition 1995 - present)
1994
Calaveras Pa Todos, The Mexican Fine Arts Museum, Oxnard, Ca
Dia de los Muertos, Galeria La Mano Magica, Oaxaca, Mexico
Hielo Caliente, Alianza Francesca de Oaxaca, Mexico
The Mystical in Art, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
1993
Sin Frontera, Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester, England
Visceral Images, New Works Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
Art of the Other Mexico: Sources and Meaning, Museum of Modern Art, CA; Museo del Barrio, NYC, NY; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio TX; Yerbabuena Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA (touring exhibition 1993-95)
1992
LAX: The Los Angeles Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, CA
1991
Domestic Allegories, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA
1990
Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation, 1965 - 1985, Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA; Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ; National Museum of American art, Smithsonian Institution, Washing, D.C.; El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso,TX; Bronx Museum of the Arts, NYC, NY; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX; Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL (touring exhibition 1990 -1993)
1989
Aqui y Alla, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Les Demon de Anges, Halle du Centre de Recherche pour le Developpement Culturel, Nantes, France; Centre d' Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain, Kulterhuset, Stockholm, Sweden; Espace Lyonnais d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, France (touring exhbition, 1989-90)
AWARDS
1999
Durfee Foundation
1994
National Endowment for the Arts, U.S./Mexico Artist-in-Residence
1990
Art Matters Grant
1989
California Art Council Recipient for artist residency at Self - Help Graphics, East Los Angeles, CA
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Painting
Medal of Recognition, City of Nantes, France
1988
Brody Arts Fellowship in Visual Arts
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
National Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
Tucson Museum of Art Tucson, AZ
Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, IL
Mexican Museum, San Francisco, CA
Plaza de la Raza, Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Gunter Joetze, German Ambassador, Berlin, Germany
Galan Entertainment, Venice, CA
Nicholas Cage, Los Angeles, CA
Jimmy Smits, Los Angeles, CA
Cheech Marin, Los Angeles, CA
Gregory Nava, Ojai, CA
Southern California Gas Company, Los Angeles, CA
The Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, Iowa
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1998
Munoz, Lorenza."Patssi Valdez at the Mexican Museum"Artweek, March 1999
Rodriguez, Juan. "A Painter's Great Escape", LA Times, March 1999
1997
"Beyond ASCO" Latina Magazine, cultura/culture
1996
Frank, Peter. Art Pick of the Week, LA Weekly February 9 - 15, Calendar.
1995
Wilson, William. Review, "Trio of California Artists Mix it up in the Mythic Present,"
Los Angeles Times, December 9.Torrez, Anthony. "Patssi Valdez at the San Jose Museum of Art," Artweek, October, vol.26,no.10.
Sherman, Ann Elliot. "Dream Spaces; The Hallucinatory Rooms of Patssi Valdez," Metro Art (San Jose, CA), August 17-23,vol.2,no.25
Erkanat, Judy Pasquel. "Burning colors; Dynamic Interpretations Dominate L.A. Artist's Exhibit," El Observadador, August 16-22.
1993
Turner, Nancy Kay. Review, Artscene, October.
1992
Wiggins, Susan. Review Shorts "Patssi Valdez," Artweek, March 26, p.15.
Kapitanoff, Nancy. Faces, "Artist Patssi Valdez Final Answers on a Painted Canvas," Los Angeles Times, March 21, sec.F, P.2
Hammond, Pamela. Review, ART News '91. No. 6, Summer, p.140.
Rosas, Alejandro. "La Mirada Interior de Patssi Valdez," La Opinion, May 29.
Kandel, Susan. "Valdez' Morbid Vision of Domesticity," Los Angeles Times, March 20, sec. F, p.18.
1991
Kandel, Susan. "L.A. in Review," Arts Magazine, December, p.91, p.94.
Pagel, David. "A Look at Latino Diversity," Los Angeles Times, October 28, sec.F, p.9.
1990
Nieto, Margarita. "Patssi Valdez," Latin American Art, (Scottsdale, AZ), vol. 2, no.3, Summer, p.9.
Benavidez, Max. "Latin L.A. - Beyond the Barrio," L.A. Style, March, p.136, p. 189
1986
Drohojowska, Hunter. "Patssi Valdez is Making it in Art," Los Angeles Herald Examiner, April 20.
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