anna valdez

EDUCATION
2013 MFA, Painting - Boston University
2009 BA, Anthropology and Art Studio - University of California, Davis

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Bones and Stones, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2017 The Stuff that Surrounds You, Parts Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2017 Through Observation, Canada College, Redwood City, CA
2017 Works Sighted, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
2015 Recollections, EN EM Art Space, Sacramento, CA
2015 All that Surrounds Us, BLOCK Gallery, Oakland, CA
2015 LCA Award Exhibition, Pacifica, CA

TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2018 Phantom Shell, The Provincial, Kaleva, MI
2018 Garden of Good Intentions, Anna Valdez & Ric Santon, Parts Gallery, Toronto, ON
2016 Meat & Potatoes, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, CA

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Flowering Inside/Outside, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Summer Group Show, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2019 Flora: A Botanical Themed Group Show, Elliot Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2019 The Beyond: Georgia O'Keeffe & Contemporary Art, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT 
2019 Everyone is a Creative, The Context, Assembly Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 Art Toronto with Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, ON
2018 The Beyond: Georgia O'Keeffe & Contemporary Art, Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville, AR
2018 Holiday Group Show, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, ON
2018 Pleasure Garden, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 Summer School, The Assembly Gallery, Hamilton, ON
2018 Art Market San Francisco, Art Fair with Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
2017 Art Toronto with Parts Gallery, Toronto, ON
2017 Image Construction (from my friends, with a little help), IRL Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2017 People and Plants, Elephant Gallery, Nashville, TN
2017 Collect! Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2017 So Fresh, Faul
2015 Parts Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Toronto, ON
2014 Re/Site, Solo Exhibition, BLOCK-Gallery, Oakland, CA
2014 Sugar Rush, EN EM Art Space, Sacramento, CA
2014 Winter Open Studios, Norton Factory Studios, Oakland, CA
2014 PLUS MINUS, Norton Factory Studios Gallery, Oakland, CA
2014 Treasure Trove, Trestle Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Affordable Art Fair, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, New York, NY
2014 People, Places, Things," Rebecca Hossack Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Endless Summer, Gallery Bergelli, Larkspur, CA
2014 Art Exhibit III: Textile and Fabric, Ntropic, San Francisco, CA
2014 East Bay Open Studios, Norton Factory Studios, Oakland CA
2014 Left Coast Annual, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2014 51st Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
2014 New Artists, Group Show, Gallery Bergelli, Larkspur, CA
2013 Off the Wall, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
2013 MFA Thesis Show, Commonwealth Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
2013 Second Year MFA Student Exhibition, Boston U. Commonwealth Gallery, Boston, MA

SELECT PUBLICATIONS
New American Painting Issue No. 139 [Pacific Coast Dec./Jan.] - Boston, MA |2019
Juxtapoz Magazine [Aug. 2019] print - SF, CA | 2017
Women Artists, No.4 - NYC, NY | 2017
New American Paintings Issue No. 127 [Pacific Coast Dec./Jan.] - Boston, MA | 2017
It's Nice That - Artist Anna Valdez brings her eye for detail to digital painting" by Bryony 
Stone, Posted on October 24th | 2016
Miss Moss - Blog Feature, Posted on August 31st | 2016
Final Friday - Podcast - Interview with Greg Swiger, Posted on August 14th | 2016
Widewalls "Jeffrey Cheung and Anna Valdez Exhibition Opening at Hashimoto Contemporary," Posted in February | 2016
Juxtapoz - Art and Culture Magazine "Meat & Potatoes @ Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco," Posted in February | 2016
Maake Magazine - Posted On May 29th | 2015
Anthology Magazine - Posted on April 22nd | 2015
Juxtapoz - Art & Culture Magazine "Everyday Objects with Anna Valdez," Posted on March 16th | 2015
H&M Culture/LIFE "On the Rise, Anna Valdez" Posted on January 1st | 2015
New American Paintings Issue No. 115 [Pacific Coast Dec./Jan.] - Boston, MA | 2014
Taupe & Birch "Studio Visit with Anna Valdez in Oakland, CA" Posted on December 30th | 2014
Guernica / A Magazine of Art and Politics - Household Gods By John Benditt - Posted on 
December, 15th | 2014
The 2014 Annual It's Nice That, Publication [print] - London | 2014
FRESH PAINT MAGAZINE - Blog Feature Posted on November 9th | 2014
idoart.dk - Interview | Anna Valdez, Posted on November 8th | 2014
Mutantspace - "Anna Valdez's Paintings of Still Life Portraits" by Moray Mair, Posted on 
November 7th | 2014
ARTE FUSE - "Triple Trifecta of People, Places and Things" by Oscar Laluyan, Posted on 
September 23rd | 2014
Metal Magazine - Daily Metal Blog - "Anna Valdez | California Self- Portraits" Posted on, 
September 12th | 2014
Need & Supply Co. - Blog - "Studio Visit: Anna Valdez" by Samantha Wittwer, Posted on 
September 8th | 2014
"Painters Who Are Women" by Leah Triplett - Artsy.net, Catalog Essay- [web] Posted on 
September 2nd | 2014
"Summer's Not Over Yet: A New NorCal Exhibition Celebrates the Dog Days of Our Favourite Season" Artsy.net Editorial - [web] Posted on September 1st | 2014
It's Nice That - "Anna Valdez recreates her domestic space in sumptuous oil paintings" by Maisie Skidmore, Posted on August 29th | 2014
Booooooom.com "Featured Artist" - Jeff Hamada, [web] Posted on Tuesday, July 8th | 2014
Hyperallergic LABS - Talk Back Tuesday - [http://hyperallergic.tumblr.com/] - [web] Posted 
on, Tuesday, July 1st | 2014
Fresh Paint Magazine [ www.freshpaintmagazine] - Issue No. 3, April | 2014
SFMOMA - Submission Friday - [http://sfmoma.tumblr.com] - [web] Posted on Friday 
February 28th | 2014
VIA Publication [www.viapublication.com] - Issue No. 2 Winter. Los Angeles, CA | 2014
New American Paintings, Issue No. 105 [MFA Annual April/May] - Boston, MA | 2013

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2018-2019 Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2016 Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Avla, OK 

CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2018 Reading Between the Lines, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
2015 Making a Meal of It, Norton Factory Studios Gallery, Oakland, CA

AWARDS
Juried Prize Winner: 3rd Prize [ Doris, 2012. Oil on Panel] - Framingham, MA | 2013
"Off the Wall" - Juried Exhibition at Danforth Museum
Juror: Dina Deitsch is Curator of Contemporary Art at deCordova Sculpture Park 
and Museum in Lincoln, MA.
Juried Exhibition Award: Left Coast Annual - Sanchez Art Centre
    [We Like This Poetry and Music, 2014. Oil on Linen] - Pacifica, CA | 2014
    Juror: Jenny Gheith, assistant curator for painting and sculpture at the SFMOMA