14 Facts About Vincent Valdez

Vincent Valdez was born on 1977 and is an American artist born in San Antonio, Texas, who focuses on painting, drawing, and printmaking.

Vincent Valdez was born in the South Side of San Antonio, Texas, in 1977.

Under Rubio's direction, Vincent Valdez worked on a series of murals; the first was located at the former site of the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center in San Antonio.

Later, Rubio and Vincent Valdez worked side-by-side to complete murals under the auspices of the Community Cultural Arts program.

Vincent Valdez had his first solo exhibition at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center's Theater Gallery in San Antonio in his last year at RISD.

Vincent Valdez is a 2015 recipient of The Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant for Painters and Sculptors.

In 2022, Vincent Valdez was a finalist and one of seven prizewinners for the Sixth Triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition; he received one of four commendations.

Vincent Valdez was a 2022 recipient of the Mellon Foundation's Latinx Artist Fellowship.

At 26, Vincent Valdez was the youngest artist to be awarded a solo exhibition at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas.

The series title connects it loosely to the theme of the Stations of the Cross, though Vincent Valdez's icons are secular rather than sacred.

Artist and musician worked together to restore a 1953 Chevy Good Humor ice cream truck and Vincent Valdez painted a little known historical narrative around the truck.

Vincent Valdez's painting illustrates the inhumane treatment of Chavez Ravine residents and showcases their resistance against the seizure of their land.

Vincent Valdez is not a polemical artist, or a literal-minded one, though his paintings are striking for their attention to emotion, storytelling and the revealing detail.

In 2019, Vincent Valdez exhibited Dream Baby Dream at MASS MoCA as part of the exhibition Suffering from Realness curated by Denise Markonish.