Distinguished Alumni lecture and solo exhibit, UNC-Chapel Hill, NC October 14, lecture.

Third Coast National 2008 KSPACE Contemporary, Corpus  Christi, TX  Oct. 18 - Nov. 30 www.kspacecontemporary.org

 Valadez was born in San Francisco, raised in the Central Valley of California and currently resides in Edinburg, Texas where he is a full-time lecturer in the Art Department at the University of Texas-Pan American.  pvaladez@panam.edu

Mr. Valadez is currently involved in a number of South Texas art projects.  Valadez is a graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute with a BFA in Interdisciplinary art, in 2003 he earned his MFA in Studio Art from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill where he was awarded a Weiss Urban Livability Fellowship. Mr. Valadez was recently selected to participate in the 2009 Texas Biennial.   “Arte of the Rio Grande” 2005 Biennial, IMAS, McAllen, Texas, the RGV Museum in Harlingen and the “Delta Exhibition”, Arkansas Art Center in Little Rock and lectured at the International Museum of Art and Science. In addition he was invited to show in the “Violent Violence”, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, Netherlands and was selected for the “New American Talent 16”, Texas Fine Arts Association Juried Competition in 2001

 
Available for public speaking engagements, demonstrations and studio visits. For upcoming events and additional info. call 956-381-0765 or via email myfedora@hotmail.com or pvaladez@panam.edu.