June Kelly Gallery

Julio Valdez

Adrift II, 2007
Oil on Gatorboard panel, 27½ x 38 inches
Photo credit: Becket Logan

Born Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic
Lives and works in New York City


Education
1994-95 Printmaking with Robert Blackburn and Kathy Caraccio, New York
1986-88 Fine Arts/Illustration, The Altos de Chavόn School of Design, La Romana,
  Dominican Republic, affiliated with Parsons School of Design, New York
1984-86  National School of Fine Arts, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007 Water Paintings, June Kelly Gallery, New York
Julio Valdez: Water Paintings, Latin American Masters, Beverly Hills, CA
2005 Julio Valdez: Recent Works, Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2004 Between Shock and Tenderness, Galeria Botello, San Juan, Puerto Rico; brochure
2003 Julio Valdez: Selected Works, Latin American Masters, Beverly Hills, CA
Julio Valdez: The Island and the Continent, The Art Museum of the Americas Gallery,
  Organization of American States, Washington, DC; brochure
2002 Echando Raíces, Galeria Botello, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2001 Julio Valdez: Obras recientes, Legacy Fine Art, Panama City, Panama
Julio Valdez: Los Sacrificios Fecundos, Fundacion Centro Cultural, The Altos de
  Chavόn, La Romana, Dominican Republic; catalogue
2000 Julio Valdez: Recent Paintings, Latin American Masters, Beverly Hills, CA
Obras Recientes de Julio Valdez, Galería Botello, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1999 Root of Dreams, Museo de las Casas Reales, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic;
  catalogue
Works on Paper, Maison des Arts et de la Culture, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu,
  Quebec, Canada
1998 Julio Valdez: Transpositions, Toomey-Tourell Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
Transpositions, Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic;
  catalogue
1997 Transpositions, Museo de las Americas, San Juan, Puerto Rico; catalogue
1995 Cantos: Recent Works 1989-1995, Voluntariado de las Casas Reales, Santo
  Domingo; traveled to Center for the Arts and Culture, Santiago, Dominican
  Republic
1993 La Era del Mito, Galeria San Juan Bautista, Casa Alcaldia, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1992  Julio Valdez: Recent Works, Galeria Plastica Contemporanea, Guatemala, Central America
1991 Habitos del Tiempo, Voluntariado de las Casas Reales, Santo Domingo,
  Dominican Republic; brochure
1989 Aire Fresco, Institute of Hispanic Culture, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Public Collections
  El Museo del Barrio, New York
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
Modern Art, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Musée Grimaldi, Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France
Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Omar Rayo Museum, Roldanillo, Colombia
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA
Centro Leon, Santiago, Dominican Republic
Instituto de Artes Gráficas Oaxaqueña, Oaxaca, México
Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Ministry of Culture, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
The Altos de Chavόn Cultural Center Foundation, La Romana, Dominican Republic
The World Bank Art Collection, Washington, DC
The Library of Congress, Washington, DC
The Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA
The Robert Blackburn Print Collection, New York
Kathy Caraccio Print Collection, New York
Metropolitan Transit Authority, New York
Honorable Fernando Ferrer, Bronx Borough President, New York
Banco del Café, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Hotel Lina, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Voluntariado de las Casas Reales, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Selected Honors and Awards
2007 Fellowship, Mural Workshop, National Academy, New York
2003 Fellowship, Works on Paper, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York
Special Guest for Latin America, International Printmaking Biennial, Varna,
  Belgium
2002  Commission, Fine Art Poster Program, Metropolitan Transit Authority, New York
2001 Honorable Mention, XIII Latin American and Caribbean Print Biennial, San Juan,
  Puerto Rico
2000 Grand Prize, XVIII E. Leon Jimenes Biennial, Dominican Republic
1998 Silver Palette, XXX ème Festival International de la Peinture, Cagnes-Sur-Mer,
  France
First Prize, Drawing, XVII E. Leon Jimenes Biennial, Dominican Republic
  1997-98 Artist-in-Residence Fellowship, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
  1997 Special Guest, XII Latin American and Caribbean Print Biennial, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  1996 First Prize, Printmaking, XX National Visual Arts Biennial, Museum of Modern
  Art, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Fellowship, Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA
Acquisition Prize, Barcelo Foundation, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  1994 Fellowship, The Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York
First Prize, Printmaking, XIX National Visual Arts Biennial, Museum of Modern
  Art, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Special Guest, II Painting Biennial of the Caribbean and Latin America, Museum
  Modern Art, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  1993 Special Guest, VIII Latin American and Caribbean Print Biennial, San Juan, Puerto
  Rico
  1992 Second Prize, Printmaking, XVIII National Visual Arts Biennial, Museum of
  Modern Art, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1990 Honorable Mention, XVII National Visual Arts Biennial, Museum of Modern Art,
  Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
 

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