Born 1977 in San Antonio, TX
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA and San Antonio, TX
EDUCATION
2000
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Flashback, Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, TX
2009
Burn, Federal Art Project, Los Angeles, CA
Ry Cooder/Vincent Valdez: El Chavez Ravine, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
2008
BurnBabyBurn, Western Project Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Without End: Vincent Valdez, The Gallery of UTA, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Tx
2007
Pride of the Southside, Museo Alameda Smithsonian, San Antonio, TX
Winners Circle: Vincent Valdez, Western Projects LA, Culver City, CA
Pride of the Southside, O'Kane Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2005/2006
Stations, traveling exhibit: The Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN; University of Texas A&M, Laredo, TX; Richard E. Peeler Art Center, DePaul University, Greencastle, IN; The Islander Art Gallery, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX
2004
Stations, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
2003
Art Miami 2003, Finesilver Gallery, Miami, FL
2002
Made Men, Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2 to Watch, Vincent Valdez & Oscar Casares, Artpace, San Antonio, TX
The Mix! Series: Vincent Valdez, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX
2001
54th Artist of the Year, San Antonio Art League Museum, San Antonio, TX
1999
Remembering, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
2011
Works on Paper, David Shelton Gallery, San Antonio TX
2010
Road Show Houston, David Shelton Gallery at INMAN ANNEX, Houston, TX
Foretopia, David Shelton Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2009
West Southwest: Abq-LA Exchange, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM, ArtCore, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Angelenos: Painters of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
American Realism, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
In the Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapose Factor, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Beyond the Border, The Mexican Museum, Chicago, IL
2007
La Vida Lowrider/Cruising en Los Angeles, Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The Sirens Song: Contemporary Narrative Painting, Arthouse, Austin, TX
2006
Swallow Harder, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Drawing Conclusions on the Wall, Chapman University, Orange County, CA
2004
Latitude, Te Whare Whananga o Awanuiarangi, Whakatane, New Zealand
A Timeless Montage of Conflict and Being, Parsons School of Design, Paris, France
Arte Caliente: The Collection of Joe A. Diaz, The Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX, traveling to The National Hispanic Research Center, Albuquerque, NM and San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
H2O: Artists Consider the Hydrosphere, Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, TX
Likeness and Presence, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA
2003
Trienta: 30 Years of Chicano Printmaking and Social Justice, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA
Drawing from Memory/Reality: Vincent Valdez and Juan Ramos, Joan Grona Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Larger Than Life, The Leisure Clup: Mogadishni, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002
Chicano Visions: American Painter on the Verge, From the Collection of Cheech Marin, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX, traveling exhibit to The Mexican Museum, Chicago, IL; The Weisman Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN; The Smithsonian Museum of Science and Industry, Washington, DC; San Diego Museum of Art, La Jolla, CA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; The O'Kane Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Contemporary Drawing in Texas, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
17th New American Talent, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, TX
El Grupo Tejano, Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
El Espajo (The Mirror), Art Scan Gallery, Houston, TX
Cucarachas, Perros, Marranos and Elefantes: Alex Rubio and Vincent Valdez, The Peep Hole, San Antonio, TX
Contemporary Figurative Works on Paper, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, TX
The Power of Place, Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Traces of Culture: Young Latino Artists, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
"El Chavez Ravine", Lowrider Magazine (Raza Report), Jessica Logez, April, 2008
"Westside/Southside Story", San Antonio Current, Xelena Gonzalez, Dec. 21, 2007
"Drive to Distraction", Los Angeles Times, Lynell George, Sept. 16, 2007
"Out of the Shadows", Cuidad Magazine, Oscar Garza, Sept., 2007
"Vincent Valdez Paints the Sould of Those Who Live in Uncertain Times", Juxtapoz Magazine, Michael Knowlton, April, 2007
"Battle of Chavez Ravine, LA Weekly, Daniel Hernandez, April 21, 2006
"Technical Knockout", Elda Silva, San Antonio Express-News, August 12, 2004
"Artists in Show Find Inspiration in Peers", San Antonio Express-News, Elda Silva, May 1, 2003