Biography
Born in Los Angeles, California
A.A. East Los Angeles College, East L.A., CA
B.F.A. Otis/Parsons School of art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2000
"New Work", Patricia Correia Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

1999
"A Precarious Comfort", Laguna Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA Patssi Valdez: "The Living Room", Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"A Precarious Comfort", The Mexican Museum, San Jose, CA

1996
"Cinco de Mayo Exhibition", Mexican Cultural Institute Gallery, L.A., CA

1995
"Patssi Valdez: A Room of One's Own", San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA

1993
"Viva La Muerte Bella", The Mexican Museum, San Francisco, CA
"Rooms de la Vida", Julie Rico Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"The Painted World of Patssi Valdez", Boat House Gallery, Plaza de la Raza, L,A., CA
"Recent Works", Mars Artspace, Phoenix, AZ

1992
"Distant Memories", Daniel Saxon Gallery, L.A., CA

1987
" Portraits, Gallery Posada", Sacramento, CA


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2000
"Twelve Divas", Molly Barnes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1998
" Patssi Valdez", California State University Northridge

1997
"Collaboration and Transformation", Lithographs from Hamilton Press, Montgomery Gallery, Pomona College, Claremont, CA

1996
"Ceremony of Spirit: Nature and Memory in Contemporary Latino Art", Studio Museum, Harlem, NY (touring exhibition through 1997)
"The Mythic Present of Chagoya, Valdez and Gronk", Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, L.A,, CA
"Maiden America", Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA

1995
"Altars", Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
"Coming Home, Vincent Price Gallery, E.L.A College, Monterey Park, CA
"Across the Street: Self Help Graphics and Chicano Art in Los Angeles", Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA: Armand Hammer Museum of Art, L.A., CA (touring exhibition 1995 - present)

1994
" Calaveras Pa Todos", The Mexican Fine Arts Museum, Oxnard, Ca
"Dia de los Muertos", Galeria La Mano Magica, Oaxaca, Mexico
"Hielo Caliente", Alianza Francesca de Oaxaca, Mexico
"The Mystical in Art", Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA

1993
"Sin Frontera", Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester, England
"Visceral Images", New Works Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
"Art of the Other Mexico: Sources and Meaning, Museum of Modern Art", CA; Museo del Barrio, NYC, NY; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio TX; Yerbabuena Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA (touring exhibition 1993-95)

1992
"LAX: The Los Angeles Exhibition", Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, CA

1991
"Domestic Allegories", Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA

1990
"Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation, 1965 - 1985", Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA; Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ; National Museum of American art, Smithsonian Institution, Washing, D.C.; El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso,TX; Bronx Museum of the Arts, NYC, NY; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX; Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL (touring exhibition 1990 -1993)

1989
"Aqui y Alla", Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Les Demon de Anges", Halle du Centre de Recherche pour le Developpement "Culturel", Nantes, France; Centre d' Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain, Kulterhuset, Stockholm, Sweden; Espace Lyonnais d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, France (touring exhbition, 1989-90)


AWARDS

1999 Durfee Foundation
1994 National Endowment for the Arts, U.S./Mexico Artist-in-Residence
1990 Art Matters Grant
1989 California Art Council Recipient for artist residency at Self - Help Graphics, East Los Angeles, CA
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Painting
Medal of Recognition, City of Nantes, France
1988 Brody Arts Fellowship in Visual Arts


SELECTED COLLECTION

National Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
Tucson Museum of Art Tucson, AZ
Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, IL
Mexican Museum, San Francisco, CA
Plaza de la Raza, Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Gunter Joetze, German Ambassador, Berlin, Germany
Galan Entertainment, Venice, CA
Nicholas Cage, Los Angeles, CA
Jimmy Smits, Los Angeles, CA
Cheech Marin, Los Angeles, CA
Gregory Nava, Ojai, CA
Southern California Gas Company, Los Angeles, CA
The Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, Iowa


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1999
Munoz, Lorenza. "A Painter's Great Escape", LA Times, March 1999

1998
"Patssi Valdez at the Mexican Museum"Artweek, March

1997
"Beyond ASCO" Latina Magazine, cultura/culture

1996
Frank, Peter. Art Pick of the Week, LA Weekly February 9 - 15, Calendar.

1995
Wilson, William. Review, "Trio of California Artists Mix it up in the Mythic Present, Los Angeles Times, December 9.
Torrez, Anthony. "Patssi Valdez at the San Jose Museum of Art," Artweek,
October, vol.26,no.10.
Sherman, Ann Elliot. "Dream Spaces; The Hallucinatory Rooms of Patssi Valdez," Metro Art (San Jose, CA), August 17-23,vol.2,no.25
Erkanat, Judy Pasquel. "Burning colors; Dynamic Interpretations Dominate L.A. Artist's Exhibit," El Observadador, August 16-22.

1993
Turner, Nancy Kay. Review, Artscene, October.

1992
Wiggins, Susan. Review Shorts "Patssi Valdez," Artweek, March 26, p.15.
Kapitanoff, Nancy. Faces, "Artist Patssi Valdez Final Answers on a Painted Canvas,"
Los Angeles Times, March 21, sec.F, P.2
Hammond, Pamela. Review, ART News '91. No. 6, Summer, p.140.
Rosas, Alejandro. "La Mirada Interior de Patssi Valdez," La Opinion, May 29.
Kandel, Susan. "Valdez' Morbid Vision of Domesticity," Los Angeles Times, March 20, sec. F, p.18.

1991
Kandel, Susan. "L.A. in Review," Arts Magazine, December, p.91, p.94.
Pagel, David. "A Look at Latino Diversity," Los Angeles Times, October 28, sec.F, p.9.

1990
Nieto, Margarita. "Patssi Valdez," Latin American Art, (Scottsdale, AZ), vol. 2, no.3, Summer, p.9.
Benavidez, Max. "Latin L.A. - Beyond the Barrio," L.A. Style, March, p.136, p. 189

1986
Drohojowska, Hunter. "Patssi Valdez is Making it in Art," Los Angeles Herald Examiner, April 20.