Julio Valdez

	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
	2019	Water Abstractions, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2017	Julio Valdez: Recent Works, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC Dreams and Reflections, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2016	Dreams and Reflections, Latin American Masters, Santa Monica, CA
	2014	Para Soñar el Sol (In Order to Dream the Sun): New Paintings, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2013	Julio Valdez: Recent Paintings, Latin American Masters, Santa Monica, CA
	2012-2013	Nature: Prints, Drawings and Mixed Media, curated by Graciela Kartofel, The Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT; catalog
	2012	Nature: Prints, Drawings and Mixed Media, curated by Graciela Kartofel, The Arsenal Gallery, The Arsenal in Central Park, New York; catalog Julio Valdez: Selected Work, King Street Gallery, Montgomery College, MD
	2010	In the Same Path as the Sun: New Paintings, June Kelly Gallery, New York Julio Valdez: New Water Paintings, Latin American Masters, Santa Monica, CA
	2009	El Mar de los Delirios, Galeria Botello, San Juan, Puerto Rico; brochure
	2008	Julio Valdez: Obra Recientes, Legacy Fine Arts, Panama City, Panama
	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 The Island and the Continent, The Art Museum of the Americas Gallery, Organization of American States, Washington, DC; brochure Recent Works, Solar Latin American Art and Design, East Hampton, NY
	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
Selected Group Exhibitions
	2019	58th Venice Biennale, Pavillion of Dominican Republic, Venice, Italy Summertime, Faction Art Projects, Harlem, New York Art on Paper Fair, Pier 36, New York
	2018	Affordable Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavillion, New York
	2017	Celebrating 30 Years, Gallery Artists: Drawing and Photography, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2016	Monoprint Invitational Exhibition, Woodstock School of Art, NY
	2014-15	Modern and Contemporary Dominican Art: Works From The Collection Of The General Directorate Of Customs, Art Museum of the Americas Washington, DC, traveled to United Nations, New York; Instituto Cervantes, Madrid, Spain; Eugenio Granell Foundation, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	2014	Paper Trail, New Works on Paper, Latin American Masters, Santa Monica, CA
	2012	The Big Picture: A Photography Exhibition in Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the IDB Cultural Center, Dulles International Airport, Dulles, VA
	2011	Emerging Artists from Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by the World Bank Art Program, Washington, DC. The exhibition is being shown on a rotating basis among the World Bank offices in Washington and Paris, as well as at the Cultural Center of the Inter- American Development Bank and at the Art Museum of the Americas of the Organization of American States, both also in Washington
	2010	International Triennialof the Caribbean, Museum of Modern Art, Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic
	2009	Creative Dialogues: Latin American Printmakers, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
	2008	Silk Aquatint: Painterly Graphics, Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York
	2007	Art of Collecting, Flint Institute of Arts, MI ReGrouping: Three Generations of Latin American Artists in New York, Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York
	2006	Merengue! Visual Rythms, El Museo del Barrio, New York This Skin I’m In: Contemporary Dominican Art from El Museo del Barrio’s Permanent Collection, New York Transplant/Transculture, Wave Hill Glyndor Gallery, Riverdale, New York Silk Aquatint: Painterly Graphics, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
	2005	My Island, My Home, The Long Island Museum, Stony Brook, Long Island, NY
	2004	Silk Aquatint: Painterly Graphics, State Department, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico; traveling exhibition
	2003	La Joven Estampa, Latin American Print Biennial, Casa de las Americas, La Habana, Cuba International Print Bienal, Varna, Bulgaria Gráfica, Solar Latin American Art and Design, East Hampton, NY The Solarplate Revolution, organized by Dan Welden, Whitney Art Works, Greenport, NY
Public Collections
		El Museo del Barrio, New York Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Indiana Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Musée Grimaldi, Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France Museo Omar Rayo, Roldanillo, Colombia Museo de Arte Moderno, Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, San Juan, Puerto Rico Art Museum of the Americas, Organization of American States (OAS), Washington, DC Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca, México Fundación Cultural Altos de Chavón, La Romano, Dominican Republic Centro Leon, Santiago, Dominican Republic Ministry of Culture, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Altos de Chavόn, Cultural Center Foundation, La Romana, Dominican Republic The Library of Congress, Washington, DC IDB Art Collection, Inter American Development Bank, Washington, DC The World Bank Art Collection, Washington, DC Metropolitan Transit Authority, New York Banco del Café, Guatemala City, Guatemala The Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA The Robert Blackburn Print Collection, New York Kathy Caraccio Print Collection, New York Voluntariado de las Casas Reales, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic US Embassy, Permanent Collection, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Selected Honors and Awards
	2013	Grand Prize, International Drawing Biennial, Palace of Fine Arts, Santo Domingo
	2007	Fellowship, Mural Workshop, National Academy Museum and School of Design, 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