JOAQUIN VALDEZ – USA
International Artist
JOAQUIN VALDEZ – USA
International Artist
Joaquin Valdez is a self-taught artist based in Chicago. Highly influenced by his professional background in marketing and advertising, Valdez interlaces this motivate through his work in form, line, design and striking colour. Attracted to the nuances of everyday life, his subject matter and composition serve to create a strong image driven narrative that is easily translated and highly emotive.
Valdez produces work of significant beauty. His union of opposing colours is random and systemic at once and key to his signature style. His subtle use of light to inject and enliven oddly familiar scenes, from a somewhat obscure perspective, adds a sense of dimensionality.
With a progressive approach and “perseverance, passion and creativity” at the core of his work, Joaquin Valdez is an artist to watch. He is represented in the Denmark, London, Hong Kong, Australia, and the U.S with work continuing to populate established collectors’ circles around the globe.
OCTOBER 2023 SOLO SHOW; Happy Place
“My paintings are a celebration of colour and light. I use a wide range of pastel hues to create dreamlike and evocative images. Lines are clean and precise patterns are diverse and my compositions are balanced and harmonious.
I work in acrylics on canvas, and I often draw inspiration from a happy place or moment, as well as interior spaces or old black and white photographs that capture stories.” – Joaquin Valdez
