- Steam Roller Print by Luis Valderas
Steam Roller Print by Luis Valderas
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Artist: Luis Valderas
Bio: Artist Statement from "Art to the Third Power" website: I create because I want to see further. As a kid, I used to climb the avocado trees and the techo (tin roof) in my backyard—wanted to fly, but mostly just enjoyed the lack of boundary between space and sky—exploring the possibilities of other spaces. Underneath the techo was my mother’s ceramic/flower shop, and it was there that I first learned to create not only with my eyes, but also with my hands, as I helped make wreaths and mold ceramic figurines for Dia de los Muertos and Mother’s/Father’s Day. In so doing, I came to understand that what I was doing held meaning and worth to others as well. As I looked further, for example, while crossing the bridge from McAllen to Reynosa, I didn’t think about flying, but I did notice the immense space created by tourists as they avoided the Styrofoam cups in the outstretched hands of women and children. Again, I looked, but my perspective of misery and festivity in laFrontera was aided by my father’s cuentos—stories that created spaces of shared experience and still inspire me to share such memories. Most importantly, these early experiences fueled my interest in Mesoamerican mythology. Again, I create because I have always wanted to see further—to collapse borders, to transform and explore the social and cultural ambiguities that need not resolve in either time or space.
My consistent production and exhibition schedule has allowed me to achieve a few key successes. For example, I have works featured in two books; Chicano Art for Our Millennium-2004 and Triumph in Our Communities: Four Decades of Mexican American Art-2005, published by Bilingual Review Press. I founded and organized a nationally recognized annual group exhibit featuring Latino artists (Project: MASA I, II, and III) an exhibit focusing on Chicano identities. My works are included in the permanent collections of Arizona State University, the University of Texas San Antonio, and the Art Museum of South Texas.
Price: $400
Bio: Artist Statement from "Art to the Third Power" website: I create because I want to see further. As a kid, I used to climb the avocado trees and the techo (tin roof) in my backyard—wanted to fly, but mostly just enjoyed the lack of boundary between space and sky—exploring the possibilities of other spaces. Underneath the techo was my mother’s ceramic/flower shop, and it was there that I first learned to create not only with my eyes, but also with my hands, as I helped make wreaths and mold ceramic figurines for Dia de los Muertos and Mother’s/Father’s Day. In so doing, I came to understand that what I was doing held meaning and worth to others as well. As I looked further, for example, while crossing the bridge from McAllen to Reynosa, I didn’t think about flying, but I did notice the immense space created by tourists as they avoided the Styrofoam cups in the outstretched hands of women and children. Again, I looked, but my perspective of misery and festivity in laFrontera was aided by my father’s cuentos—stories that created spaces of shared experience and still inspire me to share such memories. Most importantly, these early experiences fueled my interest in Mesoamerican mythology. Again, I create because I have always wanted to see further—to collapse borders, to transform and explore the social and cultural ambiguities that need not resolve in either time or space.
My consistent production and exhibition schedule has allowed me to achieve a few key successes. For example, I have works featured in two books; Chicano Art for Our Millennium-2004 and Triumph in Our Communities: Four Decades of Mexican American Art-2005, published by Bilingual Review Press. I founded and organized a nationally recognized annual group exhibit featuring Latino artists (Project: MASA I, II, and III) an exhibit focusing on Chicano identities. My works are included in the permanent collections of Arizona State University, the University of Texas San Antonio, and the Art Museum of South Texas.
Price: $400