Valeria Prieto

Valeria Prieto, Mexican artist from Ciudad Juarez currently an artist in residence at Missouri, USA.

Valeria´s passion is to experiment with many elements of nature, encompassing animals, portraits, flowers, minerals and other components of the natural world.
¨ I enjoy blending and balancing imagery and symbolism in my paintings through an abstract realism lens hoping to provoke emotions and expressions in love, magic, and beauty ¨.

She works with oils, acrylics, watercolor, graphite, ink, collage mostly on a myriad of surfaces such as cotton and linen, cotton paper, wood, and different styles of canvases that allows her to conceive different variations in style and expression.

¨I also enjoy exploring the world of digital art and illustrations, sometimes re-working a piece with distinct layers to capture contrasting visual dimensions ¨.

¨For me creativity is an emotional experience, an extension of my feelings at the moment, starting from there to create and transform and at the same time a projection of my authenticity and true self. We connect through vibrancy, and greatness of painted stories ¨.

Valeria´s work has been presented in various international exhibitions and publications including showcases around the USA and...

Graduate degree in Graphic Design at the Institute of Architecture, Design and Art at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Valeria is an independent Artist painter and illustrator.

* Exhibition at the 8th Underground Film Festival ANTIMATTER,
Victoria, B.C. Canada, 2005 and 2006

* Director and producer of the 1st Regional Video Festival, PUNTO CERO, short film exhibition at International level, Ciudad Juárez, MX 2006.

* Exhibition in the Short Film exhibition at the Inter-American Video Art Biennial in Washington D.C., 2006 and 2010

* Short Film exhibition at the Toronto Urban Film Festival, CANADA 2011.

*Exhibit photographic work PHOTOWALK, “Walking the City” at the Municipal Arts Center in Ciudad Juárez, MX. 2011


*Exhibit photographic work PHOTOWALK, “Walking the City” at the Municipal Arts Center in Ciudad Juárez, MX. 2011

* 1st place winner in the Pikes Peak DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY photography contest in Colorado Springs, Colorado. CO 2013

* PAINTED LEAF exhibits at TATE London in collaboration with Instagram. 2016

* PORTRAITS oil painting selection at Fontbone Art Gallery, St. Louis MO, 2020


*Award of Excellence at Soulard art Gallery during the exhibition ¨Would you love me as a pet¨ Saint Louis 2021

*Exhibition at St. Louis Artists guild Art Gallery with the Mandala collective. 2023

*Best of Show in the exhibition Feathers, scales, tails and fur in Manchester Arts, MO.