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.

• Curator of the exhibition Art and Soul, Webster Arts Gallery, USA (2025).
• Selection and exhibition at Into the Woods, Webster Arts Gallery (2025).
• Commissioned by Hermès Paris for events in Dallas and New Jersey (2024).
• Winner of Best of Show at Manchester Arts with the work Stay Away (2024).
• Solo exhibition with Mandala Art Collective at Jacoby Arts Center (2023) and St. Louis Artists' Guild (2023).
• Selection in Peace Poles Project (2023) and Webster Arts Street Piano (2022).
• Award of Excellence at Soulard Art Gallery (2021).
• Exhibition at TATE London in collaboration with Instagram (2020).
• First place in the Pikes Peak, Colorado, Digital Photography Competition (2013).