Maria Vallier

María Vallier is a visual artist who lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her practice brings together painting and sculpture through an ongoing exploration of the human figure.

Across both mediums, she is interested in the body as a space of expression — a place where tension, vulnerability, and inner states take form. Her work does not aim to represent the figure in a literal way, but rather to evoke what lies beneath the surface: emotion, movement, and transformation.

In sculpture, she works primarily with plaster and marble, developing forms through processes of modeling, carving, and polishing. In painting, she approaches the surface more intuitively, allowing gesture, texture, and color to guide the image. Together, these practices create a dialogue between structure and fluidity, control and spontaneity.

Her work is rooted in material and process. Each piece carries the trace of its making, revealing a sensitivity to touch, time, and balance. Whether in two or three dimensions, her practice seeks to create a quiet but powerful presence — one that invites a closer, more personal encounter.

* Buenos Aires National Museum of Decorative Art

* Guillermo Roux / Alejandra Roux Mentors / Art Academy Foundation.

* Regina Pacis National Art School.

* Fundación Cazadores de Arte.

* Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA)

Courses and Extra curriculum studies

* Romulo Raggio Art Museum.

* Buenos Aires National Museum of Decorative Art

* Mentor Sara Mansilla' s Sculpture Studies

* 2023 Zona Art Gallery / Buenos Aires

*2023 Mapa Art Galeries Fair / Buenos Aires

* 2019 The Other Art Fair Chicago. EEUU / May

* 2019 Berlin Art Institute (Bai). Germany / June

* 2018 Open Studio at Chateau Orquevaux, Chaumont. France / June

* 2018 La Noche de los Museos 15 años. Circuito Vicente Lopez. Buenos Aires / Dic.

* 2012 Arte Espacio Darwin, Art Fair. Buenos Aires Argentina.

Solo Exhibition

* Espacio Cabutia Art Gallery dicember 2021

Exhibitions

* Facultad de Derecho (UBA) Salon de los Pasos Perdidos 2022

* Fundación Guillermo Roux 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018.

* Fundación Cazadores. Sala Iman. Nada Dulce. Diciembre 2018.

* Arte Exposición OSDE, Office Park, Argentina.

* Casa de la Cultura, San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

* Regina Pacis National Art School Buenos Aires, Argentina.

* Centro de Ceramistas, Tenerife, España.