Maria Vallier

María Vallier is a visual artist based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Working across painting and sculpture, she explores organic forms inspired by the human body, where abstraction and figuration coexist.

Across both mediums, she is interested in the body as a space of expression—a place where tension, vulnerability, and inner states take form. Rather than representing the figure literally, her work seeks to evoke what lies beneath the surface: emotion, movement, memory, and transformation.

Each medium informs the other, allowing formal ideas to move freely between two and three dimensions. In sculpture, she works with plaster, marble, resin, and other materials, developing forms through modeling, carving, casting, and surface treatments that emphasize the tactile qualities of each piece. In painting, she approaches the surface intuitively, allowing gesture, texture, and color to guide the image.

Her practice is deeply rooted in material and process. Every piece carries the trace of its making, revealing a sensitivity to touch, time, balance, and light. Whether in two or three dimensions, Vallier’s work creates a dialogue between structure and fluidity, solidity and fragility, inviting a quiet yet powerful encounter with the human...

• Berlin Art Institute (BAI), Berlin, Germany.

• Art Academy Foundation – Mentorship with Guillermo Roux and Alejandra Roux, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• Regina Pacis National School of Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo – Estímulo de Bellas Artes - Sculpture Program, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA), Buenos Aires, Argentina.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Marble Sculpture Workshops with Trinidad Caminos.

• Sculpture Mentorship with Leo Vinci.

• Sculpture Studies with Sara Mansilla.

• Fundación Cazadores, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• Palacio Museo Rómulo Raggio, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Selected Recognition

* Featured in multiple Saatchi Art Curated Collections (2022–present), including Best of 2022: Sculptures, Curator Favorites: Metallics, and Latine & Hispanic Artists to Watch.
* Exhibited at The Other Art Fair Chicago, presented by Saatchi Art (2019).

Solo Exhibition

* 2021 – Espacio Cabutia Art Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Selected Exhibitions

* 2026 – Palacio Museo Raggio, Asociación de Artistas Escultores.
* 2023 – Zona Art Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
* 2023 – MAPA Art Fair, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
* 2022 – Facultad de Derecho (UBA), Salón de los Pasos Perdidos, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
* 2019 – The Other Art Fair Chicago, USA.
* 2019 – Berlin Art Institute (BAI), Berlin, Germany.
* 2018 – Open Studio, Château d’Orquevaux, France.
* 2018 – La Noche de los Museos, 15th Anniversary Edition, Vicente López, Buenos Aires.
* 2018 – Fundación Cazadores, Sala Imán, Nada Dulce, Buenos Aires.
* 2012 – Arte Espacio Darwin Art Fair, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Additional Exhibitions

* Fundación Guillermo Roux (2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018).
* OSDE Foundation, Office Park, Argentina.
* Casa de la Cultura, San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
* Regina Pacis National School of Art, Buenos A...