Evelyn Valdirio

Evelyn Valdirio is a multifaceted contemporary artist: painter, printmaker, assemblage artist, and designer. Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, Valdirio studied sociology and anthropology at the Universidad Central de Venezuela. In 1983, she moved to Washington, D.C., to pursue her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) at the Catholic University of America. Valdirio has lived and worked in Miami, Florida since 1992.

Trained as a printmaker, Valdirio has evolved into a 360-degree artist. She is an accomplished painter, currently incorporating tri-dimensionality in her work. She has not limited her work to the canvas; and is developing a line of furniture and clothing featuring one-of-a kind paintings. Socially engaged, she has been crafting the Hispanic Unity of America’s awards since 2007.

She aims to endow her work with a touch of magical realism and spiritual energy, in a never ending transgressive yet ritualistic procession of ideas and emotions. Her major series: Hispanic American Transmigrations, Homage to Rimbaud, Federal Reserve Note, Angels, and Holy Land, among others, create intimate landscapes that constantly challenge the viewer to address uncomfortable questions regarding sexuality and power, divinity and profanity...