Valeria Prieto

Valeria Prieto, Mexican artist from Ciudad Juarez currently living in Arkansas, 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 Europe with a s...

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).