Francisco Valdes
Born 1968, Santiago, Chile. Lives and works in London.
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2012
Elaine Levy Project. Brussels, Belgium
2011
Jacob Karpio Gallery. San Jose, Costa Rica
2009
"From Europe to Asia and back, again. Living in a suitcase.", curated by Jérôme Sans, Lukas Feichtner Galerie, Vienna, Austria
Special project for Volta NY, Elaine Lévy Project, Brussels, Belgium
2008
Wasted, Elaine Lévy Project. Brussels, Belgium
Centro Cultural Matucana 100. Santiago, Chile
Jacob Karpio Gallery. San Jose, Costa Rica
2006
No Compromise, Elaine Levy Project. Brussels, Belgium
2004
Bevor Kaputt. Zürich, Switzerland
2003
Animal Gallery. Santiago, Chile
Bellas Artes Gallery, Santiago, Chile
2001
Museum of Contemporary Art, Valdivia, Chile
2000
Animal Gallery. Santiago, Chile
Posada del Corregidor Gallery. Santiago, Chile
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2010
Book Of Brilliant Things, Elaine Levy Project, Brussels, Belgium
2008
Interrogating Systems, CIFO (Cisneros Fontanals Foundation). Miami, USA
2006
Proposal for Danginri Art Plant. SSAMZIE Space. Curated by Young-In Hong. Seoul, Korea
FUKT The Animation Issue. Berliner Kunstsalon. Berlin, Germany, Touring Torpedo Kunstbokhandel. Oslo, Norway, . GALLERI 54. Göteborg, Sweden
Independent Drawing Gig Vol.2. Museum of Contemporary Art. Skopje., Macedonia
Multiplication. Museum of Contemporary Art. Santiago. Chile
Constant Disturbance. On Cultural Contamination and Foreign Agents. Curated by Gean Moreno.
CCE. Miami, USA
Fantasmatic. Museo de Artes Visuales. Santiago, Chile
2005
Centro Cultural Borges. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Strangely Familiar. AR/GE Kunst Galerie Museum. Bolzano, Italy
2004
D. Jan van Eyck Academie. Maastricht, Netherlands
Fantasmatic. Touring: Millenium Museum. Beijing, China. Esplanade. Singapore, Singapour. National Art Gallery Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia.
Produciendo Realidad. Fundazione Prometeo. Lucca, Italy
Cile-Italia. Iila. Rome, Italy
2003
Artisti Emergenti a Confronto. Ex Cenobio di S. Agostino. Caserta, Italie
Sons of ’73. SAC Gallery. Stony Brook. USA
Ricos y Famosos. Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende. Santiago, Chile
2002
Load (and Unload). LA Free Waves MOCA. LA, USA
Play. ARTCO Gallery. Lima, Peru
Plus. Tomas Andreu Gallery. Santiago, Chile
2001
Artistas Siglo XXI. Catholic University. Santiago, Chile
2000
Expecta. Animal Gallery. Santiago, Chile
EDUCATION
2003-2005
Jan van Eyck Academie Post-Academic Program. Maastricht, Netherlands
1998-1999
MA Fine Art. Goldsmiths College. University of London, UK
1988-1992
Licentiate in Fine Art. School of Art Catholic University, Chile
PROJECTS
D Magazine, June 2004. Editor Yane Calovski. Revolver Archive für Aktuelle Kunst. Maastricht, Netherlands
Fukt Magazine The Animation Issue. September 2006. Editor Bjorn Hegardt. Berlin, Germany
SELECTED AWARDS
2007
CIFO Grants, Miami USA
2003
Jan van Eyck Award. Maastricht. Netherlands
2002
Andes Foundation Award. Santiago, Chile
PUBLICATIONS
2007
Festival. Francisco Valdes, Francesco Manacorda and Lucia Vodanovic.. London UK New End Publishers.
Copying Eden. Edited by Gerardo Mosquera.. Santiago, Chile. Ediciones Puro Chile.
2006
Fukt A Magazine for Contemporary Drawing, The Animation Issue. Edited by Bjørn Hegardt. Berlin, Germany.
Gean Moreno. Constant Disturbance Catalogue. CCE Miami, USA.
2005
D is for drawing issue 01. Edited by Yane Calovski. Frankfurt. Revolver Archive für aktuelle kunst.
2004
Francisco Valdés, D is for drawing issue 00. Edited by Yane Calovski. Frankfurt. Revolver Archive für aktuelle kunst...
´Produciendo Realidad, Prometeo arte contemporanea. Lucca Italia.
Julia P Herzberg, “A partir de cosas comunes. Rutas emergentes, Chile”, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Revista Atlántica 38.
2003
Catalina Mena, Francisco Valdés, What FVV Makes, Publicación independiente. Stgo. Chile.
Mena, Catalina: “Arte reciente en Chile, pasajero en transito”, Revista Artnexus # 48
2002
El Arte es Mio I. Memoria Galeria Posada del Corregidor. Stgo. Chile
El Arte es Mio II. Memoria Galeria Animal. Stgo. Chile
2001
Lo que Hace F.Valdés. CD Rom. 2001 Santiago Chile
2000
Una broma en serio. Las Ultimas Noticias. Febrero 18, 2001, entrevista por Claudia Donoso.
Francisco Valdés. Revista Paula. Diciembre 2000, by Catalina Mena.
La cara del disfraz. El Mercurio. Septiembre 14 2000, by Aura Barrenechea.
El objeto de la mirada. El Mercurio. Septiembre 9, 2000, por Carolina Lara.
Francisco Valdés. No me gustan los puntos finales. Artes y Letras, Agosto 20, 2000. Entrevista por Elena Irarrázabal Sánchez.
Artistas jóvenes en Chile. Revista El Sábado. Junio 17, 2000, por Marcela Escobar.
Mena, Catalina: “Neo-objeto”, L’Art dans le monde, Beaux Arts magazine, september
1997
Platform 1. 70 young modern artists from Asia and Latin America. Canvas Foundation Amsterdam, by Joris Escher and Martij Kielstra.
1996
Report from Chile. In Recovery. Art in America, October 1996, by Ann Wilson Lloyd.
1995
Diario de un Pintor. Publicación Independiente, 1995. Santiago Chile.
1993
La otra pintura. Artistas jovenes de los noventas. RevistaCaras, Stgo. Chile, June , por Claudia Donoso.
Saludo a la austeridad. Revista Apsi Nº 459.Stgo. Chile, por Juan Pablo Donoso.
1992
Matias Rivas, Pinturas de Francisco Valdés. Goethe Institut. Stgo, Chile.