2019 Visiting Artists and Scholar Lecture Series featuring Rodrigo Valenzuela

Rodrigo Valenzuela was born in Santiago, Chile in 1982 and currently lives and works in Los Angeles. Valenzuela studies art history and photography at University of Chile (2004), holds a BA in philosophy at the Evergreen State College and MFA at University of Washington. Recent residencies include Core Fellowship at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Texas), Skowhegan School of Painting and Scuplture (Maine), MacDowell Colony (New Hampshire), Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (Nebraska), Lightwork (Syracuse) and the Center for Photography at Woodstrock (New York).

Recent solo exhibitions include Lisa Kandlhofer Galerie, Vienna, Austria (2018), Klowdenmann Gallery, Los Angeles (2018), the Frye Art Museum, Seattle (2015), Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago (2015) and Upfor Gallery, Portland, Oregon (2017).  Valenzuela is an assistant professor at University of California, Los Angeles and the recipient of the 2017 Joan Mitchell award for painters and sculptors.