about
Nicholas Valdés (b. 1986) is a multimedia artist who lives and works in Albuquerque, NM where he is an MFA candidate in Studio Art at the University of New Mexico.
@valdes_with_an_s for in process work & updates
CV
2024
Solo Exhibitions
Small Talk - 516 Hagan - Nashville, TN
LOOSE TOOTH - @ ALPACA - Albuquerque, NM
Group Exhibitions
Land, Body, Archive - Northlight Gallery @ Arizona State University - Tempe, AZ
Pt. III - Masley Drift - Masley Gallery @ The University of New Mexico - Albuquerque, NM
Layer Play - Tamarind Institute Gallery - Albuquerque, NM
When Photography Meets Collage - New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery - New Orleans, LA
Awards & Fellowships
2024 Hullsman Outstanding Student Employee - The University of New Mexico
2023
Solo Exhibitions
can we see them, in a field of color, and know love? - GhostRoomGallery - Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibitions
Ephemerality - Strata Gallery - Santa Fe, NM
ECHO: A Collaborative Printmaking Exhibition - Tamarind Institute Gallery - Albuquerque, NM
Connective Tissue: 2023 Graduate Juried Show - Sanitary Tortilla Factory - Albuquerque, NM
Land, Body, Archive (pt.I) - John Sommers Gallery @ The University of New Mexico - Albuquerque, NM
Land, Body, Archive (pt.II) - Rombach Gallery @ The University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ
2022
Group Exhibitions
Physical Education - Sanitary Tortilla Factory - Albuquerque, NM
Part 2 - John Sommers Gallery, University of New Mexico - Albuquerque, NM
EDUCATION
2021-present MFA Candidate, University of New Mexico - Albuquerque, NM
2004-2008 B.S. in History, Truman State University - Kirksville, MO