BiographySeptember 19, 2003

Francisco Valverde

Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, 1972. STUDIES 1992-1996 Degree in Plastic Arts, College of Design Art Centre, Pasadena, California. PRIZES 1998 First Prize, Visions Competition, Los Angeles, California. PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS 2002 ¿Travels through Time¿, Fine Arts, San Luis Potosi. ¿Travels through Time¿, Praxis Gallery, Mexico, D.F. 2001 123 Gallery, San Salvador, El Salvador. ¿Looking for the word¿ (¿En Busca de la Palabra¿), Praxis Gallery, Mexico, D.F. 2000 ¿Travellers¿, Praxis Gallery, Mexico, D.F. COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS 2003 Havana Gallery, Mexico, Mexico, D.F. ¿Cast¿ (¿Casta¿), Oscar Roman Gallery, Mexico, D.F. Glass Garage Gallery, Los Angeles, California. National Meeting of Young Art 2003, finalist with the work ¿The Cow World¿ (¿El Mundo Vaca¿), Itinerant Exhibition in Museums and Cultural Centres in the country. 2001 Art Miami, Miami, Florida, with Praxis Mexico. 2000 FIA 2000, Caracas, Venezuela with Praxis México. Glass Garage Gallery, Los Angeles, California. 1998 Legislative Palace, Delegates Chamber, Mexico, D.F. Commissioned to do the Mural ¿The Magicians of the Sea¿ (¿Los Magos del Mar¿), in the offices of the Integral Port Administration, Veracruz, Mexico. 1997 Art Parlor Gallery, Los Angeles, California. Misrachi Gallery, México, D.F. 1996 Caltech University, Pasadena, California. 1992 14th Annual Tip or Texas Exhibit of Paintings in McAllen First City Bank, Texas. EVENTS 2003 His works participate in the Mexican Art Auction, Yucatan Museum of Modern Art. 2002 Honored Juror in the Lila Lopez International Dance Festival, Plastic Arts Competition, San Luis Potosi.
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