Georgina Valverde

  • Georgina Valverde is a Mexican-born multimedia artist and educator whose work encompasses sculpture, performance, writing, and critical pedagogy. In her sculptural work, Valverde incorporates crafts and a wide range of everyday materials to create minimal sculptures that invite viewers to re-examine the familiar and explore the wealth of meanings inherent in material culture.
  • Exhibitions
  • Valverde holds an MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a BFA in Painting and Printmaking and BA in Modern Languages from James Madison University, Virginia. Valverde has exhibited locally, nationally, and internationally including at the MCA, the Hyde Park Art Center, the Evanston Art Center, and the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago; University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Tamaulipas and Centro Cultural Jaime Sabines, in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico.
  • Works
    • Georgina Valverde, Beacon, 2019
      Georgina Valverde
      Beacon, 2019
      Welded steel wire; crocheted Nylon rope, crocheted Nylon thread, crocheted wool, crocheted acrylic yarn and crocheted hemp thread; and MDF
      65 x 17.5 x 17.5 inches
    • Georgina Valverde, Vessel (for Mathilde Gartner), 2019
      Georgina Valverde
      Vessel (for Mathilde Gartner), 2019
      Welded steel wire; crocheted Nylon rope, crocheted Nylon thread, crocheted wool, crocheted acrylic yarn and crocheted hemp thread; and MDF
      72 x 27.75 x 27.75 inches