the artist.
Jacqueline T. Valdez is based out of Chicago, IL. She engages with repetitive printing and paper-making practices in order to meditate on familial memory and connect with her Mexican heritage. Valdez holds a BA from the University of Illinois at Chicago in Art History with a focus in Latin American Colonial and Contemporary Art. She has exhibited at Side Street Studio Arts, Woman Made Gallery and Awakenings Gallery. Her work has been published in Awakened Voices Magazine. Valdez is currently the Programming Coordinator at Awakenings, a non-profit arts organization located in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago, where she coordinates and facilitates creative arts workshops.