about.
Jackie 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 Art. She has exhibited at Side Street Studio Arts, Woman Made Gallery and Awakenings Gallery. Valdez is currently the Programming Director at Awakenings, a non-profit arts organization located in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago, where she leads the development of free creative healing arts programs for survivors.