https://www.jtvarts.com/bio daily 0.75 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a3c1426fee5a4b32be32/54f352d6-a803-4bdd-9d45-96fff9184e88/june+recap+3.jpg bio 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 Chicago Art Department, Side Street Studio Arts, Woman Made Gallery and more. She has work in collections for the Chicago Printers Guild Archive at the Harold Washington Library. Valdez is currently the Programming Director at Awakenings, a non-profit arts organization located in Ravenswood, where she leads the development of free creative healing arts programs for survivors. https://www.jtvarts.com/contact daily 0.75 2026-03-23 https://www.jtvarts.com/resume daily 0.75 2026-03-25 https://www.jtvarts.com/art daily 1.0 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a3c1426fee5a4b32be32/7b900292-7ce5-4417-95be-f8c1d0ee3a9d/manos+de+maize+2.png art "Mano de Maize", 5in diameter, handmade paper, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a3c1426fee5a4b32be32/ae2c9643-55bd-4c7c-a72e-fb6bdfb671f9/dried+up.png art "Husk", ink on paper, dried corn husk, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a3c1426fee5a4b32be32/70f60657-2278-43e2-b93c-0d8176f123e5/into+place.png art "Into Place", ink on handmade paper, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a3c1426fee5a4b32be32/f97c4aba-8299-4326-8aaf-a43d43b4c2d0/untitled.png art "Untitled", ink on paper, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a3c1426fee5a4b32be32/1605295676738-8WT4DJ0SOXY6UVVXGXDH/peacenotpolice.jpg art “Peace Not Police”, ink on paper, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a3c1426fee5a4b32be32/1a6eccb7-3d96-40b8-bb71-2bff2a848856/unearth2.png art "unearth", collage, handmade paper, and poetry, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a3c1426fee5a4b32be32/2401604d-6dfd-4b32-acb1-1c49e6d57d33/TrainofMemories.Large.JackieValdez.png art "Train of Memories, ink on handmade recycled paper, pink yarn, 14x14in, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a3c1426fee5a4b32be32/1767332368966-OMZPGVB62NRC4DDRP669/DSC05392.jpg art "Ritual Ache", handmade recycled paper, cardboard, streamers, candles, 18x30in, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a3c1426fee5a4b32be32/79a1479f-1c18-467f-be18-d6421158abab/Valdez_Jackie_03.jpg art "seeing me soon", ink on paper, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a3c1426fee5a4b32be32/123e5ca9-99a2-413a-b916-f1d5033a77fc/manos+de+maize.png art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a3c1426fee5a4b32be32/f80e38e2-4f34-48f2-aa7a-7c82662edbc5/morethanmylabor.sm.jpg art “More Than My Labor”, ink on paper, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a3c1426fee5a4b32be32/1605296386971-7GESJG9BC32BO5A9TRRW/nopalito.jpg art “Nopal”, ink on handmade paper, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a3c1426fee5a4b32be32/1605295614457-ZTUT7L4PJ76ZDORP9LH5/sunbather.sm.jpg art “Sunbather”, ink on paper, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a3c1426fee5a4b32be32/1605295573090-KJ3NAD5CUGCO4OLDELLA/blacklight.jpg art “Blacklight'“, ink on paper, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a3c1426fee5a4b32be32/f324d957-455f-42d5-af9b-30f89b47f9c7/texturesofapoem.png art "Textures of a Poem", collage, handmade paper, 2022, visual response to "We are the Flowers in that Good Earth" by Phil Goldstein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a3c1426fee5a4b32be32/c7358b1b-c3b6-4194-a5ac-51edfed3adff/TrainofMemories.Small.JackieValdez.png art "Train of Memories" (small), ink on handmade paper, 4x6in, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a3c1426fee5a4b32be32/1767332417126-B8Z812803X2XUGMCP2PJ/DSC05397.jpg art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a3c1426fee5a4b32be32/c32069de-58b3-482c-95b8-312ff35a4a6a/Valdez_Jackie_02.jpg art "A house I never called home", ink on handmade recycled paper, 22x16in, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a3c1426fee5a4b32be32/3e980bbf-19d2-4e1b-afac-a32d9652b372/ojas.3.jpg art “La Hojas I, II, II”, handmade paper & dried corn husks, 8x10in each, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a3c1426fee5a4b32be32/8b2b6732-5789-444c-bbf7-29ecd436cd76/manos+de+maize+3.png art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a3c1426fee5a4b32be32/1605296457063-JIRLZK21UTZX812JXQEI/peep.jpg art “Peep”, ink on handmade paper, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a3c1426fee5a4b32be32/1605295511866-PKF3MO69GXJTNDO3K85J/masked.JPG art “Masked”, ink on paper, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a3c1426fee5a4b32be32/cb760382-3036-4adb-9f8b-3b9a2ed82174/ojas.1.jpg art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a3c1426fee5a4b32be32/24f024b0-5e2d-4e8c-94d7-58e4f6c3670d/ojas.2.jpg art