Veiko Vladimir Valencia Pacheco is a painter, sculptor, storyteller, and illustrator who lives and works in Boise, ID. Valencia started his art education in the art school Carlos Baca Flor in Arequipa, Peru in 2003. For three years, he was immersed in a traditional approach to painting and drawing. Later in 2006, he moved to the US and obtained his Bachelors in Painting and Drawing and his MFA in Visual Arts from Boise State University in 2017. His work has been exhibited in the US and in Peru and feature in the New American Paintings Magazine. He currently teaches at Boise State University.