VEIKO VALENCIA
 208-968-6573

veikovalencia@gmail.com /veiko.art

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 INTIMATE OBJECTS, SUREL’S PLACE – Flash Exhibition. December, Boise, ID.
2024 THE ISLAND OF DOUBT, MING STUDIOS – August – November, Boise, ID.
2023  ECHOES OF INANIMATE OBJECTS, Herrett Center for Arts and Science, Jean B. King Gallery. September,
                  TWIN FALLS, ID.
2022  “Lo que Vendra, What is About to Come” SUB Gallery, Boise State University, Boise, ID.
2017 “The World According to Don Santo: MFA Thesis Show”, Visual Art Centers, BSU, ID.
2015  "Copy of the Copy", Satellite Contemporary, Las Vegas, NV.
2015  Weber State University Project Gallery, Ogden, UT.         
2013  “Institutionalization of Identity”, SUB Gallery, Boise State University, Boise, ID.
2013 “Silent Protest”, Linen Building Gallery, Boise, ID.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS / SELECTED
2025 Gathering: Unity, Dissonance, and the Spaces Between, Group Exhibition, The Art Museum of Eastern
          Idaho, Curator: Fonda Portales, May 1st – July 12th, Idaho Falls, ID.
2025  SHOW AND TELL, THE COMMONWELL, Group Exhibition, April 4th – May 13th, Boise, ID.
2024 “Brand 52 Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper” Juror: Shana NYS Dambrot, Brand Art
          Center Glendale, CA.
2024 “SECOND DISTANCES” SUB Gallery, Boise, ID. USA.
2023  BIENNIAL ART DEPARTMENT FACULTY EXHIBITION, Center for the Visual Arts, BSU. Boise, ID. USA. 
2023  Visual Arts MFA Alumni and Student EXHIBITION, Neri Gallery, Fine Arts Building. Boise, ID. USA.
2022 “Amarres and Other Rituals of the Line.” Sismo Artistic Laboratory, Arequipa, Peru.
2022  Finalist. Selected for 2nd phase. 4th Drawing Contest: Two Generations. Britannic Cultural Center. Juried
           Exhibition, Lima, Peru.
2020  Finalist. Selected for 2nd phase. 3rd Drawing Contest: Two Generations. Britannic Cultural Center. Juried
           Exhibition, Lima, Peru.
2020  IDAHO TRIENNIAL, Juror: Grace Kook-Anderson, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID. USA.  
2019  BIENNIAL ART DEPARTMENT FACULTY EXHIBITION, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID. USA. 
2019  Finalist“2nd PRICE OF CONTEMPORARY ART ICPNA” Juried Exhibition, Augusto del Valle, Juan Pardo            Heeren Gallery, ICPNA, Lima  - Peru.
2018  Finalist“1st PRICE OF CONTEMPORARY ART ICPNA” Juried Exhibition, Max Hernandez Calvo,                             Juan Pardo Heeren Gallery, ICPNA, Lima – Peru.
2017 “VECINOS/NEIGHBORS” Group Exhibition, Emerge Gallery, Coeur d'alene, ID.
2016 “EXCHANGE” MFA Student Exhibition, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID.
2016  “INSIGHT” Annual Student Juried Exhibition, Jason Manley, Visual Arts Center, Boise, ID.
2015  "Video Project Installation & Performance Exhibition", Hemingway Gallery, Boise State University, ID.
2015  "35th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition", Juried Exhibition, Beth                
            Grabowski, Bradley University, Peoria IL.
2013  “Inter/Change Exhibition”, Linen Building Gallery, Boise, ID.
2011  “Winter Show”, Basement Gallery, Boise, ID. 
2011  “Home on the Strange: Celebrating the fall Equinox”, Boise, ID.
2011  “The View From Here” BFA Thesis Exhibition, Visual Arts Center, Boise State University,Boise, ID.   
2011 “What’s next 2nd round” Undergraduate Student Juried Exhibition, Liz Nielsen,             
            Heuser Art Center Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL.    
2010  “Yes, Maybe, No”, Linen Building Gallery, Boise, ID.  
2010  “Annual Student Juried Exhibition” Visual Arts Center Gallery 1 – L.A. Building, Boise, ID.
2010  “What’s next” Undergraduate Student Juried Exhibition, Richard Holland,              
            Heuser Art Center Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL.
2009   “Annual Student Juried Exhibition” Visual Arts Center Gallery 2 – HWSC, Boise State University,ID.
2008   “Strive” Juried Student Art Exhibition Boise, SUB Gallery, Boise State University, Boise, ID.
2008   “Bite” Student Juried Art Show, Cory Peeke, Visual Arts Center Gallery 2 –               
             HWSC, Boise State University, Boise, ID.


EDUCATION

2014 – 2017 MFA Visual Arts, Boise State University, Boise, ID.
2007 – 2011 BFA Visual Arts, Painting and Drawing, Boise State University, Boise, ID. cum laude
2003 – 2005 Painting and Drawing, Art Superior School “Carlos Baca Flor,” Arequipa, Peru.
AWARDS / GRANTS
2023 - Quarterly Grants Round 2 Application, Idaho Commission on the Arts, Boise, ID.
2016 - Alexa Rose Foundation Grant, Boise, ID.
2016 - Individual Artist Grant, Boise Weekly Cover Auction Grant, Boise, ID.
2016 - Three-Minute Thesis Competition, People’s Choice Award, Boise State University, Boise, ID.
2014 - 2017 Graduate Teaching Assistant for Visual Art Foundations.
2010 - Finalist, Bay Window Art Project Round 2. Boise ID.
2009 - 2010  Annual Art Scholarship, Boise State University, Boise, ID.
2009 - 2010  Juror’s Award, Annual Student Juried Show Exhibition, Boise State University, Boise, ID.

ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2025 SHOW AND TELL, The CommonWell / November 2023 – April 2024, Boise, ID.
2024 THE ISLAND OF DOUBT, MING STUDIOS / August – November, Boise, ID.
2024 Summer Workshop for Artists with Enrique Martinez Celaya. L.A. California.
2023 Summer Workshop for Artists with Enrique Martinez Celaya. L.A. California.
2022 Summer Workshop for Artists with Enrique Martinez Celaya. L.A. California.
2010 Idaho Residency Program, Alaska building. Boise, ID.
PUBLIC ART 2015  City of Boise, Street Art, Traffic Box, Myrtle and 6th street, Boise, ID.
2014  Little Free Library Project, Located at the International Market (Near Franklin and Curtis Ave.), Boise
          City Department of Arts and History, Boise, ID.                
 
PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2025 – Adjunct Faculty Painting and Drawing, Boise State University. Boise, ID.
2024 – 2025 - Art Instructor, Senior Classes program, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID.
2017 – 2023 – Adjunct Faculty Painting and Drawing, Boise State University. Boise, ID.
2014 – 2017 – Graduate Teaching Assistant, Boise State University. Boise, ID.

BIBLIOGRAPHY / PUBLICATIONS
Christopher Schnoor, “Championing Idaho Artist” Boise Weekly, Idaho Press. March 18, 2020.
New American Paintings: West, Edition #126 - October/November. 2016.

Boise City Dept of Arts and History,(Interview)“Creators, Makers, and Doers: Veiko Valencia” Dec 16, 2015. Fuentes, Ed, “Veiko Valencia ‘Copy of a Copy’ at Satellite Contemporary” Jun 23, 2015.                HTTP://WWW.PAINTTHISDESERT.COM
New American Paintings: West, Edition #114 - October/November. 2014.
Boise Weekly Cover Artist, Boise weekly, May 29, 2013.
Boise Weekly Cover Artist, Boise weekly, September 13, 2011.
Morgan, Tara, “Yes, Maybe, No Opening Reception,” Boise weekly, May 24, 2010.
Boise Weekly Cover Artist, Boise weekly, September 15, 2009.
Boise Weekly Cover Artist, Boise weekly, May 13, 2008.
COLLECTIONS

2023 – STUDENT UNION FINE ARTS FUND, PERMANENT COLLECTION, Boise, ID.
2021 – BOISE COVID COMMUNITY COLLECTION, Boise, ID.
2019 – PORTABLE WORKS, Boise, ID.
2014 – BOISE VISUAL CHRONICLE, Boise, ID.
Permanent Collections, Boise, ID.


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