Virginia Valdes

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Bates Museum, ME “Green Horizons”

University of New England, ME "Cuba: Hearts and Minds Past and Present"

Museo De Las Americas, Denver, Colorado “Mapping Nativity”

Bates Museum, ME, “Videodrome”

Center for Maine Contemporary Art, ME “Plugged In”

Salina Arts Center, KS “Memory” Commissioned multimedia installation

Avenue 50 Studio, CA “Shelter: Coming Home”

Gallery 1199, NYC Times of War/Signs of Peace “Signs From Above”

P.S.1/MOMA, NYC “B-Hotel”

Armory Center for the Arts, CA “L.A. Freewaves”

Flushing Town Hall, NYC “Concerning Nature”

Center for Contemporary Art, CA “Digital Visions”

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FESTIVALS/SCREENINGS/Artist Talks

Bates Museum, ME Screening and Artist talk

Maine College of Art, ME Screening and Artist Talk

Bates Museum, ME “Close Up” Screening and Artist Talk

Salina Arts Center, KS “The Happiest Day of My Life” artist talk with local high school students.

17th Stutgarter Filmwinter Festival, Germany

Diorama Arts Center, London “Snap”

FotoFest H2o04, TX “Waterworks”

Axiom Theatre, TX “Autumnal Edition”

Chaos Studios Artspace, CO “Autumnal Edition”

The Revival House, RI “Autumnal Edition”

World Unity Festival, NY “Autumnal Edition”

Black Maria Film Festival, NJ Director’s Citation Award

Painted Bride Art Center, PA “Divine Women, Divine Work”

Robert Beck Memorial Center, NYC “SNAP!CRACK!POP!”

Galapagos Art & Performance Space, NY “Scratch, Sniff & Pet”

NEW YORK VIDEO FESTIVAL, Lincoln Center, NYC “Like, Love, Loss & Longing”

L.A. FREEWAVES, CA “Interstate Super8”
- Film Forum Egyptian Theatre, CA
- Amory Center for the Arts, CA
- Sacramento Festival of Cinema, CA

D.U.M.B.O. Arts Under the Bridge Festival, NY “L.O.C.A.T.I.O.N.S”

V.I.D. – VIDEO IN DER DAMPFZENTRALE: “SPECIAL EDITION” Bern, Switzerland

D.U.M.B.O. Arts Under The Bridge Festival “In Absentia”

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PERFORMANCE/COLLABORATIONS

Centre Culturel Andre Malraux, France “Melomanie” Live Video Montages with music performance

Music Academy International, France Master Class: Live Video & Music Performance. Artist talk.

The Kitchen, NY Solo Flights Frederic Rzewski: “The Road” Two Channel Video Loops

The Construction Company Gallery, NYC “Terrestrial” Video & Dance Performance in three rooms.

Baktun, NYC Live Video & Sound performance

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TELEVISION BROADCAST / INTERNET BROADCAST

PBS/Thirteen REEL NEW YORK 8 “True Originals“

ADBUSTERS.ORG– VIDEO SPOTLIGHT "Season’s Greetings"

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DVD COMPILATIONS

“Autumnal Edition” Independent Exposure, Microcinema International Distributors

“Water Works/FotoFest” Independent Exposure, Microcinema International Distributors

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