Valentina Luna

B. 1995 // Lives and works in New York, NY

Education

2022 - Present The Art Students League of New York, Studio Classes, New York, NY

2024 - New York Academy of the Arts, Painting Alla Prima, New York, NY

2023 Parsons School of Design, Painting Intensive, New York, NY

2013 - 2017 Universidad Iberoamericana, Business Administration, Mexico City, Mexico

2016 - 2017 CENTRO, Painting Techniques, Mexico City, Mexico

2017 IED Istituto Europeo di Design, Innovation and Future Thinking, Barcelona, Spain

Exhibitions

2025 “Student Salons - James Little” - Group Show, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, Art Students League of New York, New York City, NY

2025 “Student Salons - Pat Lipsky” - Group Show, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, Art Students League of New York, New York City, NY

2025 “Untitled Exhibition” - CASA 74, 255 E 74th St, Curated by Janina McCormack, New York, NY

2024 “Contemporary Visions” - Artifact Gallery, New York City, NY

2024 “Abstracted’ - Online Exhibition, Emerge Gallery, New York

2024 “Juried Group Show” - Group Show, The Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2024 “Student Salons - Pat Lipsky” - Group Show, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, Art Students League of New York, New York City, NY

2024 “Student Salons - Augustine Boyce Cummings” - Group Show, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, Art Students League of New York, New York City, NY

2024 “Student Salons - James Little” - Group Show, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, Art Students League of New York, New York City, NY

2024 “Una Noche de Arte y Música para Palestina” - Group Show, SS Galeria, Mexico City, Mexico

2024 “Best In Show: Artists’ Personal Favorite from 2023” - Online Exhibition, Emerge Gallery, New York

2023 “ Summer Intensive Painting” - Group Show, Parsons School of Design, New York City, NY

2021 “ Galeria Expo desde Casa” - Online Exhibition, Mexico

2019 “Up & Coming Artists” - Group Show, CREA-HAUS, Mexico City, Mexico

2017 “Creativity and painting techniques” - Group Show, CENTRO: Mexico City, Mexico

Honors & Awards

2024 Merit Scholarship for the year 2024/2025 at the Art Students League of New York, New York City, NY

2025 Blue Dot: Honorable Mention, The Art Students League of New York, “Student Salons - James Little”

2025 Blue Dot: Honorable Mention, The Art Students League of New York, “Student Salons - Pat Lipsky”

2024 Blue Dot: Honorable Mention, The Art Students League of New York, “Student Salons - James Little”

Bibliography

2024 Hajimirsadeghi, Ashley, Mud Season Review, “Learning to See the World in New Ways”, March 20, 2024

2024 Mud Season Review, “Art Issue #72”, February 24, 2024

2023 Glanzman, Kimberly, Miniskirt Magazine Issue 25, “Flower Explorations: a visual art series by Valentina Luna”, November 25, 2023

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