About Me
Hey, I have a website now. Take a look! ERICVALDEZART.COM
Shows
The Masquerade Ball was crazy! The Hear Gallery crew always puts on great events. Speaking of The Hear Gallery and their great events, I'm going to be involved in something else that they're putting together. Peep the info below.
The HEAR Gallery LA!
Apr 6, 2009 9:35 PM
Art Walk This Thursday!!!
The Hear Gallery Presents:
After Walk - April 9, 2009
A Great After-Party for the Downtown LA Art Walk!
Every SECOND THURSDAY of the month.
Here's what's going on this month...
BANDS:
(9pm) Vice (u.k.
)
(10pm) The Press Fire
(11pm) James Yuill (u.k.
)
(12mid) The Health Club
(1am) Chaplain
FEATURED ARTIST:
Eric Valdez
Ron Outlaw
DJ'S:
Ned Hepburn (The Hear Gallery)
Dario (Audiocide)
ROAMING PHOTOS BY:
Shotgun Mary (GlamScene Entertainment)
Matador Y Toros
SPONSORS:
The Hear Gallery
GlamScene Entertainment
Shotgun Mary
The Five Star Bar
Start Time: Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 8:00pm
End Time: Friday, April 10, 2009 at 2:00am
Door: $5
Location: The Five-Star Bar
Street: 267 S. Main St.
(on the corner of Main & 3rd)
City/Town: Los Angeles, CA 90012
This Saturday I'll also be returning to Casita del Pueblo to take part in their student group show. No flyer for that yet, but I'm sure it'll be awesome.
Saturday, April 11th
6:00pm-10:00PM
Casita del Pueblo
6738 Greenleaf Ave., Whittier, CA 90601 562.693.2844
Bio
I was told that, as an artist, it's important for me to have a bio. I wrote one, so here it is:
After having been laid off from a job with a promising future, Eric Valdez suddenly had a lot of free time on his hands. With help and encouragement from his friend Neal Breton (a talented and accomplished artist in his own right), Eric turned to painting as a way to cope with his newfound free time. Soon what was intended to be a distraction and a way to fill up idle time became a new passion in his life.
Using the few skills that he acquired from high school art classes, Eric began producing paintings that quickly found their way into various group art exhibitions. Though he had been able to effectively express himself with little formal training, Eric realized that he would soon feel limited by his own abilities and recently began to further his artistic education. He is presently studying art and graphic design at both Pasadena City College and Platt College.
Eric has produced works that have been directly influenced by all aspects of popular culture, but it is music that has had the greatest influence on the majority of his paintings.
Click here to see an unedited (I guess the guy still hasn't gotten around to editing like he said he would) interview that I did on Dec. 1st at the Long Beach group show. In the future, if I'm interviewed again, I should probably remember not to: a) slouch, b) say "ummm" so much and c) chew gum during the ENTIRE interview.
Additional info about me can be found on my personal MySpace page: MYSPACE.COM/ERICV138
