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PAINTING WITH LIGHT FROM 2005
June 09 - Hey all. The Studio visits have been great. Will have one for Mid July. Will post up the information very soon. In the meantime been working on a few projects and decided to publish a new zine issue over at OpenZine.com.
They are a group of photos taken in 2005 when I started to play with light drawing. My brother took the pictures in my old studio. Take a look and I'll post new info soon. The summer has been good to me so far and I plan on some trips soon. RIP to Michael Jackson. I wrote his name in this issue before he passed away. I thought it was kind of interesting, I just did automatic writing with peoples names and his was one that came out along with Hemingway, Madonna etc.
Kiki Valdes
Painting with Light/ From 2005
Create Your OpenZine
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OPEN STUDIO/HAPPY HOUR/THE GLASS STUDIO
May 09 - The past 2 studio visits have been very productive and actually has bridged a gap I've felt that my art was being blocked from public viewing for a while. I'm pretty unconventional so I think this is working out very nicely for the type of dialog it's beginning to create. You can see it as it is. Paintings everywhere, where they are created. Best part of all is...if someone missed the last one...now's the time to make up for it.
I will continue to put these together. This brings something new to the studio visit/open studio idea. The fine people from CoveringsEtc. which owns the property The Glass Studio is located are having a happy hour reception for winning an award at ICFF 2009 in in New York City recently. I figured this would be another great time to invite friends and art patrons to experience all the fine things happening at this new creative campus.
Open Studio/Happy Hour
Friday, May 29th 2009
The Glass Studio (Look for big fence with gray checkerboard pattern)
7520 NE 4th Court
6:30pm - 10:30pm
Miami Modern District
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Recent Paintings |
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KIKI VALDES STUDIO OPEN FOR ART WALK
May 09 - Kiki Valdes' studio space "The Glass Studio" will be open May 10th for Wynwood's art walk which takes place second Saturdays of each month.
The New Studio VisitRecent works by Kiki ValdesSaturday, May 9th 2009The Glass Studio7610 NE 4th CourtMimo Historic District7pm till 11pm
Recent article from UM Newspaper:
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The New Studio Visit |
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NEW SHOW AT KIKI VALDES' WORK SPACE, THE GLASS STUDIO
April 09- Kiki Valdes is opening up for the first time his newly built workspace “The Glass Studio” for a special public viewing of new works. On April 25, Valdes will offer an informal and raw presentation of exhibiting works within the very studio in which they were created, offering a fundamental way for art and public interaction to cross feed in a way, which rarely gets experienced.
This is an interesting time for Miami's cultural communities to gather for a valid  experience of new contemporary art. “The New Studio Visit” will be an unconventional gathering
with expressionist plates of new painting with high regard to imagery and process. The artist draws from the inner initiative process of composition building and urban life in Miami. Valdes considers himself an artist drawn to Modern art for political, social and scientific reasons.
“At times of war art should be as expressive and as dramatic as possible to really trigger how contemporary life feels, Valdes said.
The New Studio Visit
Recent works by Kiki Valdes
Saturday, April 25th 2009
Reception: 7:30pm- Midnight
The Glass Studio
7520 NE 4th Court.
Mimo Historic District
The event will include live music by DJ Jay Meletiche and is being presented in association with Cusqueña, Ico U Go, CoveringsEtc, Bawls Energy Drink, Edgar Ace Gallery & OpenZine.
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New Year, 2 New Shows |
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VIP OPENING EXHIBITION SHOWS IN ISTANBUL & FRANKFURT
Jan 09 -Happy new year to all of you! I'm here to announce that I have been included in a digital exhibition in possibly 3 simultaneous group shows this Feb. The confirmed exhibitions will be taking place at Bang & Olufsen showrooms at locations in  Istanbul, Turkey and Frankfurt, Germany. Artworks will be displayed on B&O prominent High Definition screens (65 inch, 42 inch) The exhibit will be displayed inside the showrooms and at the windows catching the attention of people from outside at the Luxury Fashion Centre Istinye Park. Brand new works will be featured and I have to thank United Creators and exhibition curators Sonya Reynolds and Alexis Pernas. A date for New York City is in the works.
Feb. 21st 2009 (VIP opening)
Kiki Valdes in United Creators Exhibition
Bang & Olufsen Showrooms
Istanbul, Turkey at Luxury Fashion Centre Istinye Park
Frankfurt, Germanyhttp://www.istinyepark.com
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Art Basel 2008 |
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KIKI VALDES SHOWING WITH VANGUARD NEW CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR
Dec. 08 - I've been working hard in my studio getting new works ready for this years Art Basel week. I have been included in a fair this year which is the Gen Art Vanguard New Contemporary Art Fair. Special thanks to Francisco Locastro of Pop Art Studios for making it happen. Here's the info for the bigger then life party reception.
Vanguard New Contemporary Art Fair Party 
Friday, Dec. 5th 2008
Featuring new works by
SAS CHRISTIAN
KIKI VALDES
KRIS LEWIS
COLIN CHRISTIAN
and more.
December 4–7, 2008
2135 NW 1st Avenue
Miami, FL 33127
Wynwood Arts District
These artists are going to be represented by Pop Art Studios section of the Fair. Curated by Francisco LoCastro. There will be many other art to see by other galleries from all over the country.
(Miami, FL) Gen Art, the national arts and entertainment organization promoting emerging artists, announced today the launch of their inaugural art fair, the Gen Art Vanguard New Contemporary Art Fair happening alongside this year’s Art Basel Fair in Miami. The four-day art fair taking place from December 4–7 brings together the top galleries, artists, and individuals who are defining the New Contemporary art movements from Pop Surrealism and New Brow to Urban Contemporary. The goal of the fair is to advance the dialogue about these emerging contemporary art movements and their cultural context.
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NEW ARTWORK UPLOADED TO SITE, NEARLY 2 YEARS SINCE UPDATED
Oct, 2008 - Hey my friends! Wanted to stop by and update you all that we have updated the art section of this site with some newer work from 2006, 07 and 08. There's a lot of really important work that still has not be on the site. I will try to get more of that work out there for your viewing...BUT...I won't upload everything that way you can have some suprises when I have my show coming up. Also wanted to send out some love to my friends at Next In Line for once again getting me involved with Shades of Pink this year. I did a big live piece and it was alot of fun to see alot of old faces and new ones too to raise some money for Breast Cancer research. I also recently did a pretty cool event with Cherisse Coley at Grass in the Design District. Much love to her, findally got to do something together. much more coolio stuff headed your way check back soon. By the way I'm loving this windy Miami weather, great change!
Check out pictures below
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Kiki Valdes at TechCrunch50 |
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 VALDES BROTHERS ATTENDING TECHCRUNCH50 IN SAN FRANCISCO
Aug 2008 - Looks like some of our hard work is paying off. OpenZine, the startup company Humby and I started was chosen to be apart of the demopit at this years TechCrunch50 over in San Francisco, CA. This is a great opportunity to display new innovations for the internet. Some of the most influential people in the technology world will be there. Everyone from the Co-Founder of YouTube Chad Hurley, VP of Google Marissa Meyer (Who, I would like to say is on the board over at the San Francisco Modern Art Museum.) Tim Oreily of Oreily Media, Marc Andreessen Co-Founder of Ning, Mark Cuban owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team and chairman of HDNet, Ashton Kutcher and so many others.
I'm really looking forward to meeting everyone and see all the brand new companies coming out. Communication has never been as good as it is today, artists need to pay attention to this revolution.For more info check out TechCrunch50.
Some of the confirmed guests are:
Accelerator Venture Capital, Adobe, AOL, August Capital, Avalon Ventures,
Bain Capital,Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, BlueRun Ventures,Canaan
Partners,CBS Interactive,Cisco Systems,Clearstone Venture Partners,Columbia
Univeristy,D.E. Shaw & Co,Deloitte, Draper Fisher and Jurvetson, Elevation
Partners, Esade,Facebook, Fenwick and West, First Round Capital, Focus Ventures,
Founders Fund, Google, Greycroft Partners, Harvard Univeristy, HBO, Hearst
Digital, Intel, Intuit, Khosla Ventures, Lazard, Lehman Brothers, Mayfield
Fund, Meakem Becker Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Microsoft, New
Enterprise Associates, Oxford University, Perkins Coie, Redpoint Ventures, Saban
Capital, Seed Capital, Sequoia Capital, Shasta Ventures, Softbank Capital,
Stanford University, Storm Ventures, Time Warner, Transcosmos Investment &
Business Development, True Ventures, University of California, Berkeley,
University of California, Davis, University of California, Irvine, University of
California, Los Angeles, University of California, San Diego, University of
Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, Vanderbilt University, Vulcan
Capital, Walt Disney, Washington Mutual, Yahoo! and others
Also confirmed attendance by the following media organizations:
Time Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, The Guardian, PC World,
Businessweek, Fortune, New York Times, CNET, San Jose Mercury News, Los Angeles
Times, Associated Press, USA Today, InformationWeek, Reuters, Wall Street
Journal, The Nikkei and Forbes.
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OpenZine Launch and more |
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KIKI VALDES CO-FOUNDER OF OPENZINE.COM LAUNCHES
July 2008 - Hey everyone, its been a minute since I've been able to update the news. Things have been real busy over here. Just wanted to give you guys the heads up about OpenZine.com (www.OpenZine.com) It's a site my brother Humby and I created for the purpose of networking information and ideas in a way thats more indepth then the blog. It's like creating a Zine online. It's cool because you can create new issues and save your back issues like an actual magazine. It's alot more fun then your 2003 idea of the blog. It's really for everyone wether your an artist, writer or whatever you do. Check it out, also make sure to check out my OpenZine, at www.OpenZine.com/KikiValdes It's still in BETA testing mode so feel free to drop some feedback. We are looking out for you!
THE HEXAGONE EXHIBITION OPENING RECAP
On May 10th 2008 we had an opening called Hexagone. It featured the works of me (Kiki Valdes,) Purvis Young, FriendsWithYou, Jose Mertz, Bhakti Baxter, Phillp Toledano and 1st Ave Machine. It was organized by ARC, which is a collective that I and Jose Mertz started to show all types of art in Miami. The show was held at Miami Art Space. It was an amazing time, I have to thank everyone in the little Miami Art World for stopping by. Also want to thank our sponsors such as Media Stage, Hennessy, Bawls Enegry Drink and Urban Icons by Alan Solis. If you would like to know more about ARC, check out the site www.OpenZine.com/Arc
for all information and details about artists and the opening.
Also check out: www.MiamiArtSpace.com
FREEDOM TOWER ART RECEPTION BY TELEFONICA
I can finally say who organized the event where I painted live at the Freedom Tower in April. Telefonica invited me to be apart of the leadership conference they had. I was honored to be apart of it. The pics above show more or less what happened that night with music provided by my friends PALO! The show they had up by the IDB Collection was really cool as well. I also got to make some friends in the corporate world which was nice. I have to thank Telefonica America and Forums Inc. for making this possible for me. It was an amazing time.
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KIKI VALDES EXHIBITS AT DUKE UNIVERSITY FOR CUBA CONFERENCE
Hey! My paintings will be shown at Duke University during the Duke Cuba Conference going on this weekend over in Durham, NC. Have to thank all my friends at Duke and everyone from Evolution, Roots of Hope and Inter-Cambio for making this possible. If you are a student or live in the area make sure to check out the exhibition. It will be held at the Smith Building on campus. There will also be several artists showing from a few New York galleries. The conference is to bridge the gap between American Cubans and Cubans on the island. Finding ways that both sides can communicate and bring some clarity and expression to the table. There are panel talks by key note speaks and a great big party at the end of the conference on the 13th. If you would like more information check out www.DukeCubaConference.com
FRIDAY, APRIL 11th 2008
Kiki Valdes at Duke Cuba Conference Exhibition
Duke University - Smith Building/ACT Studios
Durham, N.C. Opening reception: 7pm
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