VALENTINA ATTOLINI
RESUME
Mexico City, México (1998)
She is a visual artist from Mexico City whose practice explores the body as both a physical and emotional site of experience. Her work delves into the body’s complex relationship to the self and the world around it. Through a diverse range of media including painting, drawing, and performance Valentina engages with materiality and the act of perception as a charged emotional encounter. Often, her pieces provoke a deep, visceral response by drawing the viewer into spaces where desire, love, violence, beauty, and intimacy intertwine. She completed her Bachelor's degree in Visual Arts at Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda” in Mexico City and complemented her studies at l’École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts de Paris-Cergy.
Her work has been presented in solo exhibitions such as Sonámbulos: los párpados lloran (Espacio Unión, 2024), Es un lugar que no existe (RAM, 2023), and La obsesión del polvo por volverse aliento (T.A.C.O. 2022), as well as in various collective exhibitions in Mexico City. In 2024, she was a resident at Solos, a space dedicated to the research and creation of monotype printing. In 2019, she was awarded Young Creators by Sistema de Apoyos a la Creación y Proyectos Culturales (SACPC) in the sculpture category, and in 2024, she was selected again, this time in the painting category. In 2024 she was selected for Salon Acme No 12. In 2025 she was selected to be part of the TEAR Tracey Emin Artist Residence in Margate, UK.
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Originally from Mexico City, Valentina’s practice explores the body as a site of both physical and emotional experience. Her work delves into the body’s relationship with the self and the world. Through a diversity of media -including painting, drawing and performance- Valentina approaches materiality and the act of perception as an emotionally charged encounter. Her pieces often provoke a visceral and profound response by immersing the viewer in spaces where desire, love, violence, beauty and intimacy intertwine. Her work has been presented in solo exhibitions such as Sonámbulos: los párpados lloran (Espacio Unión, 2024), Es un lugar que no existe (RAM, 2023) and La obsesión del polvo por volverse aliento (T.A.C.O., 2022), in addition to several group exhibitions in Mexico City. In 2024, she participated as a resident in Solos, a space dedicated to the research and creation of monotypes. In 2024 she was selected for the second time to receive the support of Young Creators of the System of Support for Cultural Creation and Projects (SACPC), this time in the category of painting. That same year she was selected to participate in the Acme Salon No. 12. In 2025 she was selected to be part of the TEAR Tracey Emin Artist Residency program in Margate, England.
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Formal Education
2019-2022
B.A Visual Arts, Escuela Nacional de Pintura y Grabado: La Esmeralda, CDMX.
2022-2023
Visual Arts en L’ Ecole Nationale Supérieure D´Arts De Paris Cergy, Paris.
Solo Exhibitions
2024 – Sonámbulos; los párpados lloran. Espacio Unión, CDMX.
2023 – Es un lugar que no existe, RAM: Red de Arte Mexicana, CDMX.
Collective Exhibitions
2025
Irent-Free Proyect, Pablo’s Birthday, NYC.
2024
Indicios de Acción, Galería C.E.N.A.R.T, CDMX.
Construir un Paisaje con Ladrillos, T.A.C.O, CDMX.
Fuera de Lugar, Laguna México, CDMX.
Suite N.1, Fundación Maceta, CDMX.
FIAT LUX, Espacio Temoskali, CDMX.
2023
Contra la nostalgia: Las Pulgas, Arroniz, CDMX.
Ultimátum, Espacio Temoskali, CDMX.
O el Pozo era muy profundo …, Colima 319, CDMX.
Futuro Inexpugnable, Seminario 12, CDMX.
Participations / Grants
2026 - 2028
Tracey Emin Foundation, Margate, Inglaterra.
2024 - 2025
Jóvenes Creadores, Sistema de Apoyos a la Creación, México.
2024
Salón Acme No. 12, CDMX.
SOLOS TALLER, Residencia Artistica, México.