Artist CV

Giselle Valencia

(b. 2001, Toronto)

giselle.valenciaa@gmail.com



GROUP EXHIBITIONS

OCT 2021

Dia De Los Muertos Celebration, Piano Craft Gallery. Boston, MA. 

MAY 2021

Concordia University’s 50th Annual Film Festival. Montreal, QC.

APR 2020

LUNALAND: Isolation, via Zoom.

NOV 2019

Concordia University’s Silent Film Festival. Montreal, QC.

JUN 2019        

Dreamscapes, D’arcy Symposium. Toronto, ON.

MAY 2019

End of Year Art Sale & Show. Toronto, ON.

01 Scotiabank Contact Show, Artscape.  Toronto, ON.

APR 2019

Etobicoke Fashion Show, Cloverdale Mall. Etobicoke, ON.

MAR 2019

Gen Z,  222 Bowry St. New York, NY.

NOV 2018

Portfolio Day 9, at Etobicoke School of The Arts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZk81Uq8TbM

OCT 2018

Because I am a Girl: Speaking in Feminist. Toronto, ON.

JUL 2018

Execution, Paris College of Art. Paris, France.

JUN 2018

My Being Exhibition. Toronto, ON.

MAY 2018

Flash Forward Incubator, Stephen Bulger Gallery. Toronto, ON.

MAY 2018

End of Year Art Sale & Show. Etobicoke, ON.

MAR 2018

Turning Point, Neilson Park Creative Centre. Toronto, ON.

MAY 2018

End of Year Art Sale & Show. Etobicoke, ON.

SEPT 2016 - MAY 2017

Lead Dancer/Role as Mary Poppins in Innovative Dance Rhythm Studios production of Mary Poppins. Toronto, ON.

JAN 2017

Dinner Table Conversations, Montgomery Inn. Toronto, ON.



SOLO EXHIBITIONS

JUN 13-28, 2018.

Regression & Rebirth, Les Enfants Terribles. Toronto, ON.



CURATORIAL

MAY 2019 Gallery & show Director of My Being hosted at Etobicoke School of The Arts.

NOV 2018 Portfolio Day 9 hosted at Etobicoke School of The Arts.



CREATIVE DIRECTION

JUN 2019        Music video set design/prop,  ‘Waiting’ by Racquel.

https://vimeo.com/453481140

2018 - 2019     Director and coach for My Being an interdisciplinary performance show.

PUBLICATIONS

2019     THE VOID Magazine.

2019      Uniquely Aligned: FEAR.

https://www.uniquelyaligned.com/mag/2019/10/28/and-whos-the-clown-in-the-room

2019      Issue 09: Question, a feature published online by Polemical Zine.

2019 A5 Magazine, June issue.

2019 LunaLand blog featured artist, April.

2019 A5 Magazine, April issue.

2019 Etobicoke Fashion Show, ‘Crushed’ Magazine Vo. 2.

2018 Summer Editorial 'A Girl is a Gun' feature, Creative Director/Stylist.  Select images published online by 'For The Matter’.

2018 Flash Forward Incubator Catalog.

2018 Issue 03: Quantify, a feature published online by Polemical Zine.



AWARDS

FEB 2019 Silver Key in Photography, Scholastic Arts and Writing Competition. New York, NY.

FEB 2019 Silver Key in Film, Scholastic Arts and Writing Competition. New York, NY.

FEB 2019 Silver Key for Portfolio, Scholastic Arts and Writing Competition. New York, NY.

FEB 2018 Gold Key in photography, Scholastic Arts and Writing Competition. New York, NY.

FEB 2018 Gold Key in photography, Scholastic Arts and Writing Competition. New York, NY.

FEB 2018 Honourable Mention Poetry, Scholastic Arts and Writing Competition. New York, NY.

EDUCATION

PRESENT       BFA Studio Arts at the School Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. Boston, MA.

2019 - 2021           BFA Film Production at Concordia University. Montreal, QC.

2017 - 2019           Contemporary Arts Major at Etobicoke School of the Arts. Toronto, ON.

2015 - 2019           Contemporary Photography at Etobicoke School of the Arts. Toronto, ON.

JULY 2018         Fashion Editorial/Photography, Paris College of Art. Paris, France.

2017 - 2018        Flash Forward Incubator Program, The Magenta Foundation. Toronto, ON.

2015 - 2017            Dramatic Arts Major at Etobicoke School of the Arts.