Andres Valencia - Alberto the Clown

Andres Valencia (2011) 

Alberto the Clown,

Archival pigment print with hand painting

45h x 28.25w in

Edition of 100

Andres Valencia (b. 2011) is a San Diego, California-based contemporary artist known for large, dramatic, colorful figurative paintings that are deeply influenced by George Condo, Picasso, and Cubism. Valencia has been painting since he was five years old, He stands on a step ladder to create large-scale works with a mix of oil stick, and oil and acrylic paint, seeking to create bold colors and wildly imaginative fragmented facial compositions. Teachers involved in his California public school Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) program quickly identified his extraordinary talent. Surrounded by art at home, Valencia is inspired by RETNA, Richard Hambleton, Raphael Mazzucco, Salvador Dalí, and other artists his father began collecting about seven years ago.

Andres Valencia shocks the world by selling his paintings for several hundred thousand euros