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John Valadez
- A limited-edition archival silkscreen print
- Edition of 51
- Produced by Chicano Grráfica / Self Help Graphics & Art
- 11 Color Run
- Dimensions: 22 x 30 inches (55.88 x 76.20 cm)
- Signed, dated, and numbered by the artist. Includes chop and certificate of authenticity.
- $2,000 unframed
(tax included; shipping and handling additional)
With a career spanning more than 50 years, Valadez has played a defining role in shaping the visual language of the Chicano Arts Movement. Working across painting, muralism, photography, and printmaking, his practice consistently centers working-class life in Los Angeles while engaging broader socio-political themes. Fragrance and Dirt continues this trajectory, offering a new body of work that is both formally innovative and deeply rooted in community history.
PRINT ON VIEW:
La Tiendita Gallery
Plaza de la Raza
3540 N. Mission Rd.
Los Angeles, CA 90031
Gallery Hours:
Monday – Thursday | 10:00 a.m. – 6:00p.m.
Saturday | 10:00 a.m. – 5:00p.m.
ABOUT JOHN VALADEZ
John Valadez (b. 1951, Los Angeles) is a painter, photographer, and muralist of global renown whose work has been central to the development of the Chicano Arts Movement. Raised in East Los Angeles, Valadez has built a multidisciplinary practice spanning large-scale paintings, public murals, documentary photography, and works on paper that have been commissioned and exhibited throughout North America and Europe. His hyper-realist style, often incorporating elements of montage and allegory, explores identity, labor, and cultural memory while challenging stereotypes and expanding representations of Chicano life in contemporary art.
ABOUT SELF HELP GRAPHICS & ART
Self Help Graphics and Art is dedicated to the production, interpretation and other art media by Chicana/o and Latinx artists. Self Help Graphics’ vision is to be the preeminent center for Latino art in printmaking, exhibition, training, and be a resource for young emerging artists. Through collaborations with artists, the organization advances the preservation and accessibility of cultural histories, ensuring that stories are told from lived experience and shared across generations.
ABOUT CHICANO GRÁFICA
Fragrance and Dirt is released as part of a fundraising effort to support Chicano Gráfica’s, forthcoming documentary on Self Help Graphics & Art, Sister Karen Boccalero, and the artists who helped define the Chicano Arts Movement. The film chronicles the organization’s transformation from a community-based art space in East Los Angeles into a leading international platform for Chicano art, driven by printmaking, exhibitions, and cultural exchanges. With many of the movement’s pioneering artists now in their later years, the project centers on the urgent need to document their stories firsthand, preserving a vital chapter of American art history for future generations.