Arleene Correa Valencia

California
Interdisciplinary
Bay Area Fellowship, 2021 - 2023
↗ www.correavalencia.com

Arleene Correa Valencia is a multidisciplinary and community-oriented native Mexican artist living and working in Napa, CA. Correa Valencia investigates various ethical, political, and aesthetic strategies in her practice to address the effects of our current socio-political and ecological climate on undocumented communities in the U.S.

In 2020 Correa Valencia completed her MFA at California College of the Arts in San Francisco. She was featured in the Emmy award winning “Portraits of Napa Workers: Arleene Correa Valencia,” part of KQED Arts’ Represent series of artist profiles. She is a recipient of Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals and is one of four children originally from Arteaga, Michoacán, Mexico. Her family migrated to the United States in 1997 and made a home in California’s wine country, Napa Valley.

Gallery

Painting in hues of orange and red on black of a figure in a sweatshirt and reflective vest among plants.

'Espacio Sideral / Outer Space' from the series 'In Times of Crisis,' 2018. Oil on canvas; 48 x 60 in.

Painting in hues of orange and red on black of figures in reflective vests

'Echo En Mexico / Made in Mexico' from the series 'In Times of Crisis,' 2018. Oil on canvas, 48 x 60 in.

A soccer team of young people wearing bright safety orange and yellow shirts that read

'SOMOS VISIBLES / WE ARE NOT INVISIBLE, San Bruno Soccer Team,' 2020. T-shirts; dimensions variable.

Farm workers photographed at night wearing reflective garments with text reading

'SOMOS VISIBLES / WE ARE NOT INVISIBLE Napa Vineyards,' 2020. T-shirts; dimensions variable.

Billboard with an images of a person wearing a shirt with text reading

'SOMOS VISIBLES / WE ARE NOT INVISIBLE Census Billboard, Highway 101 San Francisco, Ca.,' 2020; Banner, billboard.

Textile images of abstracted figures on a black ground hang on display in an open, airy, brick and glass space.

'Truth Farm Installation: Invisibles En La Oscuridad / Invisible In The Darkness,' 2021. Repurposed textiles on canvas.

A dark space at night with little light. Abstract figurative forms glow in the darkness.

'Truth Farm Installation: Invisibles En La Oscuridad / Invisible In The Darkness,' 2021. Repurposed textiles on canvas.

Two images side by side; on the left an abstracted depiction of a figure holding a child; on the right, only the child is visible in green outline.

'Reunited (Porfavor No Te Olvides De Mi 1996.),' 2021. Repurposed clothing on canvas, 58 x 60 in. (left, as seen in reflected light; right, in darkness).