About Valentín Toledo
Born in Seville forty-four years ago, he spent several years in Barcelona, Spain before finding himself drawn to Madrid. He now makes Los Angeles, California his home. He’s worked for important European magazines such as Vogue, Marie Claire, and Elle, among others. In 1988 he was awarded the LAUS prize for outstanding achievement in illustration for his work as an illustrator for the Barcelona Sunday supplement, La Vanguardia-Mujer. He worked in Madrid as an Art Director for ad agencies and magazines. He designed, and for several years acted as Art Director, for Paisajes – magazine of the Spanish bullet train AVE. In 1991 he worked for Tiffany’s in New York and for the Jordanian Ministry of Tourism. He worked as a travel photographer different publishers, most recently for the award-winning travel magazine, Lunas de Miel. In 1993 he received an award from the French Ministry of Tourism for his photographic article on Brittany, published in Gente y Viajes. The Japanese design magazine, Brutus, published his art among that of other representatives of the “movida madrileña.”
He’s had shows in Madrid, Barcelona, London, Seville, Paris, Frankfurt, Los Angeles and New York.
Commissioned work:
* La Asociación de Jerez (the Sherry Appellation)– “Twelve Cocktails with Brandy de Jerez “ (marble dust on carton), Twelve Works by Twelve Artists, among them, Mariscal, Ceecepe, Regina Saura, Martín Begué, Peret, etc.
* For the store Sola, Tokyo, Japan (acrylic on canvas)
* For Emerald Hot Springs Motel, Palm Springs, California, a series of paintings (acrylic and polyurethane on glass)
* For One Gallery, Palm Springs, California (acrylic and polyurethane on glass)
He recently published a book of photographs on the United States titled USA, distributed exclusively in museums throughout Europe and Asia.
Exhibitions 2005:
* Baxter Chang Patri. San Francisco. Summer Group Exhibition.
* One Gallery. Palm Springs, CA. Líneas series.
* Pharmaka. Los Angeles. Small Wonders.
* Baxter Chang Patri. San Francisco. Blue.
* One Gallery. Palm Springs, CA. Líneas & Relatives.
* Spectrum III. San Francisco. Group Show.
Exhibitions 2006:
* AZ + Lawrence Asher Gallery. Santa Monica, CA.
* One Gallery. Palm Springs, CA.
* Spectrum IV. San Francisco. Group Show.
Exhibitions 2007:
* Metro Gallery. Los Angeles. Group Show.
* One Gallery. Palm Springs. CA. Líneas 2007.
* Consulate General Of Mexico & Consulate General Of Spain in San Francisco. Works on Glass 2005-2007. Solo Exhibition.
* Metro Gallery. Los Angeles. CA. Lines & Relatives. Solo Exhibition.