Valentina Alvarado Matos (1986, Venezuela) Visual artist and filmmaker. Her work addresses issues related to memory and territory through a dialogue with the materiality of film, paper, voice, and ceramics. Her practice, akin to collage, weaves together reflections on diasporic identity, memory, and landscape.
Her work has been exhibited at La Virreina Centre of the Image, California Museum of Photography, The British Ceramics Biennial, Queer Circle London, V & A Museum, Artium, LIAF Biennial, Pesaro Film Festival, Viennale, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Festival Punto de Vista, XCentric, SFCinematheque, S8 Mostra de Cine Periférico, Loop Festival, Cinemateca de Madrid, Filmoteca de Cataluña, Microscope Gallery, Los Angeles Forum - 2220 Arts, Conde Duque Madrid, Salzburger Kunstverein, Fabra i Coats, La Capella, among others.
He has been an artist in residence at Hangar, La Escocesa, Cultura Resident Castellón, Fora de Camp, LIFT Toronto, Dirdira Lab/Azala, Matadero Madrid and Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester.
He combines his artistic practice with teaching and has given classes and workshops at institutions such as BAU, Scola La Massana, Máster LAV, EINA, Can Felipa Arts Visuals, CC Albareda, La Universidad del Zulia, Universitat de Barcelona, Cinema en Curs, EICTV (Sant Antonio de los Baños).
Some of his films are part of the collection of the Museum of Art Busan some films are part of Light Cone, Archivo XCèntric and HAMACA catalogue
His work has been included in the book Remains–Tomorrow: Themes in Contemporary Latin American Abstraction by Cecilia Fajardo-Hill.