Joseph Steven Valencia

Joseph Steven Valencia

Joseph Steven Valencia was born in Inglewood, California 1952. His father was Joseph Valencia, Navajo and Cherokee decent and mother, Elidia Valenzuela, Yaqui decent. He has remained a lifelong native of Southern California.

J. S. Valencia was drawing before five. The first picture he painted was of Christopher Columbus's sailing ships. Watercolor and acrylic are his favorite medium on just about any surface. The colors of his palette are southwestern and influenced by his native desert home. He painted his first mural in grade school a 4'x 8' of the local water company.

Valencia's early drawing instructor was Shirley Boyington. In 1970 Valencia was recognized as the "Artist of the Year". He attended college at El Camino College in Gardena, CA where he studied art. After this formal education his pursuit of the arts was mainly self-taught leading him to silk screening and ceramic tiles.
Valencia's traveled extensively in the 1970s surfing and painting while traveling to Hawaii, Mexico, the west coast and other southwestern states. His enjoyment of surfing and fishing provide him with the opportunity to paint beautiful places.

Valencia was on the Board of Directors for the Victor Valley Museum in California in 1985. He was the art director and a principal of "The Art Tile West" in the 1990s. This is where he established his international reputation for his ceramic tile murals. One of his murals is on permanent display in Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, Russia.

Valencia's art traveled with exhibits of Diego Rivera at the Con Lel Corazon n en Mexico Collective art exhibit Mexico and ethic collection with Mexican influence at
Walter Library in San Diego in 1990. This exhibition of art is still touring and at the San Bernardino Mexican Consulate. His art and tile work has shown in national and international exhibitions from San Diego, Mexico City, Nairobi to Russia.

Valencia created a ceramic piece for the first historic exchange in 1993 between the United States and newly organized Russian Republic since reformation. It was exhibited in many cities with over 30 artists participating. Edward Carson Beall, AIA, orchestrated this juried exhibition and exchange. Valencia received letters of thanks and acknowledgement from senators and other dignitaries worldwide.

Valencia is community minded and serves as a board member for Apple Valley Teen Center. Valencia's workshops at public schools are designed to inspire the children to be creative. In 2003 his workshops included Los Coyotes in La Palma, California and Vista Del Sol in Victorville, California middle school students.
Valencia loves to paint with his six-year-old granddaughter Haley named after the comet. She is developing her portfolio of art. When Grandfather Valencia tries to assist her with her art she says "Grandpa I love you, but do not touch my work."

The creative process continues with three generations of Valencia's.

約瑟夫·史蒂文·瓦倫西亞 (Joseph Steven Valencia) 1952 年出生於加利福尼亞州英格爾伍德。他的父親約瑟夫·瓦倫西亞 (Joseph Valencia) 是納瓦霍人和切諾基人，母親是亞基人埃利迪亞·瓦倫蘇埃拉 (Elidia Valenzuela)。他一直是南加州人。

J. S. Valencia 在五點前畫畫。他畫的第一幅畫是克里斯托弗·哥倫布的帆船。水彩和亞克力幾乎是他最喜歡的任何表面的媒介。他的調色板的顏色是西南部的，並受到他家鄉沙漠家園的影響。他在小學時畫了他的第一幅壁畫，一幅 4'x 8' 的當地自來水公司。

瓦倫西亞的早期繪畫導師是雪莉·博因頓 (Shirley Boyington)。 1970 年，瓦倫西亞被公認為“年度藝術家”。他在加州加迪納的埃爾卡米諾學院上大學，在那裡他學習了藝術。接受正規教育後，他對藝術的追求主要是自學，這導致他開始研究絲網印刷和瓷磚。
瓦倫西亞在 1970 年代廣泛旅行沖浪和繪畫，同時前往夏威夷、墨西哥、西海岸和其他西南部州。他對沖浪和釣魚的享受為他提供了描繪美麗地方的機會。

瓦倫西亞於 1985 年成為加利福尼亞維克多谷博物館的董事會成員。他是 1990 年代“The Art Tile West”的藝術總監和負責人。在這裡，他的瓷磚壁畫在國際上享有盛譽。他的一幅壁畫在俄羅斯堪察加的彼得羅巴甫洛夫斯克永久展出。

瓦倫西亞的藝術在 Con Lel Corazon n en Mexico 墨西哥集體藝術展上隨 Diego Rivera 的展品一起旅行
1990 年在聖地亞哥的沃爾特圖書館。這個藝術展仍在巡迴展出，並在聖貝納迪諾墨西哥領事館展出。他的藝術和瓷磚作品曾在從聖地亞哥、墨西哥城、內羅畢到俄羅斯的國家和國際展覽中展出。

瓦倫西亞為 1993 年美國和改革後新成立的俄羅斯共和國之間的第一次歷史性交流創作了一件陶瓷作品。它在許多城市展出，有30多位藝術家參加。友邦保險愛德華·卡森·比爾 (Edward Carson Beall) 精心策劃了這次評審展覽和交流活動。瓦倫西亞收到了來自世界各地的參議員和其他政要的感謝信和感謝信。

Valencia 具有社區意識，是 Apple Valley 青少年中心的董事會成員。瓦倫西亞公立學校的工作坊旨在激發孩子們的創造力。 2003 年，他的工作坊包括加利福尼亞州拉帕爾馬的 Los Coyotes 和加利福尼亞州維克多維爾的 Vista Del Sol 中學生。
瓦倫西亞喜歡和他六歲的孫女海莉一起畫畫，海莉以彗星的名字命名。她正在開發她的藝術作品集。當祖父瓦倫西亞試圖幫助她進行藝術創作時，她說：“祖父我愛你，但不要碰我的作品。”