On October 16, Artist Trust announced the two winners of their 2014 Arts Innovator Awards, and Rodrigo Valenzuela (MFA 2012) was one of them. As it says in the Artist Trust press release, each winner “will receive $25,000 in unrestricted funds for originating new work, experimenting with new ideas, taking risks and pushing the boundaries in their respective fields. The Arts Innovator Awards are funded by The Dale and Leslie Chihuly Foundation.”
Valenzuela is currently a 2014-2015 Artist in Residence as part of the Core Program at the Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. He also won the prestigious Texas Contemporary Award in September 2014. View examples of his work on his website, and mark your calendar to see his one-man exhibition at the Frye Art Museum from January 31 – April 26, 2015.
Photo credit: Robert Wade, used with his permission.