Michel Valenton

(b.)

Mishel Valenton is a Filipino-American immigrant artist currently living in Richmond, VA. She was born in Manila in 1982 and graduated from the University of the Philippines with a focus in Studio Arts in 2004. She migrated to the United States the same year. Her work focuses on color-centric, expressive figuration, with her latest paintings exploring the intersection of the personal and the political. Mishel has shown in group exhibitions across the U.S., and most recently in a two-person exhibition at the Brattleboro Museum in Vermont.