NEWS
Pamphlet Architecture 37
Valeria awarded 4th prize in the Pamphlet Architecture 37 competition, 'Visions and Experiments in Architecture.'
2022
Cornell Journal of Architecture
Valeria's work, 'The Contested Landscapes of Mnemosyne: Constructing Maps of Memory,' was published in the latest volume of the Cornell Journal of Architecture, Issue 12 'After'.
2022
DSPTCH x Valeria Rache Herrera
San Francisco’s DSPTCH has teamed up with Valeria Rachel Herrera for a limited edition capsule collection featuring the artist’s signature work. The designs are printed on a laminate X-Pac fabric, which features lightweight, technical performance along with weatherproof zippers. The release also includes a set of limited edition prints from the artist in a numbered edition. The collection is completely made in the USA with the utmost standard for quality and durability.
Nov. 2020
7th Biennial FOOTPRINT International Exhibition, 2020
Valeria's screenprint, WHITEOUT, Episode II has been selected for the 7th Biennial FOOTPRINT International Exhibition in Norwalk, CT through November 22, 2020
2019 Prints for Protest
BOUNDLESS, has been selected to be apart of the 2019 Prints for Protest Campaign. The multi-layered screenprint is available for $25 via https://www.printsforprotest.org
New Contemporaries
The Contested Landscapes of Mnemosyne - Constructing Maps of Memory prints and panels has been selected as part of the New Contemporaries Exhibition, in the RISD Museum at the Rhode Island School of Design. On view June 30-October 18, 2018.
ABOUT ARTIST
ARTIST / PRINTMAKER
Valeria Rachel Herrera is a Mexican American artist, architect, educator, and activist who works in a variety of media including printmaking, sculpture, drawing and architectural design. Valeria holds an MFA in Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and a Bachelor of Architecture professional degree from the Syracuse University School of Architecture. In 2024, Valeria joined the faculty of Ithaca College, where she serves as an Assistant Professor of Art. Her work has been exhibited widely including at 'T' Space - the Steven Myron Holl Foundation, RISD Museum, Print Austin, Il Bisonte in Florence, Italy, and is held in the permanent collections of the RISD Museum and the Fleet Library.
Herrera’s work combines a conceptual interest in illusory, environmental and architectural space, place and time - both imagined and real - that records superimposed conditions of memory. Her interest in materiality and technique pushes her work to explore the expanding capacity of print media. Her oeuvre builds a multi-layered narrative from a personal biography where select fragments of content are made distinct and magnified, while others fall into obscurity, chaos and disjunction leaving the viewer in a state of instability - challenging one’s ability to comfortably navigate the work.
In 2022, Valeria completed the renovation of a historic 1899 fire house, home to
VRH STUDIO , her print and multi-media studio in Syracuse, NY.
