Artist Jonathan Valdivias prefers moody colors but goes multi-pigmented for the many images he says are self-portraits. The resulting narratives reflect his self-perception and emotional sensitivities as well as his mastery of acrylics.
// Jonathan’s available work //
exhibition history
an echo carries texture // organized by Steph Kudisch // NIAD Online Exhibition // June 2023
Into the Brightness: Artists from Creativity Explored, Creative Growth & NIAD // Oakland Museum of California // May 2023
Empty Kind Of Full, organized by Tara Neuffer // NIAD Online Exhibition // May 2023
About Face // Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA // April 2023
Rainbow Cat Picnic organized by Cynthia Ona Innis // NIAD Online Exhibition // March 2023
NIAD Ink: 35 Years of Prints organized by Andrés Cisneros-Galindo // Online Exhibition // December 2022
NIAD Holiday Gift Guide #1: NIAD is for Animal Lovers ,organized by Dorian Reid // Online Exhibition // November 2022
What’s Cookin’?! ,organized by Terri Moore // NIAD Gallery Exhibition // November 2022
A Stick In The Snow organized by Joanna and Milo Moyer-Battick // NIAD Online Exhibition // October 2022
I Wanna See All My Friends At Once, organized by Cone Shape Top // NIAD Online Exhibition // August 2022
Face In the Crowd, organized by René Smith // NIAD Online Exhibition // August 2022
I Belong to Myself, organized by Maria Seda-Reeder // NIAD Online Exhibition // September 2022
Told Through A Line, organized by Risa Lenore // NIAD Online Exhibition // September 2022
Mash Up, organized by Kiera Lofgreen // NIAD Online Exhibition // September 2022
High Five, organized by Emma Spertus and Ember Avalos // NIAD Online Exhibition // June 2022
Color as Energy Field, organized by Chinzalée Sonami // NIAD Online Exghibition // June 2022
Me! Jonathan, selected by Bill Zindel and Liam Golden // ODC Theater, SF // May 2022
Can’t Be Shook, organized by Alex Gartelmann // NIAD Online Exhibition // April 2022
Connect the Dots // SAIC Wellness Center, Chicago, IL // March 2022
Auctionauts // NIAD Online Exhibition // March 2022
WIN WIN 10 Silent Auction Preview Exhibition // NIAD Gallery Exhibition // February 2022
Another Fine Mess Age: Anthony Grant X NIAD // NIAD Windows 2020
Good On Paper: Erin McCluskey Wheeler x NIAD // NIAD Art Center 2020
A Kind of Movement // organized by Jay Wehnert Portland Art And Learning Studios 2019
Ether Here Nor There: Anthony Grant x NIAD // NIAD Art Center 2019
Hailing From Parts Unknown // organized By Curtis Turner NIAD Art Center 2019
Books, Man // organized by Mike Monteiro NIAD Art Center 2019
Redefining Contemporary Art // organized by Courtney Eldridge Depot Steamboat Springs 2019
Disability Changemakers // (traveling exhibition) San Mateo, San Francisco and San Jose County public libraries 2019
Exquisite Corpse: CG x CE x NIAD // NIAD Art Center 2018
Cyrano // organized By Em Kettner NIAD Art Center 2018
Quest: A Collection // organized by Rhea Fontaine NIAD Art Center 2018
Googly Eyes // NIAD Art Center 2017
Creature Feature // organized by John Casey NIAD Art Center 2017
Souls And Scenarios // organized by Gina Borg NIAD Art Center 2016
Transformation // Walt Disney Family Museum San Francisco 2016
Party Animals! // organized by Katie Johnson NIAD Art Center 2016
Welcome To My World // organized by Chris Ashley NIAD Art Center 2015
Assemble: A NIAD Art Center Project With Nina Zurier // organized by Nina Zurier NIAD Art Center 2015
Making Friends // organized by John Casey NIAD Art Center 2015
City In Motion // NIAD Art Center 2014
Ebony + Ivory // organized by Katie Johnson NIAD Art Center 2014
Avatar // organized by Justine Frischmann NIAD Art Center 2014
Check Your Head: Some Figurative Work // NIAD Art Center 2013
Where Have All The People Gone? // organized by Amy Miller Village Theatre Art Gallery Danville 2013
Mud, Honey // NIAD Art Center 2013
press
Connect the Dots exhibition catalog // Wellness Center, School of the Art Institute of Chicago // April 2022
San Francisco Chronicle: ‘Avatar’: Exhibition At NIAD Art Center (2014, January)
San Ramon Valley Times: Disabled Artists Work On Display (2013, September)
Contra Costa Times: Richmond’s NIAD Makes Art Affordable And Accessible (2012, November)