“Mi Luz Del Cielo /Light of The Sky,” 2023, embroidery on vintage hand-embroidered tortilla napkin, 35 x 36 in. (unframed). Photo courtesy of the artist.
Teaching Artist Cohort
2025
Arleene Correa Valencia (b. 1993, Michoacán, Mexico) is an inaugural recipient of the Bay Area Fellowship at Headlands Center for the Arts and received a regional Emmy award for her feature REPRESENT: Portraits of Napa Workers: Arleene Correa Valencia by KQED Arts. In 2023, Correa Valencia was named a Eureka Fellow by the Fleishhacker Foundation and a finalist for the SECA Award through the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Correa Valencia received her MFA from California College of the Arts. One of four children originally from Arteaga, Michoacán, Mexico, Correa Valencia is a beneficiary of DACA (Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals) and is on a path to becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States. The Correa Valencia family fled to the United States in 1997 and found home in California’s Napa Valley. Correa Valencia’s work is held in the permanent collections of the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University; Crocker Art Museum; Utah Museum of Fine Arts; Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art; Grand Valley State University Museum of Art; Ulrich Museum of Art; and 21c Museum Hotels.
Based in Napa Valley, California, Correa Valencia has been represented by Catharine Clark Gallery since 2022.
Selected works
"25 Estrellas: Sueños Para Mi Hija / 25 Stars: Dreams For My Daughter," 2022, repurposed American flag and thread on canvas, 60 x 50 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
“Mi Luz Del Cielo /Light of The Sky,” 2023, embroidery on vintage hand-embroidered tortilla napkin, 35 x 36 in. (unframed). Photo courtesy of the artist.
"Mei Mei," 2024, embroidery on vintage hand-embroidered tortilla napkins, 35 x 36 in. (unframed). Photo courtesy of the artist.
"Las Madres Inmigrantes No Se Rajan / Migrant Mothers Don't Give Up," 2025, acrylic, textiles, and thread on Amate paper made by Jose Daniel Santos De La Puerta, 58-3/4 x 47 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
"Smile Now, Cry Later," 2025, acrylic, textiles, and thread on Amate paper made by Jose Daniel Santos De La Puerta, 58-3/4 x 47 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
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