Patricia Cariño Valdez
Education
Curatorial Intensive, Independent Curators International (ICI), Manila/New York, 2016
M.A. Curatorial Practice, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, 2014
B.A. History of Art, University of California, Berkeley, 2010
Professional Experience
Director of Collections, Olivia Collection & Foundation, Los Angeles/Mexico City, 2023–Present
Founder & Principal, PCV Art Consulting, 2021–Present
Programming Director, Various Small Fires (VSF), Los Angeles, 2022
Sales Associate & Artist Liaison, Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles, 2021–2022
Public Engagement Program Developer, Oakland Museum of California, 2018–2021
Public Programs Supervisor, Exploratorium, San Francisco, 2018
Curator & Director of Public Programs, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, 2016–2018
Public Programs Coordinator & Development Specialist, Exploratorium, San Francisco, 2014–2016
Independent Consultant, LSS Art Advisory, San Francisco, 2014–2015
Independent Curatorial & Writing Projects
Curator, Suspended Matter, Berkeley Art Center, 2021–2022
Curator, Soundwave 9, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, 2019
Curator, Super Sarap, Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, 2019
Curator, Super Sarap, Gallery 6/67, Santa Ana, 2018
Curator, Visiting Curator Series, ICI & Central Features Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, 2018
Curator, From Where it Stands, San Francisco State University, 2018
Guest Curator, Stanford University MFA Program, 2018
Curator, Samuel Levi Jones: Talk to Me, Pro Arts Oakland, 2015
Author & Contributor, Art Asia Pacific, Art Practical, PlantingRice, 2013–2019
Guest Lecturer, Panelist, & Juror (Selected)
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, 2022
Arizona State University, 2021, 2020
UC Berkeley, 2020, 2019, 2017
San Francisco State University, 2019, 2017
University of San Francisco, 2019
Stanford University, 2017
Multiple roles as selection panelist, juror, and guest speaker for San Francisco Arts Commission, Santa Clara University, and others, 2017–2021
Leadership Roles
Public Art Advisory Committee (PAAC), City of Oakland, 2017–2020
Advisory Board, Emerging Arts Professionals San Francisco Bay Area, 2016–2018