Andrea Valenza is his name and he only has 10 years. Surprisingly, at his young age, this Californian painter sell your paintings for prices that exceed $ 100,000.
The case of this precocious talent is unusual due to his early recognition as an artist: he has already exhibited his works in galleries such as the Chase-Contemporary from New York or at fairs such as Art Basel Miami Beach.
His paintings are in the surrealist style and some of them are now owned by collectors like the businessman Tommy Mottola and the executive Jessica Goldman Srebnick.
Last June, when he exhibited his work at Chase Contemporary in SoHo in New York, sold a total of 35 paintings for prices between $ 50,000 and $ 125,000.
Andrés Valencia, “Little Picasso”
The young artist even sold one of his works $ 159,000 at the Phillips auction house Hong Kong and another for $ 230,000 at a charity gala in Capri, Italy.
“I’m glad I can do it make people happy with my art and that they can hang it in their homes, ”Andrés Valencia told Bernie Chase’s gallery.
The painter, who was baptized as the “Little Picasso”be sure to find inspiration in artists of the stature of Jean Michel Basquiat Y Giorgio condominium.
According to an article in New York TimesBernie Chase, owner of the Chase Gallery, claims to have been in the art industry for two decades.
“I’ve worked with guys like Peter Beard and Kenny Scharf. Andres yes potential be equal or greater “, assured the expert of the little painter.
In addition to being an artist, Valencia is still in fifth grade and his mother assures that her son is an artist “but first he’s a kid, not a celebrity”.
The story of Andrés Valencia
The boy’s artistic career began when he was just born four years. Soon, his parents realized he was spending too many hours drawing in his San Diego dining room.
The high income of his son, which “so far exceed $ 300,000”, have largely been earmarked charitable causesas well as the AIDS Research Foundation amfAR.
The boy’s artistic confidence grew rapidly. Andrés was already selling his watercolors to family and friends for $ 20 and soon got started create impressive works.
Chase was one of the first people to feel the talent of the little one, one day offering him the sum of 5,000 dollars for one of his paintings. The subject matter expert bought enough works to convince his parents of his talent and that they should share it with the rest of the world.
So he contacted Nick Korniloffthe director of the fair Miami artso that the little one can make his debut in the world of art.
Initially, Korniloff he distrusted the young age of the artistso he chose not to mention it during the promotion of the event.
It was at the same fair that he asked collectors: “What if I told you that these works were done by a 10-year-old boy and that some of his works were done when he was only 8 years old?”
Quickly, the entire United States echoed the peculiar history of the little painter and celebrities like channing tatum Y Sofia Vergara he wanted to acquire some of his works.
The press wanted to verify the young age of the artist and whether these paintings were really made by Andrés Valencia, who was already beginning to attract the interest of the whole country.
That’s why Korniloff invited Valencia to paint live along with Bradley Theodore, a famous street artist several decades older than him.
The show sparked further media interest. And the fan from the small they have grown even more.
The vanguard.
Source: Clarin
