Valentina Atkinson

Valentina Atkinson

Daughter of a painter and architect under the family names Serrano de la Piedra, Valentina graduated with studies in Industrial Design at the Ibero-American University. Valentina was selected to participate in the International Seminar on Jesuit University Students at the University of California San Francisco, where she studied the specialty of Communication Arts. Valentina collaborated with Studio 95 and taught art to students at Thomas Pilgrim Elementary School. Valentina has been commissioned to prepare murals for Houston public facilities such as Las Alamedas restaurant and Chapelwood United Methodist Church. In the fall of 2007 Valentina was commissioned to prepare a painting for President Felipe Calderon of Mexico, which was presented on November 2008. Valentina’s works are displayed in various galleries and are found in many private collections. The core of painting is to identify and translate an emotion.

Daughter of a painter and architect under the family names Serrano de la Piedra, Valentina graduated with studies in Industrial Design at the Ibero-American University. Valentina was selected to participate in the International Seminar on Jesuit University Students at the University of California San Francisco, where she studied the specialty of Communication Arts.

Valentina collaborated with Studio 95 and taught art to students at Thomas Pilgrim Elementary School.

Valentina has been commissioned to prepare murals for Houston public facilities such as Las Alamedas restaurant and Chapelwood United Methodist Church. In the fall of 2007 Valentina was commissioned to prepare a painting for President Felipe Calderon of Mexico, which was presented on November 2008. Valentina’s works are displayed in various galleries and are found in many private collections.

The core of painting is to identify and translate an emotion.