Valentina Atkinson - Serrano Gallery

Watercolor and Mixed-media

Valentina Atkinson was born and raised in Mexico City. She studied Industrial Design at Universidad Ibero-Americana in Mexico, and Textile Design and Communication Arts at the University of San Francisco in the U.S.

The daughter of a painter and an architect, Atkinson developed an early interest the arts that has become a lifelong passion. She has studied with renowned artists such as Manuel Arrieta and Alicia Leyva in Mexico, and Arthur Turner and others, at the Glassell School of Art, the Houston Art League and the Watercolor Society of Texas.

As a visual artist, Atkinson is known primarily for her abstract watercolor compositions. Her work has been selected for juried exhibitions throughout the United States and Mexico and is held in dozens of private collections internationally.

Atkinson currently lives and works in Houston, where she is also the owner and artistic director of Serrano Gallery.