Sergio " Valenz" Valenzuela was born in Guatemala in 1970, and developed an interest in art at an early age. His first group show was at the Bienal de Arte Paiz, Guatemala City, in 1992. Since that time Valenz has be featured in over 70 group shows and close to 30 solo exhibitions in South America and around the world. In 2005, he received a scholarship from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts, Paris, France.

Valenz's canvases are often a contrast between intricate line and flooding color - or negative space - mimicking the microcosm of our minds and the enveloping macrocosm in which we exist and operate.   Valenz draws energy and inspiration from the urban environment and human interaction in communal spaces, but instead of expressing his own experience, he pulls a thread from the collective unconscious becoming a conduit instead of a filter. Chairs represent our tendency to wait for someone or something - an opportunity, a perfect moment, the thing that will bring significance to our existence. Ladders represent action and the desire to scale new heights, while playful figures on cycles are there to remind the us that life is still a game.