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Patssi Valdez

b. 1951

A woman stands in a patio in front of a fountain for a photo

Patssi Valdez is a multimedia artist. Her works, largely considered avant-garde, explore femininity, gender norms, and Mexican-American representation from a Chicana perspective. She was one of the founding members of the 1970s and 1980s arts collective, Asco.

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