Juan Carlos del Valle (born 1975) is a realist painter. He alters icons from contemporary myths, such as processed food, toys, and fantastic narratives. From 2004 to 2017 he presented more than forty exhibitions throughout Mexico, the United States and Peru. More recently, his work has addressed relational art, which employs and addresses social and human relationships. Biography Juan Carlos del Valle was born in Mexico City on August 9th 1975. Disillusioned with academic training, in 1995 he joined the studio of Demetrio Llordén (1931–2000), who had studied with painter José Bardasano (1910–1979). After Llordén died on 26 December 2000, Del Valle took classes with painter José Manuel Schmill (1934–) focusing on the study of landscapes. Work The book Oscuridad Luminosa ("Luminous Darkness") was published in 2002; the volume contains a selection of Del Valle's drawings from 1997 to 2002. The second volume of his work, entitled El juicio de los ojos ("The eyes within"), was jointly produced by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (National Institute of Fine Arts) and the publishing house RM in 2006. The volume offers essays on his oeuvre by Jorge Reynoso Pohlenz, Ricardo Pérez Escamilla, and Jaime Moreno Villarreal. Focusing on his work from 2000 to 2006, it includes pencil and charcoal drawings as well as oil paintings. The works in El juicio de los ojos were presented in an exhibition that traveled to museums in cities throughout Mexico and the volume also served as an exhibition catalogue. Also in 2006 the documentary Juan Carlos del Valle. Pintor ("Juan Carlos del Valle. Painter") was released. El devenir de la luz ("The Progression of Light", 2006), a collection of paintings and drawings, was exhibited at the Museo de la Ciudad de México (Museum of Mexico City). Meanwhile, El juicio de los ojos traveled around the country and under the name The Eyes Within was presented at the Instituto Cultural de México in San Antonio, Texas in 2007. A reading alluding to Christian symbols gave rise to the project El pan de cada día ("Our Daily Bread"), produced in collaboration with Caritas, Mexico City, IAP. The twenty-five canvases in this series were exhibited in the interior of churches in several Mexico City neighborhoods. After the success of El pan de cada día, thirty events held in twelve churches in Mexico City and one in Metepec, attended by 26,577 people, Del Valle was invited to present the