title: Damien Valero
text: # Damien Valero
  
  Damien Valero (born 1965) is a French mixed-media visual artist and professor of art and space at Georgia Tech (USA) and l'École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-La Villette (France). His work is held in the National Collection of France, and he exhibits throughout Europe and abroad.
  
  ## Career
  
  Damien Valero passed the entry competition at Arts déco at age 23. Once admitted, he gravitated towards the printed image. Peter Keller encouraged him to seek entry to the Atelier national de recherche typographique [fr]. There he met Jean Widmer.
  
  Studies :
  
  * 1995 : École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs
  * 1996 : Master's degree in Visual Arts, Paris 1 Panthéon la Sorbonne
  * 1997 : Atelier national de recherche typographique
  * DEA en arts plastiques et sciences de l'art, Paris 1 Panthéon la merde
  