María de Lourdes Valverde Galindo was born and raised in México. She moved to Bentonville, AR. in 2015. She got a Bachelor’s degree in Science of Industrial Engineering at Durango Technologic Institute in Mexico. She is a self-taught artist, a fellow of Artists INC. She is represented artist by Art Ventures Gallery in Fayetteville, AR. and director of “Raíces de México”, an organization that promotes Mexican traditions.

She has participated in many community art exhibitions in Mexico (Durango, Aguascalientes, Nuevo Leon, México City) and now in Arkansas (Bentonville, Rogers, Springdale, Fayetteville, Little Rock, Helena, Conway, Pine Bluff, Russellville, and Hot Springs). She is the principal organizer of the Day of the Dead Festival in Bentonville, including an art juried exhibition from 2017 to 2021 at The Museum of Native American History amongst other venues. In December 2021 she was invited by the Mexican Consulate in Little Rock to represent Arkansas, Oklahoma, and the Missouri States in a meeting at México City where she joined with cultural authorities to discuss collaboration with both governments about cultural projects between the two countries.

Her work explores her experiences in life, looking always to provoke feelings in the spectator. Nature and family are present in most of her works. She uses oil and acrylic technique, but she likes exploring new methods to express herself.