Valdez is a professor of Sculpture at Massachusetts College of Arts and Design, Boston. Nora Valdez, born in Argentina, has been living and working in the United States as an artist since 1986. She graduated from the College of Fine Arts (Mercedes San Luis, Argentina) as Professor of Fine Arts and went to study at the Universita per Stranieri in Italy. Her work has been exhibited internationally in Europe, Asia, North, Central and South America, including numerous international Sculpture Symposiums. She has more than 25 permanent Public Art pieces around the world and the United States. Nora Valdez has utilized sculpture and installations to create work that explores the idea of home and the immigrant experience. She has been focused for many years on creating public art pieces and monumental sculptures. Her thematic concerns are also reflected in her involvement with the community. 

The recipient of many awards, Valdez has appeared in numerous publications, national and international. Her work has received funding from public and private institutions including the New England Foundation for the Arts, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Georgia Arts Council and Vermont Arts Council and community projects through the National Endowment for the Arts. As an advisor and instructor at The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, VT, she directed the Stone Bench Project, which has created and installed stone benches throughout Vermont. She has been a member of the Boston Sculpture Gallery since 2012. Nora Valdez’s work is part of the permanent collection of The Fitchburg Art Museum, USA, The Art Complex Museum, USA, The University of Massachusetts permanent art collection, Boston and The Changchun World Sculpture Park and Museum, and China .