By Emma Taggart on August 22, 2025

This teen has already achieved what many people hope for in their whole lives.

San Diego-based Andres Valencia is no ordinary teenager. The 13-year-old is taking the global art world by storm with his cubist-inspired works. Valencia has been painting since he was around 5 years old, and since then, he’s had his own exhibition, auctioned his work for thousands of dollars, and even published his own book. Now, the prolific young artist has collaborated with legendary print house Mourlot Editions in Paris to release a series of limited-edition prints.

Mourlot Studios is world-renowned for publishing fine-art lithographs by the most celebrated modern artists of the 20th century, including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, and Joan Miró. And now, Valencia is joining the ranks as a legendary artist in his own right. Using the same time-honored printing techniques passed down through generations of master printers, Mourlot has created a special collection of Valencia’s work. The series includes three recent pieces: Woman, Samurai, and Commander. […]

Source: 13-Year-Old Painting Prodigy Releases First Limited-Edition Print Collection