My paintings come from your stories.

I paint what I cannot visualize since I cannot make a picture in my mind.

We thus enter and witness another dimension.

The figures there are sincere and dealing with difficult things.

This may not have been the original story you told.

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Born and raised in Washington, DC to parents from landlocked countries, Valerie has lived in Budapest and New York and currently lives and works in Savannah, Georgia.

Valerie’s work can be found in private collections across the USA, and in France, Hungary, and Switzerland.

2020 Alas, Almas, Mujeres: Wings, Souls, Women. The Clemente, New York, NY

2019 Pageant. Cover art for St. Joseph’s College poetry workshop advertisement

2018 Metamorphosis. Tuohy Gallery, St. Joseph’s College, Brooklyn, NY

2017 In James Tillman’s Intrinsic Infinite (dir. Kristaps Locmelis), collection loan/appearance for music video, Brooklyn, NY

2016 In Long Time No See (dir. Andras Roder), collection loan/appearance for film, New York, NY

2010 Look. Listen. Lucky Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2002 Threads. Gallery The, Brooklyn, NY

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