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Valerie Armstrong
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| Artist/Printmaker |
| Artist's Statement |
My most recent collection of work takes a humorous and affectionate look at the language of interaction, glimpsed encounters, and vulnerability. Several years ago I trained and practiced as an art therapist in mental health. I believe that this experience plus images which flow from a vivid dream world influence and affect my work. On this framework I aim to weave visual stories which sometimes touch the absurd, or reach out to the darker side; exploring thought shadows that lurk deep within the mind to emerge in dreams.
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| Biography |
After graduating from Croydon College of Art, Valerie spent a graduate year in Sweden working in the design studios of a ceramic factory. Following this, she moved to Paris for four years to paint, and to work for a publishing House specialising in facsimiles of William Blake. In 1976, having gained a post graduate qualification as an art therapist, Valerie began ten years working in art therapy posts. On moving to Suffolk, Valerie set up her own business making painted folding screens to commission.
In recent years, a fascination for experimental printmaking, collage, and mixed media has taken her in a new direction, to a more narrative and oblique way of working. Valerie is also a member of the Suffolk Craft Society and the Sudbourne Printmakers Group.
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| Recent Exhibitions |
2005
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Artist of the Month, Snape Maltings Gallery, Snape.
Makers in the Maltings, Snape.
Norwich Fringe Festival
Targetfollow Solo exhibition, Riverside House, Norwich. |
2006
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Inscapes, Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh.
Head Street Gallery, Halstead, Essex.
Makers in the Maltings, Snape.
Steeple End Gallery, Halesworth.
Summer exhibition, Suffolk Craft Society, Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh
Colages y Kelims, Galeria La Rampa, Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain.
The Playhouse, Norwich Festival exhibition (Targetfollow prize-winner)
Suffolk Craft Society Christmas exhibition, Bury St Edmunds Gallery
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| Exhibitions in 2007 |
5-12 April 2007 - Sudbourne Park Printmakers Easter exhibition, Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
12-18 July 2007 - Joint Exhibition: Aldeburgh Gallery, High Street, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
3–5 August 2007 - East/West photographs, Marshwinds, 32 Saxmundham Road, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Jul-Aug 2007 - Suffolk Craft Society summer exhibition, Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
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| Contact Details |
Morden Villa
Melton Hill
Woodbridge
Suffolk
IP12 1AX
Tel: 01394 387711
Email: val@valeriearmstrong.com
Web:
www.valeriearmstrong.com
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The Message,
Hand-coloured collagraph, 63 x 83cm
Testing the Water,
Mixed media, 75 x 96cm
Discussion,
Mixed media, 66 x 90cm
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