About Valerie
“As a practitioner , my roots are in the tradition of landscape and still life paintings . In my work this representational skills base is allied with a conceptual approach to research and contextualisation of my practise as a painter in relationship to a concern with both the decorative and the rigorously formal.
I am interested in the ways in which Eastern Carpet design employs a range of modes of representation. Realism and mythology co-exist simultaneously on the same plane.
My recent work has involved drawing painting printing, and sewing in direct response to the landscape of Miami, where I lived and worked for a few years before recently returning to the Cotswolds. I layer, superimpose and repeat details from studies of shimmering water and marine life, fish, shells flowers, etc. within structures that echo both Eastern carpet design and formal grid of the city. I regard these “landmarks”, natural and man-made as equally transient. ”
View Valerie's CV here
Collaborations
Michael McEllin
Valerie is currently working with Michael McEllin on a series of video transformations of Miami Lake and other works.
View video Miami Lake by Valerie Jordan - a transformation below:
To see more transformations visit Michael's youtube channel here
Justin Mifflin
Valerie has recently collaborated with furniture designer Justin Mifflin. Justin is a furniture designer/maker who studied BA Furniture design at Birmingham City University 2001-04
Select Trail 2019
Valerie in her studio
Valerie will be opening her studio on the SITselect trail :
Saturday 11 - Sunday 12 May 11- 6pm
Saturday 18 - Sunday19 May 11- 6pm
My smaller Work may also be viewed at the Lavender Bakehouse each day 9- 4 pm
Exhibitions
*NEW*
'Return to Sender’ Miami Beach Urban Studios September 20th- November 9th
‘Handful of Artists’ Malthouse Gallery Stroud October 21st- 28th
‘Winter Exhibition Sitselect’ Lansdown Gallery November 20th- 25th
You can currently view Valerie's work at Surrey University and Chelteham Hospital.
Links
Valerie's work is also listed on ARTUK.org:
artuk.org/discover/artists
Valerie has displayed work at SITselect Festivals and Trails
sitselect.org
View the 2018 SITselect trail
selecttrail.org/portfolio/valerie-jordan-2/