ARTIST BIO

(b.1967 - 2016, FRANCE)

 

Val, a master manipulator of bronze, constantly creates new departures in her sculptural practice. She often plays with the surface of the sculptures, creating contrasts between fluid lines and rough textures. In each piece the artist strives to strike a balance between form, line and the human figure. The result is a delicate harmony, matched by a strong composition. The artist often experiments with scale: reducing human forms to simple small figures, whilst setting them against an oversized framework. Each piece has the power to transcend language, place, time and culture, addressing wider themes such as human existence and the raw forms of nature.

 

 
 

EXHIBITIONS

SOLO EXHIBITION

2018 Val:  Tenth Eonian Initiative, Wellington Gallery, HONG KONG
2017 Retrospective Exhibition, S Gallery, Bangkok, THAILAND
2016

Val: Tenth Eonian Initiative, Red Sea Gallery, SINGAPORE

Anatomy of a Creative Path, CAFA Museum, BEIJING

2015

Philippe S Gallery, Shanghai, CHINA                               

2014

Red Sea Gallery, SINGAPORE

2012

Red Sea Gallery, SINGAPORE

Philippe S Gallery, Taipei, TAIWAN

Philippe S Gallery, Shanghai, CHINA

2010

“A Living Dream”, Wellington Gallery, HONG KONG

Yishu8 Beijing, CHINA

Red Sea Gallery, SINGAPORE

2009

“The Balance of Life”, Wellington Gallery, HONG KONG

YI&C Taipei, TAIWAN

Val, Galerie Francois Giraudeau, Paris, FRANCE

 

GROUP EXHIBITION

2017

Los Angeles Art Show, USA

India Art Fair

2016

India Art Fair 2016, INDIA

Art Central 2016, HONG KONG

Art Busan, KOREA

Art Expo Malaysia Plus

Shanghai Art Fair, CHINA

Art Taipei, TAIWAN

2015

Asia Hotel Art Fair 2015, HONG KONG

Shanghai Art Fair 2015, Shanghai, CHINA

Art Taipei 2015, Taipei, TAIWAN

2014

Shanghai Art Fair 2014, Shanghai, CHINA

Art Taipei 2014, Taipei, TAIWAN

ArtExpo Malaysia 2014, MALAYSIA

2013

Shanghai Art Fair 2013, Shanghai, CHINA

Art Taipei 2013, Taipei, TAIWAN

ArtExpo Malaysia 2013, MALAYSIA  

Duo Exhibition, Chanintr Living, Bangkok, THAILAND                                                                  

2012

Hong Kong Art Walk, Wellington Gallery, HONG KONG

The Affordable Art Fair, London, UK

The Affordable Art Fair, Brussels, BELGIUM

Art Taipei 2012, Taipei, TAIWAN

Shanghai Art Fair 2012, Shanghai, CHINA

Spoon Art Fair 2012, Grand Hyatt, HONG KONG

Art & Arch Museum in Taichung, TAIWAN

2011

Hong Kong Art Walk, Wellington Gallery, HONG KONG

Lineart, Frans Vanhove Art Gallery, BELGIUM

Shanghai Art Fair 2011, CHINA

Art Taipei 2011, TAIWAN

“France Monumental sculptures”, Galerie François Giraudeau, Paris, FRANCE

Art Revolution Taipei, TAIWAN

The Affordable Art Fair Brussels, BELGIUM

The Affordable Art Fair London, UK

“Chiefs & Spirits”, Den Haag, HOLLAND

2010

Hong Kong Art Walk, Wellington Gallery, HONG KONG

“Urban Life monumental”, Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, CHINA

Line art at Flanders Expo, Ghent, BELGIUM

The Affordable Art Fair, SINGAPORE

Jing’An International Sculpture Project 2010, Shanghai, CHINA

Shanghai Art Fair, CHINA

Affordable Art Fair Paris, FRANCE

Affordable Art Fair Brussels, BELGIUM

2009

Hong Kong Art Walk, Wellington Gallery, HONG KONG

“Urban Life”, Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, CHINA

Affordable Art Fair Brussels, BELGIUM

Affordable Art Fair Paris, FRANCE

Art Shopping at Carrousel du Louvre Paris, FRANCE

2008

Hong Kong International Arts and Antiques Fair, HONG KONG

Hong Kong Art Walk, Wellington Gallery, HONG KONG

Art Shopping at Carrousel du Louvre Paris, FRANCE

Affordable Art Fair Paris, FRANCE

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  1. World’s Sculpture News, p33-38, Vol.18, No.1 2012, HONG KONG
  2. World’s Sculpture News, p9, Vol.16, No.3, 2010, HONG KONG
  3. World’s Sculpture News, p87-88, Vol.15, No.4, 2009, HONG KONG
  4. Global Times, 2010-03-30, CHINA
  5. Gavroche, January 2010, THAILAND
  6. Gavroche, August 2010, THAILAND
  7. Gavroche , May 2011, THAILAND
  8. The Finder Magazine, p25, April 2012, SINGAPORE
  9. Expat Living , p201-203, September 2010, SINGAPORE
  10. Straits Times, 23 September 2010, SINGAPORE
  11. Art International, March 2012, TAIWAN

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Benjasiri Park, Bangkok, THAILAND

Sky Suite Tower, SINGAPORE

French Embassy Garden, BEIJING

Ocean Utopia

Chong Hong New Time Square, Taipei, TAIWAN

Sofitel, Sukhumvit, Bangkok, THAILAND 

 

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Wellington Gallery, HONG KONG

Works held in private collections in USA, MEXICO, PUERTO RICO, ARGENTINA, SWITZERLAND, GERMANY, FRANCE, TURKEY, DUBAI, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, THAILAND, TAIWAN and  CHINA

 

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