Angela Valeria

Angela Valeria, b. 1940, grew up in Brighton Beach in sight of the vast horizon of the Atlantic Ocean and the carnival atmosphere of Coney Island, surrounded by the supportive tribe of a huge Italian immigrant family. She received her BFA at Hunter College, and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence and Bologna. Among Valeria’s deepest influences are Abstract Expressionism, Jazz, the Civil Rights Movement, Women’s Liberation, the Renaissance, Surrealism, and Fellini. 

She works with a variety of media, including drawing, painting, printmaking and textile art.  The images Valeria composes, whether dyed, painted or printed, explore the inseparable link between the human race and nature, and our reciprocal evolution with all the other life forms that share this planet. Inspired by deities of ancient religions, myths, and folklores, particularly the bird women and goddesses of pre-historic fertility cults. Her work combines animal and human features to let the spirits, often obscured from our eyes, emerge into existence.

Valeria has exhibited extensively in New York, and has been included in many publications. Her work is held by public collections, including the Library of Congress and the New York Public Library. Alongside her personal artistic practice, Valeria has also spent much of her life teaching art to a wide range of students, at Parsons School of Design, Empire State College, and Hunter College.

Website: www.angelavaleria.com

Exhibitions

July 11- July 31, 2019
The Small Works Show

December 7 - 21, 2017
Holiday Bazaar

November 2 - 22, 2017
Chanting on the Edge of the Volcano

June 29 - July 20, 2017
Summer in the City 

July 28, 2016
8 x 8 x 100

April 7 - 28, 2016
Earth Spirit

November 12 - December 3, 2015
2 x 6 x 17 Drawing Show

August 13 - September 3, 2015
Representational Group Exhibition

July 9 - 30, 2015
12x12 Group Exhibition

October 9 - 30, 2014
On the Wall

July 31 - August 21, 2014
What You See Is What You Get

September 5 - October 10, 2013
Common Karma