Valerie G

Craft | Painting | Photography | Sculptor | Visual

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Valerie G., urban vinyl and mixed media artist, was born in New York City. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States, including galleries in California, New York, and Texas. Valerie’s custom vinyl designs, custom plush and photography have been featured online in Juxtapoz, Evil Monito, the OC Register, Culturemap, the Houston Press, Bean Pot Toiz, Spacetaker, the Toy2R USA Qee Gallery, Supahcute, Spanky Stokes, I Love the Yeti, Vinyl Pulse, Elite Gudz, Delicious Drips, Thrillist, and in Noupe’s 30+ Incredibly Beautiful Custom Designer Toys.

Most recently, Valerie’s work has been exhibited in Houston at the following venues: Sculptures By Design, Hotel Sorella, Watson Galleries, JoMar Visions/Hardy Nance Studios, Domy Books, Gallery M Squared, and the George R. Brown Convention Center. She has also participated in the Above the Radar and The Art of Transportation Group Shows at Crewest Gallery (Los Angeles, CA), and has just won Third Place in the Best Bub Category for Yetibub, in the Kidrobot Munnyworld Megacontest.

Professional Affiliations: Artisans of Houston, Etsy Houston, Spacetaker

Born in New York City, many of my artistic influences have come from countless trips to MoMA, the Guggenheim Museums, and the MET as well as the various art galleries in New York. Over the last several years, I have also been greatly motivated by the southwestern artists in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as well as the urban vinyl toy movement, mostly concentrated throughout California and New York.

I have embarked on my artist "adventure" a bit later in my career, as I am a classically-trained professional oboist. My dad is a jewelry designer/creator extraordinaire, so I'm sure my artistic ideals have transferred over in some way from him. When I was six, I did glue a bunch of his semi-precious stones on my construction paper for school- maybe that was a hint of things to come...

The majority of my training has been in the areas of ceramic sculpture and pottery, however, during the past few years, I have really fallen in love with customizing urban vinyl toys. It is my favorite thing to do, plus... nothing to blow up in the kiln- yay!

I strive to impart whimsy, humor, color, and lots of different textures into my work. All of my pieces are handmade (urban vinyl art toys are personally customized by hand), and one-of-a-kind.

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