EDUCATION
California State University Long Beach, BFA, 1984
Otis College of Art & Design
Art Center College of Design
SELECTED SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 - Atmospheres of Influence, Siao-Long Cultural Park, Taiwan
2022 - Geometric Abstracts: Iris Kufert-Rivo & Valerie Wilcox, Billis Williams Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 - Material Persuasions, Launch LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019 - Tinkering, SPARC@City Hall, So. Pasadena, CA
2018 - stARTup Fair, Representing Torrance Art Museum, The Kinney Hotel, Venice, CA
2014 - Shaped Reality, Galerie KunstKomplex, Wuppertal, Germany
2012 - Migratory Marks VI, site-specific installation, Den Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2012 - Marks in Motion, site-specific installation, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2011 - Flag Stop: An Alternative Contemporary Art Event; POD exhibit, Torrance, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
MAS Attack, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Tandem, 515 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Middle Becomes Eclectic, The Middle Room Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Form, Space and Material, 515 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Little Pleasures, ARB Gallery, Cambridge University, UK
Nomad III, Torrance Art Museum sponsored, Torrance, CA
Shake Up, Long Beach Creative Group, Long Beach, CA
Diverted Destruction 17, The Loft at Liz's, Los Angeles, CA
Supermarket Art Fair, Durden and Ray, Stockholm, Sweden
Internal Affairs, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
QiPO - Mexico City Art Fair, Durden and Ray, Mexico
2023
Nomad II, Torrance Art Museum sponsored, Torrance, CA
Tryst - Alternative Art Fair, Torrance Art Museum sponsored, Torrance, CA
Framework, MOAH, Museum of Art & History, Lancaster, CA
Crossing Borders, Ruimte Caesuur, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Adaptation, Ruimte Caesuur, Middleburg, The Netherlands
Malmofornia, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Shape Shifters, Garvey|Simon, San Enselmo, CA
Spring Invitational, RDFA, Los Angeles, CA
ScandiLA, Galleri Rostrum, Malmo, Sweden
Supermarket Art Fair, Durden and Ray, Stockholm, Sweden
Billis Williams, Palm Springs Modernism Show, Palm Springs Convention Center, CA
Tieze, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
QiPO - Mexico City Art Fair, Durden and Ray, Mexico
2022
Juleutstilling, Small Projects, Tromsø, Norway
Revel In Your Time, Small Projects, Tromsø, Norway
Widerhall/Reverberations, B/LA Connect, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Kipaipai Group Exhibition, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
Supermarket Art Fair, Durden and Ray, Stockholm, Sweden
Tieze, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Sui Generis: Debates about the Singular, SoLA Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2021
Variance, I Like Your Work, online and printed catalog: ilikeyourwork.com
Coming Into Focus, Loiter Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2020
By Way of Laughter and Trembling, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Personal Contacts #3, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Tarfest 2020: Transition, Launch LA, Los Angeles, CA
Congruence, I like Your Work, curated by Bridgette Mayer, online, ilikeyourwork.com
We Are Here, Here We Are, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles , CA
Drowned Neon Rose, I like Your Work, online, ilikeyourwork.com
QiPO Mexico City Art Fair, Durden and Ray, Mexico City, Mexico
How Long Do You Mean To Be, Laundramat Art Space, Miami, FL
2019
Spinning Straw into Gold, LA Mission College Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Partita II, Fundraiser, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
A Comical Primitiveness, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
West by East Coast, Hangmen Projects Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
4 Artists: Nature, Line & Life, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
Matter of Size, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Acidic Taste, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Club Art, h Club Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
Pasadena Showcase House of Design, Pasadena, CA
Supermarket, Independent Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
FRESH, SoLA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Spring/Break Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
QiPO Mexico City Art Fair, Durden and Ray, Mexico City, Mexico
2018
Partita, Fundraiser, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Phantom Lim, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Dragnet: 832, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
In The Stillness Between Two Waves Of The Sea, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Odd Convergences: Steps and Missteps, Korean Cultural Center, LA, CA
Supermarket, Independent Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
CoLab III, co-curator, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Constructed, Saatchi Art, Santa Monica, CA
Inverted Realities, McNish Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
2017
2017 Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Entangled Loci, Hilbert Raum, Berlin, Germany
Satellite I, TW Fine Art, Brisbane, Australia
Beset On All Sides, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Round Too, Durden & Ray, Los Angeles, CA
The Collectivists, Durden & Ray, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA
FAR Bazaar, Invitational group project, Durden & Ray, Cerritos College, Cerritos, CA
2016
New Dimension, Irvine Fine Art Center, Irvine, CA
MAS Attack, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Material Success, Jose' Drudis Biada Art Gallery, Mount Saint Mary's Univ., Los Angeles, CA
If I Were a Carpenter, South Bay Contemporary, San Pedro, CA
MAS Attack 12, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
Skyline, South Bay Contemporary, San Pedro, CA
The Language of Perpetual Conditions, Fine Arts Gallery, CSULA, Los Angeles, CA
2015
P/Review, Galerie KunstKomplex, Wuppertal, Germany
LAAA Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
South Bay Focus, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Masque Attack 9, Temporary Space, Los Angeles, CA
Art & Home, an Evening With LA Family Housing, Room&Board, Culver City, CA
Odyssey, Fundraiser, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Unusual Mediums, bG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Studio System, Torrance Art Museum, on-site residency, Torrance, CA
Water is Our Soul, Curated by Tatiana Botton, Art Project Paia, Maui, HA
Illusion, Galerie KunstKomplex, Wuppertal, Germany
Kölner Liste Art Fair, Galerie KunstKomplex, Cologne, Germany
Small Time, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
3 Person Show, haleARTS, Santa Monica, CA
Adorn, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
B/W, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Group Show, Galerie KunstKomplex, Germany, Nov. - Jan. 2015
MAS Attack 7, Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, CA
South Bay Focus, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
I Love Maui, Art Project Paia, Maui, HA
Group Show, haleARTS Space, Santa Monica, CA
Fall Exhibition & Auction, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Group Show, South Bay Contemporary, Palos Verdes, CA
Cultural Excavation, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Abstractions, Art Project Paia, Maui, HA
Pasadena Showcase House of Design, Pasadena, CA
Kölner Liste Art Fair, Galerie KunstKomplex, Cologne, Germany
The New Baroque, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Pencils Down, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
2013
South Bay Focus, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Fall Exhibition & Auction, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2013 Los Angeles Juried Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
South Bay Contemporary, PS Zask Gallery, Palos Verdes, CA
Dwell On Design Home Tour, Los Angeles, CA
Pasadena Showcase House of Design, Pasadena, CA
Women Make the World Go Round, Broadway Art Space, Santa Monica, CA
Gleaming Apollo, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Migratory Marks VI, site-specific installation, Den Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
South Bay Focus, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Venice Art Walk’s Silent Art Auction, annual fundraiser, Venice, CA
VS, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2011
LAAA Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
South Bay Focus, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Brand 40: Works on Paper, Brand Library, Glendale, CA
Flag Stop: An Alternative Contemporary Art Event; Art shown: Site-specific installation & POD solo show.
Event curator, coordinator/committee member and designer (logo, promotional materials,
advertising, signage, catalog, event brochure, banners and website), Torrance, CA
Energy, juror Howard Fox, OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA
California Sculpture SLAM, juror Charles Arnoldi, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA
Venice Art Walk’s Silent Art Auction, annual fundraiser, Venice, CA
2010
South Bay Focus, juror Tressa Williams (George Billis), Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Finding Feitelson, juror Marie Chambers (Louis Sterns), Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
The Organic Line, AC Projects, Pomona, CA
2009
Gem, LAAA’s annual benefit fundraiser, Los Angeles, CA
My New Country, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2008
In The Abstract, DCA, LAX Terminal 1 (Southwest Airlines), Los Angeles, CA
Annual Auction/Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Tarfest, Los Angeles, CA
Penumbra, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Art Show, Gallery 825 booth, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Aurora, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Celebrity Vault, LAAA fundraising art auction, Los Angeles, CA
Go Native, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Presentation, Skin Haven Spa, Los Angeles, CA
Summer Heat, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Onsite at the Gate, Angel’s Gate, San Pedro, CA
2006
Holiday Show, Gower Lofts, group show, Hollywood, CA
Abstraction, Upstream People Gallery, Int’l juried exhibition
LA Art Exchange Auction, Santa Monica, CA
2005
Waves of Grace Fundraiser for Tsunami Relief, George Doizaki Gallery,
Japanese American Cultural Ctr., Los Angeles, CA
Photosynthesis, Hollywood Women’s Club, Hollywood, CA
2004
On Site at the Gate, Angels Gate, San Pedro, CA
Holiday Group Show, Sarpa Studio, Culver City, CA
Landscapes of Thought, The Loft Gallery, San Pedro, CA
Plein-Air Landscape, Lance Green Arts Gallery, Long Beach, CA
CURATORIAL
Member of the curatorial collective, Durden and Ray
The Big Embrace, 2021, Durden and Ray
By Way of Laughter and Trembling, 2020, Durden and Ray
Personal Contacts #3, 2020, Durden and Ray
A Comical Primitiveness, 2019, Durden and Ray
Specter of Documentation, 2018, Durden and Ray
Odd Convergences: Steps and Missteps, 2018, Korean Cultural Center
CoLab III, Torrance Art Museum, 2018
Flag Stop: An Alternative Contemporary Art Event, 2011; Large scale art event at Lexus Center, Torrance, CA
Installation curator, committee member and designer; logo, promotional materials, advertising, signage, catalog, event brochure, banners and website.
RESIDENCIES
Siao-Long Cultural park, Tainan, Taiwan, 2023
Hangmen Projects, Stockholm, Sweden, 2019
Studio System, Torrance Art Museum, CA, 2015
COLLECTIONS AND CORPORATE COMMISSIONS
Tiger Radical Media
Commission: Susan Strauss Design
Commission: Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, CA
Tommie Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
Graduate Dallas Hotel, TX
AC Hotel by Marriott Little Rock, Arkansas
AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS
"Best of Show", Korean Cultural Center LA, 2019
Art Slant Sculpture Award, "Full Circle", 2013
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024
"Beyond the Palette" podcast interview, Art Dimensions
"Meet Valerie Wilcox", Bold Journey online interview
"Atmospheres of Influence", Taiwan residency video
2023
"Shape Shifters", Meer Magazine, Bay Area, CA
2022
"Geometric Abstracts: Iris Kufert-Rivo and Valerie Wilcox", Artillery Magazine
"Persuasive Work by Valerie Wilcox and Victoria May", Art and Cake by Lorraine Heitzman online
"Personal Contacts: a Six Part Series of Exhibitions", Mutual Art, ArtDaily.com
2021
"Durden and Ray: a New Immersive Exhibition", 'The Big Embrace', Genie Davis, Diversions LA
"‘The Big Embrace’ installation opens in person with physically engaging theme", Daily Bruin
"Variance", I Like Your Work, printed catalog and online
2020
"Valerie Wilcox: In a Year Where Nothing Seemed Possible – A Bridge to Possibilities II”, Genie Davis, Diversions LA
"Personal Contacts #3", Durden and Ray, Artist Talk video
"Arts At Home", Article on "We Are Here, Here We Are", LA Weekly
"Outdoor Exhibition", Long Beach Post, Long Beach Post
"100 VOICES, 100 ARTISTS - Discover New Works By Saatchi Arts Top Women
Artists", Catalog, https://www.saatchiart.com/stories/100artists/
2019
"Could Papier-Mâché Be the Perfect Medium for Our Times?", New York Times "T" Style Magazine
“h club Los Angeles Art Guide 2019-2020”, published book
"h Club LA Collaborates With Capitol Records Featuring LA Artists", LATF (LA TV Film)
"Valerie Wilcox exhibits at SoLA FRESH", The Beach Reporter
"Inside the Studio: Exploring New Dimensions", Saatchi Art
2018
"Co/Lab III", Art and Cake
"Phantom Lim", LA Art Documents, youtube
"Odd Convergences: Steps/Missteps", Genie Davis, Diversions LA
“Odd Convergences: Steps/Missteps”, KCCLA, youtube
"In the Stillness Between Two Waves of the Sea”, Genie Davis, DiversionsLA
"In The Stillness between Two Waves of the Sea", Patrick Quinn, Art and Cake
2017
"Meet Two Sculptors to Keep an Eye On", Saatchi Art
"Art Inspired by Hans Arp", Saatchi Art
"The Collectivists", Lorraine Heitzman, Art And Cake
2016
"New Dimension", Irvine Fine Art Center, youtube
2015
Veranda Magazine, August, 2015
"Trending", Coolibri Magazine, Germany, 2015
2014
"In Form", Coolibri Magazine, Germany, 2014
"Graphite Rules in Pencils Down", Art Nerd San Francisco, February
2012
“The Big Rock and the Very Small Room”, Peter Clothier, Huffington Post