Lot 150 - Laurence de Valmy - I'm a Pharmacist

ARTIST INFO

About 

Laurence de Valmy combines painting and digital mediums, to bring a new light on our collective imagery and make the viewers ponder on our society including the notion of fame, the place of women or the role of social media. Laurence de Valmy is French American and lives in San Diego, USA. Her work is represented by galleries based in New York, UK and France. She is an active member of Artcan.org, a non-profit artist community. 

Education 

Laurence de Valmy studied painting in private studios and art history at the Ecole du Louvre. She holds a Master from the University of Paris, and an MBA from the Institute of Business Administration Aix. 

SELECT EXHIBITIONS/AWARDS  

SELECT EXHIBITIONS   
2023   
Pop Color, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles 
Fall exhibition, Range of Arts, Honfleur, France 
Pop: Summer exhibition, Azart Gallery, NY 
ArtCan with love, London 
Opening exhibition, Amber Galleries, Henley on Thames   
NFT event at Santa Monica Art Museum (California)   
 
2022   
Urban Pop, Bountiful Davis Art Center, UT curated by Todd Marshall  
Feminist connect, Charles Adam Studio Project, in Lubbock, Texas   
Explore 01, Kroll x ArtCan, New York  
Eye of the beholder, 508 King Gallery, London   
  
2021   
Connected, Summit Public Art, Summit, NJ, USA   
Monumental, juried by Sergio Gomez, USA   
A Thousand Words, The Curator's Salon, juried by Gita Joshi  
Art on a Postcard, London, curated by Gemma Peppe - Invitational   
Wish You Were Here, The Postal Museum, London   
Flower Fever, Sorunda, Sweden, curated by Brandy Kraft  
Women artists, Kahn Gallery, (London)   
Through her eyes, Singulart, curated by Rania Elafifi and Marion Sailhen   
Not so classic Classics, Range of Arts, Honfleur  
Group Show 3, Shrine Gallery, New York, USA   
  
2020   
The Watermill Center: Benefit Auction – Invitational  
Art on a Postcard, London, curated by Gemma Peppe - Invitational   
Cosmopolis, Azart Gallery, NYC curated by Latifa Metheny   
USPS Art Project, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, USA   
To Beirut, Range of Arts, Honfleur, France   
SolidArty, Sothebys Institute of London curated by Amira Gad and Emily Butler   
Juried Concepts, CICA Museum, Seoul, South Korea   
  
2019   
POST, Michele Mariaud Gallery, NYC curated by Michele Mariaud (Solo show)  

SOLO Azart Gallery & French Wink, NYC (Solo show)   
Art on a Postcard, London, curated by Gemma Peppe - Invitational   
Mana Open House, Mana Decentralized, Jersey City, NJ   
Lost in Abstraction, Kahn Gallery, London   
  
2018   
Art on a Postcard, London, curated by Gemma Peppe - Invitational   
The BUNTE Art, Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art, Munich, curated by Mon Muellerschoen   
Let's Connect, Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Stranger than Fiction, BG Gallery, Santa Monica, curated by Om Bleicher   
  
2017   
Dialogue, AZART Gallery, New York, curated by Latifa Metheny   
Wrap Around 13: Laurence de Valmy, George Horner, Karen Lederer, ARENA at Suite 806, New York, curated by Renée Riccardo   
  
2016   
French Reflections, FIAF Montclair, NJ, curated by Marie-Catherine Glaser (Solo show)   
 
AWARDS 
2023  
Finalist of the Trophy of French in the USA by Le Petit Journal 

2020   
St Petersburg Art Residency #VirtualSPAR   

2019 
Guest Artist Museum Week, Michele Mariaud Gallery, NYC   

2017 
Artist Residency Fellowship, Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation ESKFF, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ   

2016 
Fall price, Connection Magazine, NJ   

2005 
Mention, Prix de l'Ebouillante, Paris, France  

2004 
First Prize, Watercolor competition BHV, Paris, France 

Gallery Representation 

Azart Gallery (NY), Artspace Warehouse (LA), Amber Galleries (UK), Range of Arts (France), Singulart (France) 

Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork 

Art is a continuum and a mirror of our society. In the tradition of art appropriation, I bring my own view to existing artworks, pay a tribute to their authors, and play with the concept of originality. My goals are to bring a new light on our collective imagery and to make the viewers ponder on our current society including the notion of fame, the place of women or the role of media. By painting the positive portrayal of women and girls in modern-day comic books like Pokemon, my ambition is to highlight and amplify an empowering narrative. 

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