SELECTED
EXHIBITIONS
1996-present Dance
Exhibitions and Performance Art, and DJ
2021 “Emergence”, Untitled Gallery,
Tucson
2020 “Resilience Resistance Respite”.
Untitled Gallery, Tucson
"Picturing 2020: A Community
Reflects", University of Arizona Art Museum, Tucson
“Artist of the Day”, Herberger
Theater Art Gallery, Phoenix
2018 “Falling in Love”, Grotto Gallery, Tempe
Professional Arts Division” AZ State Fair,
Phoenix
“Health, Wellness, the Human Form and Science
Exhibition”, 3 person show, MRA Associates, Phoenix
“Scorched” First Studio, Phoenix
“Past Due”, ABBA show, ASU Harry
Wood Gallery, Tempe
“Lighthouse 11” Alwun House,
Phoenix
“Exotic” Alwun House, Phoenix
2017 “Tiny Works, Tiny Dances IIl”, 9 The Gallery,
Phoenix
“Flat Rate Box”,
group show, Modified Arts, Phoenix
“Bookish”, Harry Wood Gallery at
ASU, Tempe
“The Art
of Science”, First Studio, Phoenix
“Lighthouse 10” Alwun House, Phoenix
2016
“Coexist”, Herberger Center Theater, Phoenix
“Lighthouse 9” Alwun House,
Phoenix
“Tiny Works, Tiny Dances II”, 9 The
Gallery, Phoenix
“Epilogue”, Firehouse
Gallery, Phoenix
“Dreaming at Night”, a Square One
production at MonOrchid
2015 “Wintertide” Shemer Art
Center, Juried group show,Phoenix
“Lighthouse 8” Alwun
House, Phoenix
“Tiny Works, Tiny
Dances”, Juried group show, 9 the Gallery, Phoenix
“Icelandia”, Lotus
Contemporary Art, Phoenix
“Frontier Delay”
Juried group sculpture show, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe
“Artlink’s
17th Annual Juried Exhibition”, Oasis on Grand, Phoenix
“Celebrating the Circle” Juried group show,
First Studio, Phoenix
“Force of Nature”,
Juried group show, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix
2015 Juried
Statewide Exhibition”, Gallery Glendale at Westgate, Glendale, AZ
“Equinox”
Member show, Arizona Artist Collective Juried Exhibition, Firehouse Gallery,
Phoenix
2014 Solo Show- one night only. “How Old Are You Deep Inside”,
Shemer Art Center, Phoenix
“ARTELPHX 2014”,
Multi-media performance and installation. Clarendon Hotel, Phoenix
“Body Language” group
show. Orange County Center for Contemporary Art. Santa Ana, CA
“Souvenirs”, group
show, in conjuction with The Museum of Walking and Scottsdale Public Art, The
Livery
“Pushing Paper”
and “Layers “Juried group shows, Shemer Art Center
“The Dog and Pony Show”,
Night Gallery at Tempe Marketplace, Tempe
"Liberty and Justice for Art", Arizona Artist Collective
juried exhibition, {9} The Gallery
“Sort of Sacred Sculpture
group show”, Multi-media performance and installation Ice House, Phoenix
"Mom!, a May
Meditation on the Mother" group show, R Pela Gallery, Phoenix
“Personal Panethnicity”
and “ Ways of Water” , group shows, Herberger Theater
“Arizona Artist’s
Guild 2014 Juried Exhibition”, AAG Gallery,
Phoenix
“AAG group Show”, Center
for the Performing
Arts,
at
Paradise Valley Community College, AZ
2014 Juried
Statewide Exhibition”, Gallery Glendale at Westgate, Glendale, AZ
2013 “Holy Daze” Juried group show,
MonOrchid, Phoenix
“Institutional
Shenanigans”. Multi-media performance and installation, IceHouse
“Bound/Rebound”,
group show by ABBA, Harry Wood Gallery, ASU, Tempe Campus
“Festival of the
Arts”, invited featured artist,
Herberger Theater,
"Klown" group
show, R Pela Gallery
"In Case of
Emergency", "Show and Tell" and “Entitled” Juried group shows,
Herberger Theater
2012 "Memory Play" Juried
group show, Herberger Theater
2010-2011 Five juried exhibitions with the Arizona
Artist’s Guild
2009 "Singularity" juried
group show, Herberger Theater.
“Sculpture Show”
at SAM, Arizona Artist Guild (AAG) Juried group show, Scottsdale
“Grand Opening 2009
Juried Exhibition”, Arizona Artist’s Guild
2008 Art DETOUR, Phoenix. Three-person show at Gallery
623/Studio 6
“Abstract/Abstracted”,
Herberger Theater, Phoenix
“Two Paths”, Two-Person Show, PHiX Gallery,
Phoenix
“Green: Found Objects
Transformed”, Arizona Artist Guild (AAG) Juried group show, Glendale, AZ
“AAG Fall Membership
Exhibition”, Fountain Hills, AZ
2003, 2004 “Art Institute of Phoenix Faculty Art Show”,
Phoenix
“Arizona Room 3”, Mesa Arts Center,
Mesa AZ
2000 Solo show. Arizona State University, Mercado Galleria,
downtown Phoenix
1999-2001 Arizona State Fair annual juried exhibitions
1998 “Mesa Community College Art Department Faculty Show, Mesa, AZ.
“Arizona
Watercolor Association Membership Exhibition”, Burton Barr Central Library,
Phoenix
“Mood Swings, group exhibition”,
Mood Swings salon, Tempe, AZ
“Staff and Member
Art Show”, Gentle Strength Cooperative, Tempe
“Student Art Show”,
The Phoenix Center
1997 “Arizona Watercolor
Association Spring Exhibition”, Grady Gammage Auditorium.
“Arizona Watercolor
Association Fall Exhibition”, Sun Cities Museum of Art.
1994 Palm Beach Watercolor
Society 11th Annual Juried Exhibition”, Boca Raton, FL
“Inspirations
‘94”, Palm Beach Juried Show, Old School Sq., Delray Beach, FL
“53rd
Annual National Juried Art Competition”, Lake Worth Art League, FL.
1993 “Palm Beach Watercolor
Society (PBWS) Fall Showcase” ATC Corporate Center, Boca Raton
“Annual
Harvest Days Juried Show”, Artists’ Showplace Cooperative, Lake Worth.
“Florida
Atlantic University Alumni Invitational”, Ritter Gallery, Boca Raton.
“For
the Love of Art”, PBCC Museum of Art, Lake Worth.
“Norton
Artist Guild Juried Exhibition”, Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach.
“PBWS
10th Annual Exhibition”, Old School Square, Delray Beach.
“52nd
Annual National Juried Art Competition”, Lake Worth Art League.
1992 “Norton Artist Guild
Juried Exhibition”, Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach.
“For
the Love of Art”, PBCC Museum of Art, Lake Worth.
“PBWS
9th Annual Exhibition”, Ritter Gallery, Boca Raton.
“Showcase
‘92’, ATC Corporate Complex, Boca Raton.
“WXEL
7th Annual Art Awards and Preview”, Boynton Beach.
“Deanna
Harris Gallery”, Lake Worth.
“Annual
Harvest Days Juried Show”, Artist’s Showplace Cooperative.
1991 “50th Annual National
Juried Art Competition”, Lake Worth Art League.
“Student
Art Exhibition”, Ritter Gallery at FAU, Boca Raton.
“Fine
Art Exhibition”, Ritter Gallery, Boca Raton.
Worrels
Juried Exhibition, Manalpan, FL.
“Annual
Juried Show”, PBWS, Old School Square, Delray Beach.
“13th
Annual Celebration of the Arts”, Lighthouse Gallery of Art, Tequesta, FL.
“D
& D Center Invitational”, Palm Beach Council of the Arts, West Palm Beach.
“Norton
Artist’s Guild Fall Preview”, Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach.
“Suburban
Bank Juried Art Exhibition”, West Palm Beach.
1990 “Fourth
Annual Art Contest”, Loxahatchee Natural History Association, FL
AWARDS
2018 Best
Alternative Bookform, “Past Due”, Harry Wood Gallery, ASU
2009 Third Place, Arizona Artist Guild (AAG)
Juried Sculpture show at SAM in Scottsdale
2000 One person show,
Arizona State University
Honorable
Mention and People’s Choice Awards, Arizona State Fair
1999 3rd
Place, Arizona State Fair
1994 Merchandise Award, 53rd Annual National Juried Art Competition, Lake Worth Art League
1993 Judge’s Recognition,
Palm Beach Watercolor Society Fall Showcase
1992 Best in Show, Norton Artist Guild Juried Exhibition, Norton
Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach
Honorable
Mention,
Annual Harvest Days Juried Show,
Artist’s Showplace Cooperative, Florida
1991 Merchandise Award, 50th Annual National Juried Art Competition,
Lake Worth Art League
2nd
Place,
Norton Artist’s Guild Fall Preview
2nd
Place, Suburban Bank
Juried Art Exhibition, West Palm Beach
GUEST SPEAKER and WORKSHOPS
Lecture
and demo: Acrylic Transfers, for the Arizona Artist Guild (AAG), Phoenix. May 6, 2014
Lecture
and demo: Successful Abstract Paintings and Acrylic Mediums, for the Tempe
Artist Guild, Jan. 21, 2016
PRESS/BIBLIOGRAPHY
MonOrchid multimedia
series kicks off with visual art in ‘Daydreaming at Night’
Downtown Devil, By Kara Carlson - April 8,
2016
Square
1 Series Artist Spotlight – Val Hunt
Couture
in the Suburbs, by Lindsay Viker on March 29, 2016
YabYum
Seven: Valerie Hunt
YabYum in Arizona, Arizona Artists, Sept. 27, 2015. interview by Nicole Royse
ARTELPHX Is Immersive,
Fun at The Clarendon Hotel in PhoenixYabYum in Arizona, Arizona Artists, Sept. 27, 2015. interview by Nicole Royse
What happened at …
ARTELPHX Spring 2014
Local
Revibe, Phoenix edition
Local Artists Showcased
at 15th Annual Artlink Exhibition on May 3, 2015
COLLECTIONS
(* = commissioned)
*Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY
Jacquelyn and Frank Ball, Manalapan, Florida
Abby
Chait, West Palm Beach, FL
*Donna Gardner, Lake Worth, FL
Moscowitz Dick Kee, Boynton Beach, FL
Maria
Mandell, Lake Worth, FL
Judy and Tom
Tribbey, West Palm Beach, FL
*Michael Weiner, Esquire, Delray Beach, FL
*Beverly and Dave Brazill, Fort Meyers, FL
James
Anderson, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Dr.
Elizabeth Bond, Cary, North Carolina
*Adrienne Kelly, Mission Viejo, California
Maxine
Soloman, Phoenix, Arizona
Brad
Smith, Santa Ana, California
Cattryn Somers, Phoenix, AZ
Joe Holdren, Phoenix
Ellen Bergstrom Nemetz
PRESENT (and/or PAST) AFFILIATIONS
PRESENT (and/or PAST) AFFILIATIONS
MOCA Tucson, Shemer Art Center, Arizona
Artists Guild juried member, Arizona Artist Collective, Arizona Watercolor
Society juried member, Phoenix Artlink, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art,
Phoenix Art Museum, ASU Art Museum, American Society of Interior Designers-Allied
Member (ASID), Interior Design Educator’s Council (IDEC), NCIDQ certification.
EDUCATION
- Master of Science in Design. Arizona State University. Thesis: Why Corporations in the Phoenix Area Collect Art.
- Bachelor of Fine Arts. Florida Atlantic University (a Florida state school), Boca Raton. Painting and Sculpture. Dean's List.
- Bachelor of Interior Design. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. School of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture
Arizona State
University, Tempe. Fifteen graduate 500/600 level studio art classes beyond
Master’s Degree.
Palm Beach Community College. Lake Worth, FL. Painting and Drawing classes.
Palm Beach Community College. Lake Worth, FL. Painting and Drawing classes.
Rochester
Institute of Technology. Rochester, New York. Design and drawing classes.
Western Kentucky University. Bowling Green. Dean's List.
Western Kentucky University. Bowling Green. Dean's List.
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
Glendale Community College, Full
time Faculty
Art Institute of Phoenix, Art and Interior Design classes. Full time faculty
Mesa
Community College, Interior Design Full time faculty
Arizona State University Interior Design Instructor
Palm Beach Community College, West Palm Beach, FL. Art Department Full-time
faculty
Adjunct Faculty: Mesa Community College, Scottsdale Community College, and Phoenix College,
Glendale Community College. (Part time appointments vary each semester-taught 140 art and ID classes)
Adjunct Faculty: Mesa Community College, Scottsdale Community College, and Phoenix College,
Glendale Community College. (Part time appointments vary each semester-taught 140 art and ID classes)
Lantana School, Lantana, Florida. Adult Education Watercolor Classes
Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida. Summer Art Camp for Kids
