Curriculum Vitae

Born in 1962 Paris, France

Lives and works in Tucson, Arizona

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021 Live performance and video projection, collaboration with musician Briggan Krauss, Soapbox Gallery, Brooklyn NY

2020 Live broadcast performance and video projection, collaboration with musician Briggan Krauss, Curator Michel Gentile, presented by Connection Works, and Me, Myself and Eye, Brooklyn NY

2017 “Fruits & Vegetables” Decorative plates from The Music Room Collection

“Plates Platters and Nothing Else Matters” - Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, NJ

2015 “Fruits & Vegetables” Gouaches, curator Michael Hearst, Colson, Brooklyn NY

2014 “Fruits & Vegetables” Gouaches, curator Ohad Talmor, SEEDS, Brooklyn NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025 Group show “Clay, Collage & Company”, 326 Gallery, Tucson AZ

2019 “Birthday Suit” Ink drawing, curator Benjamin Sutton, Site: Gallery, Gowanus, Brooklyn NY

2017 “Oppressions” Ink drawing, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn NY

OPEN STUDIO

2019 Treasure Island Studios, Brooklyn NY

2017 MadArts, Gowanus, Brooklyn NY

TECHNICAL ABILITIES

• Oil, gouache, watercolor, and ink

• Ceramics hand-building

• Screen printing

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

2019-22 Adjunct Lecturer, Media Foundations, New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn NY

2018 Art teacher, Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona

2004-05 Adjunct Lecturer, Design, New York City College, New York NY

2002-12 Mentoring at the New York City High School of Art and Design

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2015-present Valeria’s Music Room, Collections of decorated vintage plates for tableware and wall decor

2012-present Illustration and creative consulting

1997-2007 Portrait Photography

1995-2012 Publishing Art Direction, CondeNast, Hearst, Scholastic for the New York Times

TRAVEL/FOREIGN LANGUAGES SPOKEN

English. French and Italian, native languages. Fluent in Spanish. Lived in Paris from birth to 1995

EDUCATION

1983 BA in Visual Communication, École des Arts Appliqués Olivier-de-Serres - Paris