Real Art News: January 2015

Thursday 22 January 2015

From the Architecture by Valerio Collection

Featuring my own ' Green Star House ' both the modular and family community dwellings in the foreground with a rendition of my own ' Mile Wide City ' both designs were coined after considerations regarding conventional spatial allocations, and the inherent flaws in contemporary considerations for spatial allocations based on minimum requirements.

This image gives a hypothetical impact example of alternative design and construction methods, the view is from Sharpitor in Dartmoor national park with Burrator reservoir and sheeps tor in the middle ground and the mile wide city sited exactly over the urban footprint of Plymouth in Devon, U.K.

Note if you scroll down to the bottom of the blog feed there is a a photo that shows the full scale of this piece and its sister work ' the pair being entitled ' heaven and hell ' an intended contemporary parody to the classical work ' The Garden of Earthly Delights '

Tuesday 20 January 2015

New Venue Opening SOON

Competition Coming SOON!

To Celebrate our upcoming launch of our new Art Gallery, Design Studio and Well Being Centre in Amsterdam we are going to be giving away a wonderful weekends free accommodation for two at our bespoke facility in the City.

Watch this Space for Competition Info

Dont Miss .....V's Plaat Amsterdam

Opening Spring 2015

Monday 19 January 2015

Grand Opening Prize Giveaway. Vey's Plaat . Amsterdam.nl

To celebrate opening our new ' Kunst Galerie en Ontwerp Kantoor and Well Being Centre ( sorry I'm not sure how to say the last bit in dutch just at the right now )in Amsterdam,We are offering this fantastic giveaway of a weekends free accommodation at our fantastic new premises in Amsterdam!

The Facility:

Our Gallery will show case the same fantastic ranges of Fine Art works that people have come to expect from the Valerio Name Including the celebrated and award winning bespoke Architectural and Interior Design services and solutions as offered by the artist! . A comprehensive Art and Design reference Library. Interactive displays and exhibitions. and don't miss 'Sunday nights Blue Jazz Jam ' a little retro vintage touch of greenwich village in Amsterdam .Our well being centre focuses on enriching the body with balanced diet exercise and meditation Offering complimentary therapies Talks , discussions and Treatments and training. Our Pit Stop cafe is open daily offering delicious home made vegan light bites snacks and refreshments to help keep you fueled and full of positive energy.

For your chance to win a free weekends accommodation for two in the wonderful city of Amsterdam just share this post and tag yourself in the comment and we will announce the lucky winner on the 30th april 2015 so get sharing and we will keep posting updates as the closing date draws nearer !

Vey's Plaat Opening Spring 2015 Amsterdam City Centre N.L

Good Luck and hope to see you soon !

The Valerio Institute of Alternative learning : Dartmoor U.K

The prize includes Bed and Breakfast( a traditional full breakfast or a fine organic vegan alternative option from our own line of tasty homemade organic treats ) for two adults at our wonderful facility in central amsterdam For 3 nights for use between 01-05-2015 and 31-10-2015. You will be picked up from central station in a horse drawn carriage and two chilled glasses of champagne and brought directly to your accommodation at V's Place Amsterdam ( optionally via coffeeshop) where you can check in for your first night in our guest suite. with the option of either a Reiki treatment session or a guided meditation to really help you relax into your mini break.

from the people that brought you The Arts Hole , The Arts House , and the Valerio institute of Alternative Learning ...............................amongst other things

Thursday 15 January 2015

Watch this Space ...... V's Place ( Vey's Plaat ) Opening Soon Amsterdam 2015

I had to take a few minutes just to throw a graphic together cos its getting closer and closer ......WTS

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The Signature Style

Part of the ongoing body of works that have been come to be known as ' the Valerio Signature Style ' that has now come to encompass independent sub headings within the genre, including , ' The mandalas ' , ' The Orgy Balls ' , ' Studies of the Female Form ' , ' Cerebral ' and ' Unorthodox'

A manner of works I began working on as a child , to attempt to keep away from over embellishing them or over anthropomorphising or patterning , just to stay in the most grounding earthy tones and let the mind wander through the undulations to assist in the firing of the imagination

'The Under-exaggerated Origins of V'

After studying at Plymouth College of Art and Design, Valerio continued his studies at Sheffield Hallam University and Greenwich University and West Kent College.

Now based between his studio in Cornwall and Amsterdam, he is able to collaborate with some of the best known names in Art and Architecture on an international scale as well as here at home in the south west.

Valerio Describes his own work as ' dreamlike manifestations, evoking less than circumstantial references to archetypal memories of landscapes, and local geographies, figurative studies and all in between that which is captured in the veld of the diverse experiences that make up a lifetime.'

Chris Burchell, Art Critic and Curator of the Wharf Gallery , Tavistock 2010

written a few years ago now.

Valerio has been a keen art student. he has made excellent progress, demonstrating an imaginative and innovative response to a variety of stimuli, and has produced some outstanding units of course work.

Valerio has improved his ability to draw from observation with increasing skill and enjoys working in a variety of media, he has shown ability to draw from experience and imagination. Valerio has produced paintings of unusual quality, and shows a real awareness of the use of colour. His heightened critical awareness of other artists and cultures is an integral and successful aspect of his own work and he works well independently. Valerio's talent recommends him without question.

1998 Sue Lord artist and teacher

What do you make of the artist as a person?

Valerio , the man is a Raving Maniac, A genuine charicature of what an artist should be, hes eloquent and polite soft spoken and gentile , unless he is working on something of particular focus then he can be irritable , and unreasonable , never knowing if he is about to burst into song , or scream and shout a series of profanities against whatever is vexing him most at the time, even visitors to the gallery , ever outspoken and provocative toward debate, the constant array of models and well wishers that tend to come with the Artists Gallery appearances , can make even a quiet day seem lively!

Elusive is something of an understatement with this Artist and appearances are Rare as are his lectures and public exposures but a keen collaborator you will find the signature Valerio influence in many places you really wouldnt be expecting to find it, A very strong talent for such a young Artist already exhibiting his well developed style so that it is instantly recognizable, a Talent and a Character rapidly gaining in influence and popularity, and deservedly so!

T. McCracken Owner of The Tiffany Gallery East Looe

101 Reasons....

From the series of sketchbook illustrations that eventually became the published book of illustrations ' 101 Reasons to choose a vocation in the creative industries ' the original series started out as a series of autobiographical sidenotes in my working sketchbooks, a clear homage to the work of Ralph Steadman and Hunter Thompson, are little cartoons I have been doing during those moments when you say to yourself ' what the actual F**k ??!!' which can happen a lot in this job !! the original set of sketchbook thumbnails were each revised for the publication and have always proved a great hit in their own right whenever they have gone on display at exhibition . Now in the 11th year of ongoing production, the series now consists of over 200 hundred images depicting recollections or reflections from Working Corporate positions in 2000 -my first pop up gallery ' The Arts Hole in Cornwall '2006- 'The Green Star House ' Design and build Project 2009- through the political and legal battles of the 'Valerio Institute'2013- to our most recent projects of ' Why Not ' in Amsterdam and the latest ART B&B and education projects running in parallel in Cornwall u.k and Amsterdam N.L 2016/2017 It Really has been quite a ride