Real Art News: '........on the road again , I just cant wait to get on the road again ....'

Monday 16 January 2017

'........on the road again , I just cant wait to get on the road again ....'

sigh , but it just isn't true is it willie ?? .....more like ' Band on the run ' .... or ' Lawyers , guns and money ' !!

here is the vague schedule I will be attempting to adhere to this year ... well the first six months anyway maintaining small fundraising events, Exhibitions and addressing student audiences about a broad range of subjects from the complexities of running an Art Business, to Political and Financial restrictions in current academia

1st Feb - 19th Feb 2017 : Looe /St Ives Cornwall U.K

19th Feb - 5th March 2017 : Amsterdam Land

7th March -22nd March 2017 : Plymouth / London

22nd March -30th March 2017: Amsterdam Land/ Lieden

30th March - 17th April 2017: Looe / Plymouth / London

17th April - 25th May 2017 : Amsterdam Land / Berlin (sporadic)
( 1st April - 25thMay 2017 : South West Tour (ongoing Dartmouth to St Ives)

somewhere here there is a little tour of Italy including Venezia

22nd June2017 + : Amsterdam/Venezia

1st July 2017 : Plymouth/ Looe

1st August - 28th August 2017 : London

1st September - 19th September 2017 : Plymouth / Porthmaddog @ Wales

1st October - mid October 2017: Dallas USA San Francisco CANCELLED

Mid October - end of October 2017 Italy

end of October 2017 Amsterdam

November 2017 Cornwall/ Devon

1st December - 15th December2017 The Hague / Netherlands

Christmas 2017 London / Cornwall

January 2018 Amsterdam Netherlands

February 2018 Venice Italy

March 2018 Amsterdam N.L

April 2018 - September 2018 Cornwall U.K

September 2018 Porthmaddog Wales U.K

there are still available appointments , but they are running out ... so if you want to book a last minute Appointment /Workshop / Artclass / ArtB&B / Excursion /Commission/ Collaboration then please do get in touch x

the rest of the Diary will be posted once I get back to the Workshop in The U.K x

'perpetually transient across several wildernesses !'

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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