Butchette, 2012
Raised in Sydney, Valentina Jones studied both Visual Arts and Visual Communications, graduating in 1988. She is known as an artist who often portrays the beauty in objects which may otherwise seem ordinary, drawing inspiration from the everyday.
Her work celebrates the world of both childhood joy and a world to be embraced. The figures are often distorted, lyrical and suit the layered colours of her canvases. Her quirky and whimsical paintings are expressions of past and present experiences of everyday realities. A contemporary painter, her style is very much expressionistic with an abstract feel. Subject matter includes figures, objects, landscapes and memories.
Many of her illustrations have been published.
SOLO
2007 - MY OTHER PLACE - Cafe BoBo , Dulwich Hill, Sydney
2008 - Peasants Feast, Newtown, Sydney
2008 - SECOND IMPRESSION - Red Door Gallery, Summer Hill, Sydney
2008 - Mancini's, Summer Hill, Sydney
2009 - THE THIRD SEASON - Red Door Gallery, Summer Hill, Sydney
2010 - Decolata, Summer Hill, Sydney
2010 - FOR THE LOVE OF - Red Door Gallery, Summer Hill, Sydney
2016 - MELLOW - The Corner Gallery, Stanmore, Sydney
GROUP
2008 - ART FOR ETHIOPIA - Red Door Gallery, Summer Hill, Sydney
2009 - ART AT THE POINT - Breakfast Point Country Club, Breakfast Point, Sydney
2009 - SIX ARTIST SHOW - Red Door Gallery, Summer Hill, Sydney
2010 - MARRICKVILLE WOMEN"S SALON-SELECTED - ESP Gallery, Marrickville, Sydney
2010 - ST GEORGE ART AWARD - FINALIST - Hurstville City Museum and Gallery
2011 - ART FOR ETHIOPIA - Red Door Gallery, Summer Hill, Sydney
2012 - ST GEORGE ART AWARD - FINALIST - Hurstville City Museum and Gallery
2014 - ART FOR ETHIOPIA - Studio W, Woolloomooloo, Sydney
Her work celebrates the world of both childhood joy and a world to be embraced. The figures are often distorted, lyrical and suit the layered colours of her canvases. Her quirky and whimsical paintings are expressions of past and present experiences of everyday realities. A contemporary painter, her style is very much expressionistic with an abstract feel. Subject matter includes figures, objects, landscapes and memories.
Many of her illustrations have been published.
SOLO
2007 - MY OTHER PLACE - Cafe BoBo , Dulwich Hill, Sydney
2008 - Peasants Feast, Newtown, Sydney
2008 - SECOND IMPRESSION - Red Door Gallery, Summer Hill, Sydney
2008 - Mancini's, Summer Hill, Sydney
2009 - THE THIRD SEASON - Red Door Gallery, Summer Hill, Sydney
2010 - Decolata, Summer Hill, Sydney
2010 - FOR THE LOVE OF - Red Door Gallery, Summer Hill, Sydney
2016 - MELLOW - The Corner Gallery, Stanmore, Sydney
GROUP
2008 - ART FOR ETHIOPIA - Red Door Gallery, Summer Hill, Sydney
2009 - ART AT THE POINT - Breakfast Point Country Club, Breakfast Point, Sydney
2009 - SIX ARTIST SHOW - Red Door Gallery, Summer Hill, Sydney
2010 - MARRICKVILLE WOMEN"S SALON-SELECTED - ESP Gallery, Marrickville, Sydney
2010 - ST GEORGE ART AWARD - FINALIST - Hurstville City Museum and Gallery
2011 - ART FOR ETHIOPIA - Red Door Gallery, Summer Hill, Sydney
2012 - ST GEORGE ART AWARD - FINALIST - Hurstville City Museum and Gallery
2014 - ART FOR ETHIOPIA - Studio W, Woolloomooloo, Sydney
