https://www.valeriesalez.com/grunt-gallery daily 0.75 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426381431550-8QGP9V9NSQCL46MSY58W/01amelie_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY Amelie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426381431550-8QGP9V9NSQCL46MSY58W/01amelie_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY Amelie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1422639599761-NPYIUT4LZ4JZWPPJNYZ7/01amelie_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY - Amelie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423241911558-LHWMVFHILL4C252SVS1Z/02amelie_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY Amelie is not a talker but she's a hard worker with high reaching dreams. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1422640057830-ZD9KV2UL4HA93UML08FI/03amelie_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY She went BIG yet had a delicate touch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423241919769-KGYVOVRX8FQP4NZRAL0J/04amelie_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423241928165-9I1RX77XNXJ8V4R225WY/05amelie_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1422639639238-OV9CFS8HHU41NR1QMLXR/06amelie_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423193899056-LX02H5OYVDS16T63CRZ2/07amelie_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423194057216-HR098357N9PQT44XX0L7/08amelie_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY 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| GRUNT GALLERY Isabelle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423194305314-BPDQHCRVAGX2USASHT5E/15isabelle_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY Isabelle is a meticulous worker with a graphic aesthetic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423194331005-O8HW05AYRS6BA5L6IKQ0/16isabelle_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423194432224-3SFH2TSR1R9WL8SD17IJ/17isabelle_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423425566280-6OSJ7DPNAE2QY7VU6DL0/18isabelle_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY From the industrial jobs of painting plinths and using the staple gun, to time consuming precision jobs arranging small bits and pieces, Isabelle approached everything with great consideration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423195666741-XREWZP9V0KZ1A91GEQ6V/20isabelle_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423194597046-I7FGVMGPKJDJBO4N5O8T/21isabelle_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423194617872-LAI5VZSXHE3WG8F31VP3/22isabelle_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY A stickler for detail she loved to problem solve how materials could attach and support each other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423195581049-HRXK3X5R0OJ9IWUOUDO6/19isabelle_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423425577370-JQQ3U6EN67OE4TUIWFQ0/23isabelle_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423425642899-HJRCS2Y9GUGAW21FNLW3/25henry_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY Henry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423426316633-A57JTYF7OX29I8N6UAN2/26henry_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY Henry does not talk to anyone but his family. He just pointed to cans of paint, the white wall and zip ties. He then proceeded to make his own unique paint applicators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423425674543-84EV33GLFIKEG3FGYCLZ/28henry_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423425635521-HJTG4XYAK99POJZPHPL0/24henry_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY His gestures where fast and furious. The way he moved paint around was beautiful to behold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423425702910-3H5MCOAT5IJBR4MZO1V1/29henry_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY This was the result of day one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423425682016-6TMHKCKX51IFAPYHXQAK/27henry_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY On day two he hammered his handmade paint applicators to the wall... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423425692416-RQI4BRW7P4KPNCZOCYDB/30henry_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY and further painting chaos ensued. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423425718972-N18L5AK33IWG0OBCL5FK/31henry_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423425727682-JCEO1LAS9FP9TK7K4VN2/32henry_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY This 15 foot mixed media wall piece was the result. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423425744739-I09OVMZ80998Y14U9UI1/33henry_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY Henry has a tendency to have violent outbursts. Although his behavior with me was calm and productive. Eventually he found the hammer and want to smash things. I found him a 2 x 4 and some chalk. I promised him he could hammer as much as he wanted as long as he promised me not to cause harmful destruction. He looked me in the eyes and spoke his first words to me "I promise." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423425753099-XO4INX3LE35NCNBBXJ56/34henry_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423425765736-2G1WBQC63O93GWK4P8EP/35henry_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423425775546-6IYXP29UI5NXEP19ELKM/36henry_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY He respected the hammer so well that he graduated to an xacto knife. Chalk was carved into figures. Then smashed, of course. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423425797128-PEDF8DYC8D89DP5ABPKT/37henry_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423425788131-K3VY3SCHY85S50HJQQ3K/38henry_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423509274292-AXHBNLUMYYIV1ASDPCZG/39deshik_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY Deshik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423509287652-C1JLEAPAHHBS3WQYKK5L/40deshik_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY Deshik LOVES animals. He only talk about animals. Non-stop. All the time. Facts and figures plus mind boggling questions concerning origins. He can draw any animal with a few simple pen lines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423509307403-XQADOFAEA57KV4ZG1CRA/42deshik_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY When Deshik found out I had a dog he insisted I bring her to the gallery. Negrita was an infinitely patient test subject. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423509312626-VBS34Z5JBM6O6THY9RG1/43deshik_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423509325424-SOOYLULGYT1TCKBROZ9C/44deshik_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY My personal favorite. Bone balanced on dog head. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423510021570-E9AUS6JC2UG9ORHONC07/45deshik_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423509294133-I4IO954I90A0U2X3LVC9/41deshik_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY He drew this for her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423509336234-Y035JYSR7YOTETFF4QGD/46deshik_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY Deshik experimented with paint and brush on the wall. But he scratched his head at how hard it was to control the line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423509347793-XU7SKQIBX0PE19M3PSUF/47deshik_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY In the end he drew some birds on paper with a sharpie, had me cut them out, and we pasted them onto his wall painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423509359562-DV3UPIDIT1TJQRL4GBM4/48deshik_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423509371333-53Y7LBXA8AMYSLGOQPZ7/49deshik_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423509385302-M3G67LJK99G9VS0UV11E/50solange_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY Solange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423193334374-80A259KX777WJHY2LYTH/image-asset.jpeg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY - Solange – Play Fall Rest Dance – Grunt Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423509954405-P9D69VAP0XAS6SFQTM6U/51solange_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY Solange participated in this project in at Open Space Gallery in Victoria. She was in Vancouver with her mom and I invited her to be a guest artist at GRUNT. She works swiftly, with confidence and great focus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1430406583059-XAHVCPX8VAIL23A20SUI/image-asset.jpeg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | GRUNT GALLERY - Play Fall Rest Dance-Grunt Gallery https://www.valeriesalez.com/open-space-gallery daily 0.75 2016-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1422656451463-IW9DRZ1FAYF9ZOJ86FZK/00cameron_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Cameron https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1422656451463-IW9DRZ1FAYF9ZOJ86FZK/00cameron_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Cameron https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423193405268-TL677QBQ4RFBDLQSEZOF/01cameron_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY I met Cameron at an after school program. He was not into completing projects. But I noticed he had an infinity for mixing paint. I invited him to participate in PFRD and promised him a paint mixers dream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423193704186-ZYEEVZG4NG52P6LE0VQ6/02cameron_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423240728019-XEM50IN9OPQ3AWBN70HL/03cameron_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423240749388-4C0S7L8X2ATMNWA34EH3/04cameron_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY We built a paintslide with a pooling area at the bottom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423193553222-WRUT2FKCATZ9FCI275U2/05cameron_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423193561302-9XCJI96SMESSZ6UX2FDH/06cameron_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Beyond dump mixing paint he experimented other mixing techniques. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423193575230-B0FONAEIVH4598LI9FLL/07cameron_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY The inevitable happened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423193582479-SLS0FMQL3XUD546IPGO1/08cameron_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423196988327-4HPTRA9PTD4MFZ01V1U8/09cameron_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423196993017-0VXLOSGDD0OKQ4HA1ZZE/10cameron_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423197013740-G5CIADF8NC2W1ULKGSS5/11cameron_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423196354702-J5ZXSNJFYJPQPNJXA4M3/12solange_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Solange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423196366507-RLMSTPGAFRI0T8YJ3A5U/13solange_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423240741803-939ON93SOE4NAODVNMX4/14solange_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Solange has participated in PFRD three times. She is dedicated to detail and tends to perform within her installations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423196648934-KIEIDDP4ESDGLJYL5WFL/15solange_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423197127230-9T0WHW9KTJWTEFZTYC06/16solange_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423197128838-AVPOL2DRA9JX3TCHLP2P/17solange_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423197695658-5VF3YJS9OJH39R80UPH3/18solange_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423197499842-AQ9JMS1TE7ZEZ3FKI9V3/19solange_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Solange is a mighty force who is not shy to go big. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427423780661-9OY1S095RFKFG1MGJDV7/21_3october_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427423779067-T92DED54JNXPB5VOTEJM/21_2october_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Octobers dad is a bread baker. So he attacked this block of clay like it was dough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427423788295-9MAS5QMUE5P57KE4NK6L/21_4october_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Complete with fork and spoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427423801613-RQS0RHNF94UUKV04KYDB/21_5october_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427423802990-U82V7TZEZUTI68JQ41HV/21_6october_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Things got primal when the bones and fur got found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423197815319-G2DTBU0OSCA1MEM2SPCH/20october_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY A kingdom was born. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423197802528-TRVBEB5DW3LQB6ESS9D8/21october_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423199198915-V9XI8OIJPNX2FTO6RFYN/22talyn_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Talyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427421758232-6L55R41R3TRNNUTWZ0E8/22_2talyn_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY After a long hard thinking session with a blank grey square and a skull Talyn came up with a brilliant concept. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427421751237-KKGQNS6EYZSWVB534MAF/22_3talyn_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY He drew the skull then continued to draw it back to life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427421761109-L8ERIUPE24MRRC6J2X8O/22_4talyn_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY skin, fur, eyeball https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427421774918-HWO2AQ4248Z2Y199F10S/22_5talyn_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427421777000-9H2ZKOWW3EZ4FGBPH31W/22_6talyn_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423236354293-8XEQ8PKV01FEBIAMH74A/32talyn_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Talyn worked on a second project. He wanted to see how a small sketch would translate into a large mural. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423236361293-NTCZXQWWK6Y7TS7DJ6I9/33talyn_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423198097266-VDZLDVF9F6EG27NCRU18/23mackenzie_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Mackenzie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427424025392-0IYO6FHLNJ3W0HTE82X8/23_3mackenzie_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427424036475-Q4EC8XI0B6ZN25SUX95W/23_4mackenzie_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427424027919-H08OFR523QFD4Q7MC39J/23_2mackenzie_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Mackenzie wanted to fill up the space around Talyn's painting. Unabashed and energetic splatter painting lead to a heart filled explosion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427424244471-KBDQXED55O71X8WD2FFD/25_2eleanor_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Eleanor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427424239912-KW3VRCSQCHLFRUMC90EG/25_3eleanor_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Elanor cut and cut and cut tiny shapes from my vast decorative scarf collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427424250038-GE9HT43JF3DXJ204CRUE/25_4eleanor_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423198469668-SOURQAXY2XS0V6U2UKYZ/24eleanor_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY She stuffed the shapes and had me glue gun them closed. Then she artfully attached them to the wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423198202690-MF4UKCZIJ03RT4Q4SYV2/25eleanor_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423199053836-L4SK3RHYYFAIZ959IDHY/26sophia_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Sophia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423199066710-OGXQL0QHU6BEIM0POD1Q/27sophia_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Here Sophie is explaining at length the details of her beautifully imagined world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423199268587-7JXTWTDIN15PUQIQKRDK/28sophia_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423235841770-5AIU9QN7UUMH5QJKVH1Z/29aubrey_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Aubrey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423235849598-FZCFW5ZYR7EF6BM2EZDH/30aubrey_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Aubrey’s approach was considerate. Every detail was not soley aesthetic but a slowly built fictional story. There was much discussion about Max Ernst's glove series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423235859142-XBQOAV4PS2OMO2FF7CML/31aubrey_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423235871692-W09PMBS2YXQI8UQQ86TY/32aubrey_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423236370823-B111P1ES6BM414F1BIM6/34soren_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Soren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423236785295-M71TV3DNKPY4N1LWER1B/35soren_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Soren knew he wanted to build a laser web. We worked together to figure out how to best do this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423236794770-5POBPG36O67AK7FPVU0D/36soren_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY It involved balls and balls of string and yarn, some things like mic and music stands, a chair, and a short ladder. Then for 3 hours he hurdled these balls of materials back and forth to form his laser net. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423236804276-8R9J5KCCCIU6LQLT2949/37soren_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Soren could not get enough so he returned for another session and created a second laser web. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423236813771-3U6OX8638NN1VHO5XJDD/38soren_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423236821853-EQ6CW5O6WOPCST3TI5AA/39soren_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423236831307-TALXQOHD9G077RP8OWG2/40soren_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423236937144-TAC4IZSI6WM827QFLZPL/41violet_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Violet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427421792025-P69A0EC1CGY3WQ2AUSXK/41_2violet_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427421794207-Z75BRI2D3K60GIN27JT6/41_3violet_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Careful and quite Violet tiptoed around the materials. With tiny quite movements she arranged beautifully strange combinations of materials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427421801450-7OMRCMNR05AVNKB8QLB2/41_4violet_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427421811372-JSKYA2NOQOSKDU29HN00/41_5violet_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423237256160-0X1SWLCL0URL68LHQ8X5/42mija_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Mija https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423237264956-HALAH23WPHQGH35S9CFU/43mija_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Mija never spoke. Just pointed and smiled at every piece of textile and clothing. She spent her three hours swimming in a sea of fabric. A type of performance that took her on a magic carpet ride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423237585714-5E1LSR1O82CDWE1LQ62J/44mija_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423237593845-OYETE14WNUYZN8QECIS7/45eliza_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Eliza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423237604757-A5OSHISA1TIUHKFZ10FU/46eliza_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY What can I say…..TAPE! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423237614068-49G7ONNZU6MS2MHEG834/47eliza_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY This girl loves tape and ladders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423237624432-L641VKRRXYG95ZABA83K/48eliza_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423237634930-2DC8B3T255PIDYNO5NRD/49eliza_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423238351092-9SKE9QMYDTHWBWQ374GM/50cole_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Cole https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423238360767-R8M1D4RO5SRJEDY5DKC9/51cole_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Cole is a builder, a fixer, a balancer and a fine coordinator of colour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423238372949-AKUTH3RCXDY53710BN3X/52cole_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423239260270-CCMV3UYU4ME1I92O6L8W/53ruby_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Ruby https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427422123487-EASAX7BC8BMGCHMEHML0/53_2ruby_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY While everyone went big in the big space Ruby chose small. She literally chose every small item from the studio area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427422125045-UVANLD3EMNS3ZFPVF97W/53_3ruby_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY She asked for one small square shelf and commenced to build her world in miniature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427422133200-Q7FMMFK7VWYHUD5A2L2C/53_4ruby_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423239268491-74CNRFHC4Q7M6MY8ZW14/54elena_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Elena https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423239279755-LU6Q51DMNGLIEYKJ8BGJ/55elena_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Elena had radical approaches to building her installation. Including throwing wooden embroidery loops from a distance to see how they would choose to hook themselves to a pink caribou antler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423239292424-7RHQJOV8TEOMFR5EB45U/56elena_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423240261226-BBLXM9KE402TVF8SEMZ2/57annabelle_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Anabelle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423240269552-Q74HJYDQ1ZK5YKFW2JMK/58annabelle_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Anabelle started in a flurry of chaos and movement all surrounding a single plinth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423240279565-XSXB76O1I8FPLMRDARW6/59annabelle_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423240290016-KK9AXOHKNNIG8Y6RUL6B/60annabelle_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY But as the session progressed she honed in on her materials and got more and more detail orientated. She found her way into the eye of her own storm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423240574261-MDCRASW1DWPXNQQUO8TV/61finn_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Finn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423240583631-C93XDA5KRRU3I5VN9OTH/62snf_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Finn & Solange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423240595361-8HMI3VAI3ROGKYP6WVPC/63snf_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Finn is a jokster. Art making was not much his thing. Acting silly among the objects was his thing. Although he did manage to throw together this brilliant sculpture of burnt wood, baby blue crinoline and a wooden rabbit all balanced in a baby cradle. I though it was brilliant. He thought it was silly and not art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427425378093-DPG90Z0F2AVJU6WNH02U/01chloe_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Chloe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427425382978-H0J6MK3L1STY19HCDE6V/02chloe_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Chloe was the youngest participant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427425399640-LRL8OOWEL6KQT8TN0POQ/03chloe_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY She literally played, fell, rested and danced for three hours straight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427425396715-8XVR6HI2FUGB6SDIAC23/04chloe_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427425412631-B1EPSWH1LBSWZFIXGNAI/01asher_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY Asher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427425415435-JC43RZTS1VA0EMBY8ADW/02asher_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY The task was simple for Asher. Make carrots for the two wooden rabbits using only fabric, stuffing and a stapler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427425431968-CZZSV4142NFKJ1ZVD40G/03asher_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427425431872-2BF0PKAHA4XSYHJDA9AK/04asher_valeriesalez.jpg PLAY FALL REST DANCE | OPEN SPACE GALLERY In the end he also made his own rabbit. https://www.valeriesalez.com/projects-gallery daily 0.75 2023-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423165915596-VDD39MYBLVUW5K5QEMOQ/01shadow_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Chakras in the Dark - burnt wood, textiles, horse hair, sheep wool, feathers, fur, beads - 7 @ approx 5 ft each - Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, BC 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423165915596-VDD39MYBLVUW5K5QEMOQ/01shadow_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Chakras in the Dark - burnt wood, textiles, horse hair, sheep wool, feathers, fur, beads - 7 @ approx 5 ft each - Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, BC 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1694381800670-DGT78T1RRXLMIRPRCQMO/02Salez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423548511207-EKOJJLD8YMNSZS33GX24/02shadow_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423165932163-YAISW0J500CWMLLH3P7N/03shadow_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423548554317-RGUXM2JJ4ARWPZ6PS25J/04shadow_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Cradle cord - burnt wooden cradle, hemp rope, burnt wood objects - Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria - 12 ft high x 6 ft base circumference - 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423548564248-4OW7WXYJURQGU8THKJOD/05shadow_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423548574125-5QBX3SWJ027HRIP2SKJF/06shadow_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426624193305-YD6K41KE1RA76B3JCX0M/07_1shadow_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY "Perhaps it's true that things can change in a day. That a few dozen hours can affect the outcome of whole lifetimes. And that when they do, those few dozen hours, like the salvaged remains of a burned house---the charred clock, the singed photograph, the scorched furniture---must be resurrected from the ruins and examined. Preserved. Accounted for. Little events, ordinary things, smashed and reconstituted. Imbued with new meaning. Suddenly they become the bleached bones of a story." ― Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426624183414-JTQE1K0J3L4F0LUTWNAJ/07_2shadow_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY installation – Access Gallery, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423548594444-JNT1JO6RHA7PXQSW8UBJ/08shadow_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423548633159-AOCJ0LP1GR3Z0ZCGHEUR/09shadow_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY found burnt wood, horse hair - 2 x 2.5 ft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423548625251-SJ9NREPETXUBZOE9LZZC/10shadow_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY found burnt wood, bone, resin - each 16 in high x 24 in circumference   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423548642817-ETNH5O6XCZ2D5IX6KXAG/11shadow_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423548651624-NJ0IM2EFKB0LSD3I6IBN/12shadow_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY studio installation – Banff Centre for Arts, 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423548663550-HLSCE5846O2D7XIK4118/13shadow_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY paper, charcoal, ash, collage, stick, clamps, light - 2 ft wide x 8 ft long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423548674083-EEF4Q7P01AA8KFZFOOSD/14shadow_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY vintage graph paper, sage ash and charcoal - 22 x 60 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1428679544872-W470FO7O10U843H96B1P/15shadow_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1428679554052-65N73RKPGWZ0P5Y1IVUI/16shadow_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423167620721-LYYR7BLD8RO5NOBTGPGO/image-asset.jpeg PROJECTS GALLERY - In the Shadow of our own Dust Video: This is the result of an attemp to capture/document ritual. Produced during a Thematic Banff Centre Residency (Something in the Water; Return of the backwash 2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1428680056971-M58S2XV4WL63YIDJTU4P/01drawing_collage_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Erupture - charcoal, ash, collage - 22 x 30 in - 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1428680048468-7849XA0GUEBXNCGQS5WG/02drawing_collage_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Spun out - charcoal, ash, collage - 22 x 30 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1428681996613-ZLP25I0FTMRECI13CTSY/03drawing_collage_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Snake moon - charcoal, ash, collage - 22 x 30 in - 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1428682005929-UICKFBWU8I6WIXVAC5UC/04drawing_collage_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1428682355264-B82DDXJ9Z0VSS6ZIR5S7/05drawing_collage_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Shrapnel nest - charcoal, ash, collage, ink - 5.5 x 8.5 in - 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1428682016451-SCVS173409UO8N76BIU2/06drawing_collage_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Ensconced - charcoal, ash, collage, ink - 5.5 x 8.5 in - 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1428682028230-9XGF9T7HKFBJWBH84B0Q/07drawing_collage_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Hidden code - charcoal, ash, collage, ink - 5.5 x 8.5 in - 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1694839993864-2WMWDH698L9P4W44TOEN/image-asset.jpeg PROJECTS GALLERY - HAND JIVE March 2020 chinese ink, collage 25 x 60 inches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1694840157777-693RDTD16QM95IHJOII7/image-asset.jpeg PROJECTS GALLERY - HAND JIVE (detail) March 2020 chinese ink, collage 25 x 60 inches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424374263114-4259XRI068JT1VT9DOIY/01fallout_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Fallout A series of geologically inspired ceramic forms made from discarded blocks of clay (various types). I dropped and smashed the dried blocks then took direction from the natural breaks and cracks. Only 4 raku glazes were used. Electric firing. Created during Thematic Banff Centre for the Arts Residency 2014 (The Universe and Other Systems). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424375060211-4AWN39GZDJAWL39VPUVY/02fallout_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424375052962-KC0NXV9DX8RCK8PK7G8T/03fallout_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424375068136-ATMC6KPVY60WY4EU9CNE/04fallout_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424375076257-4JVXMPDZ9EYGD0EKGUE9/05fallout_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424375084189-54HAIDO70G8E0NKJH2BG/06fallout_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424375092248-F66P499FH45LJRE4JV3A/07fallout_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424375100534-XN70C4NTYA44KVZ447S0/08fallout_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424389073065-CCOBQ4K73QVHAAB7V88Y/09fallout_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424375118181-YI7HJXASX4OXMA8SF78F/10fallout_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424375307060-8WMI71OTYV30ZITNGNHV/11fallout_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426624018815-2L7G10LQQ75BU9PFWCYM/12fallout_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424380130103-1M0L3VE25R1HXSJPU3TI/13fallout_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424380122494-3DJPDGSGKMWQX0TPURZZ/14fallout_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424380147674-NKUFJJJB5K01KOS3MP1D/17fallout_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426624028509-Q85IB3Y76HDECC7M8CHU/15fallout_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424380156715-MINL5J7R9HLO1YF5O93Z/16fallout_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424374276148-UT5S1G9LL9MTPQSK7CNE/01fourthnature_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Fourth Nature 2010 and 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424381933097-TTRF9NUD8A9M485BT0H2/02fourthnature_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY arches details: textiles, lace, bones, wood, rhinestones, spray paint – Yukon Arts Centre, 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424381953359-AGHILFHIFPAIEJBV2HBU/03fourthnature_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424381944451-Z59JPN2ZZUWGEBNWRUZG/04fourthnature_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424381960984-WKIG2GINFP6Z0X91WGBI/05fourthnature_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424381969582-Z5KKJ9CEUBY7OTQ735N7/07fourthnature_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY installation view – arches and stalactites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424381977970-3R2TMJFYVF10KJCTER91/08fourthnature_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY stalactite detail: spray foam, broken china cups, wild trapped fur - 5 to 8 ft high x 2 to 3 ft circumference each https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424382002628-QLTW85O0TIVX4M5P6PHF/11fourthnature_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424381994477-ORQ3W070S7WC2CAM3MZ7/10fourthnature_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY stalagmite: spray foam, broken china cups, wild trapped fur - 11 in high x 16 in circumference https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424382011230-BSD1LBT2YA6DGD67IW9F/12fourthnature_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY installation view – Galerie Sans Nom, 2012   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424382019087-WYTWDR10V40EYJDECNR1/13fourthnature_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY antler cluster: antler, paint, pearls, textiles, spray foam, jewelry, pins - 14 ft high https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424382580794-U83IJRL55RGWN40584OQ/14fourthnature_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424383018098-ILK95GQCYXLW643JGREA/15fourthnature_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424382539727-GAH864ORMAIR5O7SNC2B/16fourthnature_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY NSCAD Port Loggia Gallery, 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424382551978-SK9P486M6JBZDAN12CHH/17fourthnature_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424382563638-J62UOKR1QQIAYOVT4KE9/18fourthnature_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Yukon Arts Centre, 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424382573339-CPGOWMYTKSR62B9V49PP/19fourthnature_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424382588202-3YONPPZD9I87XXXC4YGB/20fourthnature_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY arches - Confederation Centre Art Gallery, 2011 - 1.5 x 24 ft each https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426740533965-UKAMCL3N8GWHTO6VOF87/01impossiblecolumns_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Impossible Columns - installation view- Yukon Arts Centre 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424387319478-73H191R5LWV021XM4SKO/09impossiblecolumns_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY I made a series of collages and sculptures based on Albrecht Durer's drawings Impossible Columns – Albrecht Durer - pen, brown ink, watercolour – 11.65 x 6.77 in - 1515 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424387270305-SVB3L2KQCCIULAEU32H1/03impossiblecolumns_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY ceramic, glass, metal, wood, porcelain, caulking – Yukon Arts Centre and NSCAD Port Loggia, 2010 - approx 3 feet high each https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426740570773-Q972NO0Q9MYZ8BYATCNY/04impossiblecolumns_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424387294138-4VG5QOEEYO4QL1VY4ABB/05impossiblecolumns_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424387302044-1J3T4HZHPAYK9PMNKRI9/06impossiblecolumns_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424387310854-0K7E90Y50551ENOUREU7/08impossiblecolumns_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424387440738-J8RCG5L569NV83O5M7ZM/13impossiblecolumns_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY I photographed hundreds of objects from my Aunt and Uncles thrift store in the South of France. Each object in these collages are from a 4x6 photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424387413763-9NQRMF1RWNN0WPJO3NTV/10impossiblecolumns_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY photo collage on black archival paper - 22 x 32 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426630610258-J6BHRD2EY29QL334NDU2/01congregations_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Congregations – 2008 to 2010. A series of collages featuring animals cut from vintage story, school, wildlife, and science text books. This collage is titled Birds n Bees - 22 x 30 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426630625840-EZBSV96CKBCD3Q12V58S/02congregations_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426630619952-M5JA6NPJ5OCLGW34EO4U/03congregations_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426630630174-ARNC8TVJ7VTZI8TICQS8/04congregations_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Transmission Cloud - 22 x 30 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426647442036-Y8LDU6WHC2A44RX3IW0W/05congregations_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Basket Knot - 12 x 17 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426649131768-ENN5FRXPW20LVC55XSFN/06congregations_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Deadwood Parliament - 22 x 30 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426647451031-N2SBEO0IETXM3UZVF94Q/07congregations_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Ladder Tower - 22 x 30 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426647460254-34GIU0YQJ0RUO362B820/08congregations_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Scale Parade - 24 x 35 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426647475871-3JSADDM0IR6DARJ919BU/09congregations_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Sink Bale - 22 x 30 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426647485589-9HMCIUZOC7WJBZNOLBGF/10congregations_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Sink Bale – detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426647489357-7HSD0Y742ADMDYWUVCIN/11_1congregations_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Treasure chest murder - 22 x 30 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426648420949-Q6DPKISV5LVFHG3X9IW7/11_2congregations_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Hat Warren - 22 x 30 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426648413611-L7BLR0S9AF0RB6TCT702/12congregations_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Hat Warren – detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426648868381-26ZVGBE0HL8QZ4JCLLO1/13congregations_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Construction Colony - 13 x 18 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426648433853-9WIQKKDQ3SIODT5CZQ3H/14congregations_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Kettle Rookery - 12 x 17 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426652213055-X5OZV00NWM7CPDTHA8EB/15congregations_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Congregations – Odd Gallery, Dawson City, YT – 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1502222327851-VT6Z71MDBR84FR9F0SDR/01lostshipsfound_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Lost Ships Found found wood, paint, various textiles, nails - each approx 9 to 15 inches (high and wide) - Bielsko-Biala BWA, Poland 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1502220553879-DP3E3FGEB19DWDWG0Z1Y/02lostshipsfound_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1502220581744-YLBPM9NZ2NMO5GR122Y4/03lostshipsfound_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1502220585118-QL6G1H0W97SVT9E4MJFZ/04lostshipsfound_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1502220597934-AUZ8HRIMW75K1S0SRUGC/05lostshipsfound_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426649156651-20M1B5IY20JQMRD5TMS3/01coldcoveredbones_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Cold Covered Bones - Dawson City, Yukon - 2006 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426652196640-9RQ9WR8EXNUFOYA0TOKJ/02coldcoveredbones_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Cold Covered Bones - Dawson City, Yukon - 2006 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426649169408-T21JUMJOG5G0SY5FTDMS/03coldcoveredbones_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Cold Covered Bones - Dawson City, Yukon - 2006 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426649182888-Z23QYCTYIH1SZULHT1Q4/04coldcoveredbones_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Cold Covered Bones - Dawson City, Yukon - 2006 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426649196152-C6TTGMV6ANYETXXTZZ3D/05coldcoveredbones_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Cold Covered Bones - Dawson City, Yukon - 2006 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426649209005-OLDGV1THO05MHYC8ZK35/06coldcoveredbones_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Cold Covered Bones - Dawson City, Yukon - 2006 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426649223993-GSOZ6YVGS605BQMWW2GC/07coldcoveredbones_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Cold Covered Bones - Dawson City, Yukon - 2006 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426649238432-EBTW6LYPYP9UP7UBPMZN/08coldcoveredbones_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY "...Salez made these blanket “interventions” after exploring this industrial area on Dawson City’s outskirts during her winter walks. Intent on nurturing these wounded vestiges of past gold-mining activity, the artist carefully draped the abandoned equipment in the patterned blankets. Her site-specific installations cunningly juxtapose laborious old machines with a colourful collection of craft. Whereas this unexpected revival suggests the gendering of the mining relics, one may also consider the general rehabilitation or dramatic mourning of a systematically abused landscape." Diane Pellicone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426788091753-9OJ1FWC5UBJMYIO7PWVY/01ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY OUR Nation was an attempt to declare a micro nation. The 'founders' (collaborates Valerie Salez, Kara Uzelman and Jesse Mitchell) occupied a large fenced in yard, built structures, established a government, distributed passports, created currency, to name a few functions. Summer 2009 within Dawson City, Yukon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426788082224-2AUQKDBVQ9GU9TJ710BM/02ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY OUR Nation was an attempt to declare a micro nation. The 'founders' (collaborates Valerie Salez, Kara Uzelman and Jesse Mitchell) occupied a large fenced in yard, built structures, established a government, distributed passports, created currency, to name a few functions. Summer 2009 within Dawson City, Yukon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426788526921-HRWU5JN0D3VCUU0JK1H7/03ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426788104265-YCD2HAB6V1GAMG9TCHIZ/04_0ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY government office preparing passport questions and documents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426788116812-RVNLP0AFLL1W5XB1E0OK/04_1ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY potential new citizen answering passport questions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426788130366-HMV9EJCBJ7DFZ5SIVFAL/04_2ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY more potential new citizens answering very personal passport questions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426788143956-DXTAJ352GYLP3XZNMAM5/05ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY OUR Nation citizen with passport https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426788157111-XDK58SHQS0EKECILBGAE/06ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY OUR Nation founder and citizen with passport https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426788167202-7MJY9SOYVMCDW5C1H64R/07ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY OUR Nation citizen with passport https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426788176683-SKU9LEHTXY4W30YNOTZ0/08ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY OUR Nation citizen with passport https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426788186213-63EJNFXTNG3MR63Q55C4/09ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY OUR Nation citizen with passport https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426788198231-HKWHL7FNTEI5T02BJMFA/10ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY OUR Nation citizen with passport https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426789039569-VG1MNZGLBSGUVZ01EFG0/11ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426789048048-QZXD2BRY71UYSF6W8204/12ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426789670233-OS86WB050ICIQRJE9S55/13ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426789060014-80HF7VD4FC1THZTT5IX6/14ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426789072008-W8O2W32KEE0BSBND1H98/15ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Science and Research Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426789104508-K9CD5P9T3QFMT3F6J6QR/16ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY interior - Science and Research Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426789118524-XNY7GB0QEMM3N28AYIRM/17ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY brain project - Science and Research Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426789130002-8K96J6FFWF55MK86QLC5/18ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY river ice, fish tank, strobe light, inflatable silver santa - Science and Research Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426789142597-92QM2PWHF23RF20N4AYQ/19ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY spiritual centre - geodesic dome, skulls, antlers, fabric, pine pole https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426743372712-FR31WFS3ZI22PKG7QVNZ/00ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY OUR Nation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426789155033-HO0O8H891XMEXFWAR991/20ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426789983275-I3EGNKD0PFZQRK78QWEP/21ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY brew master https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426789989079-TEJ30SQD58DXQN96R6JK/22ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Our Nation's official currency - micro nation micro beer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426790000996-N7VMGQZ7U0MXT4VAFDB3/24ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Poet Stephanie Warner reading on stage at the OUR Nation's National theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426790107683-DHETANN5OYNGPU9V5YYO/23ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Canada's award winning historical writer Charlotte Gray does a reading at OUR Nation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426790012548-LWXQCNGL2K67K9E18SKP/25ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY Three Chords and the Truth play at OUR Nation's National theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426790022459-NL57OC1SKMN2AY0Y9UNQ/26ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426790033736-ZXPQRBQDWJ8TQQK75VK2/27ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426790498687-KN54ZCCEL4QHOG7QWURJ/28ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY OUR Nation's library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426790510372-JN85IZ7A0YRVSU5FFHGT/29ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY OUR Nation's space program https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426790582171-O2EKN5NTQB612KEPT51D/30ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY OUR Nation's security force https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426790522364-RVBD2ABOEY235YPW2G0G/31ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426790534098-28QDO17E4S5OADZH8IOW/32ournation_valeriesalez.jpg PROJECTS GALLERY OUR Nations founders posing in the Nations place of origin, a large, frozen sawdust cave - l to r Valerie Salez, Kara Uzelman, Jesse Mitchell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426790677623-MAVAL9XJD6J1SEJ9RE3W/image-asset.jpeg PROJECTS GALLERY - OUR Nation's Anthem https://www.valeriesalez.com/performance-gallery daily 0.75 2023-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1461110350721-IQUA0AFB1M58485EN7R0/10_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Diosas Del Agua/Goddesses of Water Casa De Ninas - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1461110350721-IQUA0AFB1M58485EN7R0/10_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Diosas Del Agua/Goddesses of Water Casa De Ninas - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1461110287096-5QWO1FT5FIU12PR0AKPR/01_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY In 2015 I was invited to travel to Pachuca, Hidalgo MEXICO by the Contemporary Art organization FRONDA who engages their city in social art projects. FRONDA arranged for me to work with the National Family services organization DIF (Desarrollo Integral de La Familia) who oversees the care of children at risk (infant to sixteen). I spent two months working at one of DIF's facilities, Casa De Ninas, which cared for girls removed from their homes or found on the streets. Most of the children who are found on the streets are considered undocumented and are unable to attend school. It was these undocumented girls that DIF wanted me to work with. Diosas Del Agua was a process of learning about eight little known Aztec water goddesses. We embodying the characteristics and powers of these goddesses through performance art methodologies. A final performance was enacted in the facilities empty water fountain. The audience were the other girls plus the staff of the facility. With the assistance of FRONDA myself and the girls sought permission to perform in empty fountains around the city but after much deliberation permission was denied. An underlying aspect of this project, discussed among the adults, was the fact that the state of Hidalgo produces the most water in Mexico yet has the largest shortage of water in Mexico. 90% of the water produced in the mountains, valleys and rivers of Hidalgo is drained south to Mexico City were it supports over population, but mostly it is owned by the largest bottled water and drink corporation Jumex. This serious crisis around lack of water is made visible by the countless empty, ornate, colonial style water fountains scattered throughout Pachuca, the capital city of Hidalgo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1461110285980-Z0F4XSEBJLO67AIIN052/02_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Casa De Ninas - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1461110295686-LTCS4WNA8R812TI7H77K/03_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Casa De Ninas - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1461110310573-8J67XT0XV7QS05LDFA5F/04_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Casa De Ninas - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1461110311975-ARKCFC9RG615FFAH08LC/05_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Casa De Ninas - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1461110329183-B8KFO9FINCPZD5CGJUD6/06_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Casa De Ninas - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1461110328098-R0G48W4QST2CBUZZL9DA/07_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Casa De Ninas - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1461110338048-JJX6711KT017X2WL8BVO/08_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Casa De Ninas - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1461110360928-VQI0JMOK8B5MF0Z0VONB/09_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Casa De Ninas - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1461110362834-5J2KP26IU9WJN7HO7VMV/11_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Casa De Ninas - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1461110378096-VSCC38VJHV8YQ0VQ5D35/12_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Casa De Ninas - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1502212766795-ZMT09I7WRHILW64MX1OY/01_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1461110392756-6AIXN95I0AC2CLD4US27/14_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Casa De Ninas - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1502221739306-1IYBVROCDP5IIRJDQ0UN/10_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1461110396538-WA95H76RRQPADJP89ZB6/15_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Casa De Ninas - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1461110412475-CAVFOS18ZMYP3LBLZJKT/16_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Casa De Ninas - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1461110413362-R8RF896PO6BJ0MD3OP2S/17_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Casa De Ninas - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1502212803367-274JKAA7DP784JCTDRZ4/04_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1461110517357-OMXCXP00DUWI1SD34KCX/18_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Casa De Ninas - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1461110513983-4B3HMFCV0FUS7R0JICEO/19_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Casa De Ninas - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1502212838338-LFS2X54A3Q8U91CRY5U4/05_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1461110526059-2D6E9MDJEMNDSDOF00OJ/20_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Casa De Ninas - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1461110724266-R04XEXO8NPKLOKL7UTG6/21_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Casa De Ninas - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1461116013689-8HFDPS1BH09PP46BZZ8V/22_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Casa De Ninas - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1456885120584-UZKEQ8J6X40AXKIONSW0/09mexico_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY L’Occulte/Occulta - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1456885131599-7SKBLO61BUCQR5FHW3TD/10mexico_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY L’Occulte/Occulta - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1502212890038-H7WFIYF9YCY850I07HYF/07_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1456885065381-SJVY54ELJNWH9L5FWDBB/04mexico_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Untitled Performance - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1456885076221-XH5UUWZVC443OKZ4XMM7/05mexico_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Untitled Performance - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1456885087420-VFWKI11M5YF9CDGVX0P6/06mexico_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Untitled Performance - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1456885098312-R28QHNPB6ULZNPW4J0TZ/07mexico_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Untitled Performance - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1456885109483-T7VIVDPNLCKMFYFT5ZIP/08mexico_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Untitled Performance - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1456885034943-P5UNH9UNG3GDHDJ18CGH/01mexico_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Carlos Iván Cruz Islas collaboration - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1456885045304-Q84N7R2MYBZYNM1M8MX7/02mexico_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Carlos Iván Cruz Islas collaboration - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1456885054504-GMU765GM68XU1YTMWBON/03mexico_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Carlos Iván Cruz Islas collaboration - Pachuca, Mexico 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1456885168705-7FFT03SUTT0XFNNK682Y/01beyondtime_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Mystic Lab, Żywiec Folk Festival - Poland 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1456885165979-NDKDYKULT0RGZGDU5D9U/02beyondtime_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Three Norns - Poland 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1456885176787-21898431KP44QU6T0R40/03beyondtime_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Three Norns - Poland 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1456885184673-CTUZS0QTYWIDPJMD64G1/04beyondtime_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Three Norns - Poland 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1456885193926-6C2T0K2ILPUOMON3ZHFZ/05beyondtime_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Three Norns - Poland 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1456885203737-W21XVD2D8N675MTZ62HV/06beyondtime_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Three Norns - Poland 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1456885214395-KVH6G3GLKHLA6RYUTVGW/07beyondtime_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Three Norns - Poland 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1455406274158-NWHODWM3NSTBL73TSKMI/01snowshoveling_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY I’d Rather be Snow Shoveling - 2003 to 2005 “...raises the quintessentially Canadian act of snow shoveling...Playful, bizarre, and occasionally simply beautiful, these performative actions...range in style from pleasing patterning, through social intervention to humorous vaudeville; in each instance the artists (Salez & Jickling) find something to value about the white stuff that most of us simply want to shovel away.” Sue Gibson Garvey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1455406278307-YGCXZR7UO8VL55U847DW/02snowshoveling_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec - Montreal, Quebec - 2005 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1502212975538-DZGEP5W24F2D824LK2K7/10_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1455406290933-6NTNLXWXZAUOPTA51S2O/03snowshoveling_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Bocce ball courts Square Viger - Montreal, Quebec - 2005 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1502213046207-UTQ9O9ZPAKQ2YDJ42R6M/11_diosas_del_agua_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1455406291779-Q3HHHQFM1KDD514BDX3I/04snowshoveling_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Business district Montreal, Quebec - 2005 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1455406296104-BKJSPHSBF2W2R3380WAV/05snowshoveling_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Before: chair - Dawson City, Yukon - 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1455406296545-8A9CDCBGLYJ1DBNM291W/06snowshoveling_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY After: chair - Dawson City, Yukon - 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1455406318211-EUTQRN133K3V0I1WD8BO/07snowshoveling_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Before: tin can - Dawson City, Yukon - 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1455406316152-5PSKS4J2VE5O31JKWOZF/08snowshoveling_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY After: tin can - Dawson City, Yukon - 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1455406320158-R2YCUWX6BZZN6UVH74N1/09snowshoveling_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Before: car door - Dawson City, Yukon - 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1455406322791-48WPN7NCVRY99QX1GVVE/10snowshoveling_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY After: car door - Dawson City, Yukon - 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1455406391119-B5SSXNKIAC0E6KQUH0PF/11snowshoveling_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Before: classic car - Dawson City, Yukon - 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1455406377359-MP9TYLX3QNRS7FC8NSMI/12snowshoveling_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY After: classic car - Dawson City, Yukon - 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1455406394945-SVE80KI7SATYP4CYVMXI/13snowshoveling_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Before: bench - Dawson City, Yukon - 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1455406419522-58PMN66VGFXO69SFJ559/14snowshoveling_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY After: bench - Dawson City, Yukon - 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1455406408210-UWG51OJQ3RI6LFCRYMDL/15snowshoveling_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Before: bank - Dawson City, Yukon - 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1455406417643-9KZ1LXA7L19ITHHWZIY7/16snowshoveling_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY After: bank - Dawson City, Yukon - 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1455406428295-HQGKZVMMB72J7TAJH8K7/17snowshoveling_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Homegrown Festival - Whitehorse, Yukon - 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1455406435765-XRBUKXKBK3A0B2Z7ZVSS/18snowshoveling_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Homegrown Festival - Whitehorse, Yukon - 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1455406445210-S6UXHB68YGCX7V7Z71W5/19snowshoveling_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Homegrown Festival - Whitehorse, Yukon - 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1455406450087-MLAHTHDEI9FXMZVDSGFO/20snowshoveling_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY Printed matter bumper sticker - edition - 2004   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1455406460499-YZMF0LW2X0BQDBWJOHHX/21snowshoveling_valeriesalez.jpg PERFORMANCE GALLERY I'd Rather Be Snow Shoveling bus shelter posters at the Vancouver Cultural Olympiad as part of Endlessly Traversed Landscapes public spaces exhibition - 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1455406526749-78A0HOZOAV4XNFOYMX8F/image-asset.jpeg PERFORMANCE GALLERY - I'd Rather Be Snow Shoveling Video excerpt's from I'd Rather Be Snow Shoveling video. https://www.valeriesalez.com/beyond-the-ravages-of daily 0.75 2023-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1694576653897-14GOUKV9U14R0A94G3R3/IMG_20220625_174618.jpg Beyond The Ravages of - Beyond the Ravages of Beyond the ravages of grief, pain, and devastating loss at the hands of oppressive forces, corrupt capitalism, outdated patriarchy, and political power games, we find ourselves on our knees or crying out in protest. Many doing both. The plexiglass strip covering the woman’s body and clearcut old growth forest speaks to the façade of oppression. The thin blue lines point to police brutality, psychological warfare, and systemic racism towards land defenders, women, BIPOC, and those who speak truth. I’ve ‘agitated’ the blue lines to visualize how collective action, personal protest, and standing up against authority, slowly begin to weaken the lines of oppression, division and, ultimately, of destruction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1694576653897-14GOUKV9U14R0A94G3R3/IMG_20220625_174618.jpg Beyond The Ravages of - Beyond the Ravages of Beyond the ravages of grief, pain, and devastating loss at the hands of oppressive forces, corrupt capitalism, outdated patriarchy, and political power games, we find ourselves on our knees or crying out in protest. Many doing both. The plexiglass strip covering the woman’s body and clearcut old growth forest speaks to the façade of oppression. The thin blue lines point to police brutality, psychological warfare, and systemic racism towards land defenders, women, BIPOC, and those who speak truth. I’ve ‘agitated’ the blue lines to visualize how collective action, personal protest, and standing up against authority, slowly begin to weaken the lines of oppression, division and, ultimately, of destruction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1694836701310-WR0VK7AD5LNMWF12X8LO/IMG_20220625_174625.jpg Beyond The Ravages of - BEYOND THE RAVAGES OF Beyond the ravages of grief, pain, and devastating loss at the hands of oppressive forces, corrupt capitalism, outdated patriarchy, and political power games, most of us find ourselves on our knees, crying out in protest, or both. The plexiglass strip covering the woman’s body and clearcut old growth forest speaks to the façade of oppression. The thin blue lines point specifically to police brutality, psychological warfare, and systemic racism towards land defenders, women, BIPOC, and those who speak truth. I’ve ‘agitated’ the blue lines to visualize how collective action, personal protest, and standing up against authority, slowly begin to weaken the lines of oppression, division and, ultimately, of destruction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1694836711471-IRGCYMLEX7THWWRBSUIG/IMG_20220625_174705.jpg Beyond The Ravages of - BEYOND THE RAVAGES OF (detail) 30 X 50 inches digital photograph, archival paper, acrylic marker, plexiglass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1694836721456-R4FE6YQGILPR0YXJAVQ2/IMG_20220625_174653.jpg Beyond The Ravages of - BEYOND THE RAVAGES OF (detail) 30 X 50 inches digital photograph, archival paper, acrylic marker, plexiglass https://www.valeriesalez.com/touching-earth-bodies daily 0.75 2023-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1694577707644-YMJA3FYAW506VXJF9RVB/01_TEB.jpg Touching Earth Bodies - TOUCHING EARTH BODIES https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1694577707644-YMJA3FYAW506VXJF9RVB/01_TEB.jpg Touching Earth Bodies - TOUCHING EARTH BODIES https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1694838201536-BPWPIRIQV2XPXY156WRP/01_TEB.jpg Touching Earth Bodies - TOUCHING EARETH BODIES Touching Earth Bodies is a collaboration between Valerie Salez and Lindsay Delaronde, that explores the relationship between devastated environments, such as clearcuts, and the connection to abuse, exploitation and commodification of women’s bodies. An abused earth correlates with abused women’s bodies. The process involved bringing a diversity group of BIPOC women to clearcuts on Vancouver Island where we collectively confronted our shared trauma as a process to grieve and heal with Mother Earth. We explored the our experiences of fierce strength / resilience and vulnerability / grief. Collectively we considered ongoing deforestation practices and the resulting environmental and social/cultural impacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1694838194991-KTO6OXOH4N9JZ86BDYSI/03_TEB.jpg Touching Earth Bodies - TOUCHING EARTH BODIES digital photograph, sizes vary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1694838203228-6ZCJA3NZDGPBOYGU8ON1/23salez.jpg Touching Earth Bodies - TOUCHING EARTH BODIES digital photograph, sizes vary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1694838198842-L1EUBEIJ2MUMDKZHS25Z/07_TEB.jpg Touching Earth Bodies - TOUCHING EARTH BODIES digital photograph, sizes vary https://www.valeriesalez.com/last-stand daily 0.75 2023-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1694577895611-PSJX95IVC2FOUOY30FZQ/The+Last+Stand+Show-1130.jpg LAST STAND - THE STRUCTURE OF WOOD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1694577895611-PSJX95IVC2FOUOY30FZQ/The+Last+Stand+Show-1130.jpg LAST STAND - THE STRUCTURE OF WOOD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1694838913839-CRT3GLKL65NZHTC1NANN/The+Last+Stand+Show-1130.jpg LAST STAND - THE STRUCTURE OF WOOD Works included in THE LAST STAND exhibition. In March of this year, the Eden Grove Artist in Residence Program was created to bring artists into one of the last stands of unprotected old growth forests on southern Vancouver Island, near Port Renfrew, unceded Pacheedaht Territory. The studio was positioned just across the bridge from Eden Camp - one of the many old growth logging blockades that had been established over the past year in Ada’itsx (Fairy Creek) and area. The Rainforest Flying Squad, a non-violent direct action collective, began their first blockade on August 9th, 2020 at the ridge of the Fairy Creek watershed. With the welcome and guidance of Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones, their movement has garnered international attention, and with the support of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, a growing number of First Nations in BC are now demanding a ban on old growth logging on their traditional territory. Only 2.7% remains of the original productive old growth forests in BC.(1) These forests are home to ancient cedars over 1000 years old, which provide habitat for endangered species and play an important role in mitigating the effects of climate change. The BC NDP campaigned on a promise to protect old growth forests, but approvals for clearcutting have increased by 43% under their watch.(2) Resident artists at Eden Grove had the opportunity to be immersed in the ancient forest ecosystem while also bearing witness to the frontlines of the forest protection movement. While advocating for the protection of ancient forests, the artists also used their work in an open way, creating space to ask questions and explore interconnected issues from Indigenous rights to climate change. As the relationship between studio and camp evolved, art practices began to inform blockade tactics, and depictions of camp life entered into the artwork. Some artists took on the role of photojournalists. Many of the activists at camp also came to experience their daily acts of resistance as an art form. As one blockader explained, “Eden Camp; it’s more than a tactic, more than a blockade - it’s an art piece. An installation of determination”. The exhibition Last Stand: Ancient Forests, Collective Action, begins on August 9th, exactly one year since the first blockade was established at the ridgeline of the Fairy Creek valley. Participating artists, while advocating for the protection of ancient forests, are also using their work to create space, ask questions and explore the complexity of interconnected issues from indigenous rights to climate change. The artwork produced through the residency program is powerful, evocative and diverse, and includes drawing, painting, textiles and sculpture. Some of the artists are emerging in their careers, while others are well established, and exhibit their work nationally and internationally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1694578019158-RML0LTACUWD7JBPYZPRO/241497675_1043133429778348_2831308709503404351_n.jpg LAST STAND - THE STRUCTURE OF WOOD (detail) 15 x 30 inches red cedar discards from sawmill, collage, vintage nails https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1694577929547-E9CY49Z0BS3PSE1LX8EB/The+Last+Stand+Show-1140.jpg LAST STAND - INTRUSION oak bark, blue acrylic marker, size varies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1694577956474-VOGO9VTN93TZRODMGFGK/Salez_09.jpg LAST STAND - INTRUSION oak bark, blue acrylic marker, size varies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1694577989161-PF7OV7LZTHPEC4YFSWS6/01SALEZ.jpg LAST STAND - INTRUSION (detail) oak bark, blue acrylic marker, size varies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1694578007332-1558RVVYMGIFXE7C9V29/08Salez.jpg LAST STAND controversial thin blue line patch worn by many canadian police https://www.valeriesalez.com/previous-projects daily 0.75 2023-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1428682117477-P64EQI260J568S3Y4N7F/image-asset.jpeg PREVIOUS PROJECTS Drawing/Collage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424124002667-YH4KGO88QQEORWIG3Z11/image-asset.jpeg PREVIOUS PROJECTS Fourth Nature LINKS 1 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426542182843-44NFBGLQPM7JNFK0XKRA/image-asset.jpeg PREVIOUS PROJECTS Congregations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423167285526-XTUT3YF3Z9AUNX5UNM0H/image-asset.jpeg PREVIOUS PROJECTS In the Shadow of our own Dust LINKS 1 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424124046270-G4PC8L00ALG1IIGM4GPF/image-asset.jpeg PREVIOUS PROJECTS Impossible Columns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426534084470-FKOPIBDR0X1OCH69QCDP/image-asset.jpeg PREVIOUS PROJECTS Cold Covered Bones LINKS 1 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1502223012255-IGPLI5INCBX964AAQWPG/01lostshipsfound_valeriesalez.jpg PREVIOUS PROJECTS Lost Ships Found LINKS 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426534265595-ZTALJUHKPATW0AZ9FFLM/image-asset.jpeg PREVIOUS PROJECTS Our Nation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1424124095513-FPGYWWH7U8M0D1C2JTEX/image-asset.jpeg PREVIOUS PROJECTS Fallout https://www.valeriesalez.com/open-space daily 0.75 2017-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423167079261-KFGH354VKVR3H0B14UTZ/image-asset.jpeg OPEN SPACE GALLERY Cameron https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423880166798-Y0ZH96071D6UXAD95JC8/29aubrey_valeriesalez.jpg OPEN SPACE GALLERY Aubrey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423880546608-BEOGVE0APW71GDCKSSB3/image-asset.jpeg OPEN SPACE GALLERY Cole https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423812501836-NJAPT2NQRWGP8422OH93/image-asset.jpeg OPEN SPACE GALLERY October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1427424678188-K5ZL2WJYO0Y3XA39BWKC/53ruby_valeriesalez.jpg OPEN SPACE GALLERY Ruby https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423880696862-ROIND8PR2Z6WW2ZHY58U/57annabelle_valeriesalez.jpg OPEN SPACE GALLERY Annabelle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423879722275-28WDMDBSWIJB58GNURMA/image-asset.jpeg OPEN SPACE GALLERY Talyn 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Selfie taken in Frida Kahlo's studio mirror. https://www.valeriesalez.com/grunt daily 0.75 2017-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426283092334-LP30DJDYF0MI5WUI69M2/image-asset.png GRUNT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423808595258-IYZD7UV4QJOLCU727CR9/14isabelle_valeriesalez.jpg GRUNT GALLERY Isabelle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423162900680-QZLUT5J3NV5E2ZMW7JDF/grunt-gallery.png GRUNT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1423808798915-TSSYN54QJ5PLY5H81IDO/image-asset.jpeg GRUNT GALLERY Solange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1426282594407-BFHNGXW7P99HXHBV7DQX/image-asset.jpeg GRUNT GALLERY Henry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c809f9e4b0a86dd09a5377/1430406107250-WKXHKF91WC67DKOC67FO/image-asset.jpeg GRUNT GALLERY Video 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