Biography
Valerie Scott is an Abstract Expressionist painter who lives and works in San Francisco. She's inspired by the contemporary masters Jasper Johns, Francis Bacon, Gerhard Richter, Richard Diebenkorn, and Willem de Kooning. These artists' works and philosophies have helped shape her into the painter that she is today.
Her creative process is ever evolving and reflective of her life thus far. Her abstractions convey emotional highs and lows as well as keen observations on the human experience. She often communicates nuance through color and texture, and she's found that the small wonders of daily life propel her to continually experiment with her process while bringing further works to completion.
Raised in Los Angeles but currently residing in San Francisco, she also contemplates the often tension-filled relationship between nature and urbanity. Valerie's studio is in the Bayview – an up and coming urban enclave within the city – and it is here that she continues to develop her body of work.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA
Lives and works in San Francisco, CA since 2007
Selected Exhibitions – Both Group/Solo and Local/National
2020 selected artists to be shown at de Young museum in group show Dates to be determined. Out of 11,518 Bay Area submissions, just 900 were chosen (8%)
“Let It Rain” will be featured
2020 Abstract Thinking exhibit at SF WOMEN Artists Gallery 8/4-9/15
2020 Lymight annual fundraiser (Sold)
2019 Sold art at SoMa Art Launch opening
2019 (Sold artwork)at: iGaleria de Ida Victoria in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
2019 juried selected Art for Aids benefit (Sold)
2019 VIP selected juried artist at ArtSpan annual fundraiser (sold piece)
2019 Lymelight Dart for Art juried fundraiser (sold pieces)
2019 Town’s End Bakery Group Exhibit
2019 Art for Aids juried annual fundraiser (sold piece)
2019 LymeLight Fundraiser Dart for Art (sold pieces)
2018 Art for Aids juried annual fundraiser (sold piece)
2018 Art in Town’s End Bakery Hub
2018 Annual Artspan Juried Spring Fundraiser (sold piece)
2018 Zephyr Real Estate calendar. Featured artist in month of November
2017 Art for Aids Juried Fundraiser (sold piece)
2017 Annual Artspan Juried Spring Fundraiser (Sold piece)
2016 Annual Artspan Juried Spring Fundraiser
(Sold piece)
2016 Art For Aids Juried Fundraiser ( sold piece)
2015 Annual Artspan Juried Spring Fundraiser (sold piece)
2015 Art for Aids Juried Fundraiser (sold piece)
2015 October Philz Coffee Featured Artist at Hub Venue
2015 Artspan Open Studios
2014 Third Thursdays At SAS, SOMA Artists Studios, San Francisco, CA
2014 Fall Open Studios, SOMA Artists Studios, San Francisco, CA
2014 Infinity Towers, San Francisco, CA
2014 Jackson Place Salon, San Francisco, CA
2014 First Republic Bank, Redwood City, San Francisco, CA
2014 Spring Open Studios, SOMA Artists Studios, San Francisco, CA
2013 Up, Up & Away, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
2013 Art, Wine & Dine Group Show, Triptych Art Cafe, San Francisco, CA
2013 Urgency of Now, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2013 Best of Soma, Triptych Café, San Francisco, CA
2013 Soma Art Scene, Soma Artists Studios, San Francisco, CA
2013 Benefit Art Auction, ArtSpan, San Francisco, CA
2013 Serenity Exhibit, UCSF Women's Health Center, San Francisco, CA
2013 COCA Exhibit, Misho Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 Transport: Where We Go From Here, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
2013 Valerie Scott Collection, King Art Café, San Francisco, CA2012 Spring Open Studio, a.Muse Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 For the Love of Paint, Flow Art Space, Minneapolis, MN
2012 Masquerade, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 Encore, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 Fort Mason and Bayview Open Studios, ArtSpan, San Francisco, CA
2012 Equal Justice Society's Creative Justice Art Show, USF, San Francisco, CA
2012 Benefit Art Auction, ArtSpan, San Francisco, CA
2011 Fort Mason and Bayview Open Studios, ArtSpan, San Francisco, CA
2011 Spring Open Studio, a.Muse Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 Fort Mason and Bayview Open Studios, ArtSpan, San Francisco, CA
2010 Mina Dresden Gallery Group Exhibit, San Francisco, CA
2010 VSC Solo Show, Seven Hills Restaurant, San Francisco, CA
Education
1977 BFA, Fine Art, California State University, Northridge, CA
2007-2009 Continued Education, University of California, Berkeley, CA – studied figure drawing, painting, and color theory
Affiliations
Coca - Coalition of California Artists - a group of California Artists marketing to Art Collectors and the Home Furnishings Industry
Art, Wine & Dine - A female artist collective that does group shows throughout SF Artslant - Contemporary Art Network with worldwide arts calendars, reviews and awards.
ArtSpan - A nonprofit that connects the public to the visual arts in San Francisco. Valerie Scott is an Open Studios committee member & ArtSpan Benefactor.
ArtCoLabSF - An artist collective that exhibits annually during the Open Studios at Fort Mason.