About
My artwork is based upon perceived chaos and how that chaos is contained within an object. I am interested in randomness and layering of units in my wall pieces and the lack of orientation in works that sit on the floor or hang with swiveled wire. Inspired by music, this work reflects the shading, tempo, and interweaving of sounds. Inspired by our dynamic planet, the shape, color, pattern, piling, stacking, and tangling in the pieces reflect what we see when looking at earth forms. Viewing shape and pattern through each other, as a representation of aural and visual complexity, reveals ever-changing relationships.
Selected Resume
Education
M.F.A. 1980 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
B.F.A. 1971 University of Denver, Denver, CO
Resident Artist 1972 – 1974 Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
1969 Alfred University , New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, NY
My sculptures are inspired by music and reflect the color, tempo and the interweaving of sounds. They explore spatial orientation through piling, stacking and tangling that permit viewing one shape and pattern through another and reveal ever-changing relationships. Intense, saturated color defines shapes and adds emotion. As a visual artist with a continuing interest in integrating sound, movement and color in my sculpture, I have also been working on a “Sight and Sound Series” where I combine art and science in interactive installations.
Teaching (2000 - Present)
1999-2015 Madison College, Madison, WI, Ceramic Sculpture, Firing Techniques, 3-D Design, Art Welding
2008-2010 University of Wisconsin, Platteville, WI, Adjunct Professor
Grants (2000 - Present)
2019 Dane Arts: Dane County Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission.
2011 The Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ - This grant was used by me to commission a musical composition from
composer, Nathaniel Bartlett, to accompany my suspended sculpture. The visual and sound installation was called
(((clang))). https://www.andreevalley.com/clang.htm
Public and Private Collections (2000 - Present)
2024 Permanent sculpture installation, clang, WYSO Center for Music, Madison, WI
2023 Permanent Installation of “Triffid V”, Village of Ronco, Switzerland
2021 Haeberli Collection
2011 - 2018 John and Rosemary Harbison, Token Creek Music Festival Collection
2014 The Dinnerware Museum, Ann Arbor, MI
2008 In.Site Art Consulting Group, Indianapolis, IN
2007 University of Wisconsin - Madison, Department of Physics, Madison WI
2007 Stout Field School, permanent installation, Indianapolis, IN
2004 Latitude Corporation, corporate offices, vinyl tile floor design, Verona WI
Selected Exhibitions (2000 - present)
2022 Madison College Ceramics Faculty Past and Present, Gallery at TRUAX-Madison College
Personal Structures 2022 , 2022 Venice Art Biennale, Giardini della Marinaressa, Venice, Italy
2021 TIME SPACE EXISTENCE 2021, 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale, Giardini della Marinaressa, Venice, Italy
2020 OPEN SPACE 2020, Giardini della Marinaressa, Venice Italy
Ossuary, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD), Milwaukee, WI
2019 Women’s Work, Central Madison Public Library, Madison, WI
Art in the Woods, Outdoor installations at American Players Theater, Spring Green, WI
Outdoor Installations, Token Creek Chamber Music Festival, DeForest, WI
2018 Outdoor Installations, Token Creek Chamber Music Festival, DeForest, WI
2017- 2018 Solo Show, Allen Centennial Gardens, University of Wisconsin, Three Seasons - Garden Sculpture Series
2016 Outdoor Installations, Token Creek Chamber Music Festival, DeForest, WI
2015 Black, White, Color, Commons Gallery, School of Education, UW-Madison, WI
2015 Outdoor works, Token Creek Chamber Music Festival, DeForest, WI
2015 Sets, Invitational, Higher Fire Gallery, Madison, WI
2014 The Art of High Chair Fine Dining, The Dinnerware Museum, Ann Arbor, MI – first prize
2014 Ossuary, Herron Gallery of IUPUI in Indianapolis, IN
2014 Ossuary, University of Tennessee Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2014 Generations of the Paoli Clay Family Show, Invitational, J Nikolai Art, Milwaukee, WI
2014 Ring of Fire, Invitational, Sugar River Gallery, Verona HS, WI
2014 Elevating Clay: From Wheel to Wall, Invitational, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison WI
2014 3 On the Wall, Invitational, Higher Fire Gallery, Madison WI
2013 (((clang))) Multi-media event – Solo show, Scarabocchio Art Museum, UW Stevens Point, WI
2012 (((clang))) Multi-media event - Overture Center, Madison WI
2012 (((clang))) Multi-media installation - Solo show, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, UW Madison
http://andreevalley.com/clang.html
2011 New Work in Color, Solo exhibit, De Ricci Gallery, Edgewood College, Madison, WI
2011 Common Ground Invitational, River Art Center, Prairie du Sac, WI
2011 Generations, Invitational, Sugar River Gallery, Verona, WI
2011 Outdoor Installations, Token Creek Chamber Music Festival, DeForest, WI
2010 Heap3, Higher Fire Gallery, solo exhibit, Madison WI
2009 2009 International Ceramic Invitational Exhibition, Jingdezhen, China
2009 Surfaces, Higher Fire Gallery invitational, Madison WI
2007 New Work, a two-woman show, Zazen Gallery, Paoli, WI
2007 Out of the Box, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison WI
2006 Rebooted: Life After E-Junk, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2006 Foreign Influences, Wisconsin Academy Gallery, Madison WI
2005 Watercolor Wisconsin 2005, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
2005 Friendship: Clay and Metal, work by Andrée Valley and Bacia Edelman, Zazen Gallery, Paoli, WI & Wisconsin Art Board, Madison, WI
2005 Community: Clay and Fiber Show, The River Arts Center, Sauk City, WI & Overture Center Gallery II, Madison, WI
2004 DOA/WI Arts Board - Exhibit 2004, Solo show, Madison WI
2003 Watercolor Wisconsin 2003, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
2003 Women’s Work 2003, Woodstock, IL, NAAC Honors Award Winner
2001 2001 Anniversary Scholarship Exhibition, Invitational, Archie Bray Foundation Helena, MT
2000 Firing Cycle, 50 Years of Clay at the Potters Guild, Invitational, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2000 Artists Influence Life: A Ceramic Arts Invitational, Invitational, The Fine Line, St. Charles, IL
Lectures & Workshops (2000 - Present)
2013 Nanjing University Academy of Fine Arts, Nanjing, China
2013 Nanjing Arts Institute, Nanjing, China
2012 The Art of Exaggeration, lecture, Madison Literary Club,
2009 Sanbao International Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China
2009 Adamah Horizon’s Clay Studios, Salt Firing Workshop, Dodgeville, WI
2008 Adamah Horizon’s Clay Studios, Salt Firing Workshop, Dodgeville, WI
2008 University of Wisconsin School of Art, Madison, WI
2007 Adamah Horizon’s Clay Studios, Salt Firing Workshop, Dodgeville, WI
2006 Wisconsin Regional Artists Association, lecture, Madison, WI
2004 Wisconsin Regional Artists Association, lecture and jury, Madison, WI
Professional and Educational & Curatorial Activities (2000 - present)
2023-4 - Exhibition Co-Curator, Exquisite Joy and Beauty in Nature, Dane County Regional Airport
2024-5 - Exhibition Co-Curator, ArtWorking, Artwork by AtrtWorking Community Studio Artists, Dane County Regional Airport
1997 - present Life Trustee, Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras (WYSO), Madison WI
2016 Exhibition Designer, Celebrating 50 Years, Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras, Dane County Airport
2012 Exhibition Designer, Pro Arte Quartet Centennial Anniversary Exhibit, Dane County Airport
2011 Co-curated Common Ground, a regional invitational exhibit, River Arts Center, WI
2009 Sound Experiment project with the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra
2005 Wisconsin Arts Board Percent for Art Committee, Madison, WI
2004 Juror, Wisconsin Regional Art Program Exhibit, Madison, WI
Reviews and Publications (2000 - present)
2022 Wisconsin State Journal, Know your Madisonian. May 21, 2022
2018 The Rojo Grafitado case: Production of an early fine-ware style in the Andes, Boletin de arqueologia, Pontificia
Universidad Catolica de Peru, Isabelle Druc, Silvana Bertolino, Andrée Valley, Kinya Inokuchi, Francisco Rumiche, John Fournell
2017 Abstrect: Archéologie expérimentale, application de pigment noir, GMPCA (Groupe des Méthodes
Pluridisciplinaires Contribuant à l’Archéologie), Rennes, France
2013 Chinese Folk Pottery Symposium catalogue chapter, University of Michigan Museum of Art
2005 Ceramics Monthly, December 2005
2005 Madison Newspapers, Rhythm, review by Jacob Stockinger, Sept. 29
Professional Design Projects (2000 - present)
2016 - present All concert publications (covers and layouts) for the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras
2023 Book cover illustration: Pemberely Press, Poetic Justice by Patricia Wynn
2020 Book cover and book layout and design: Never a Dull Moment, The Life Story of a Life Scientist
Carl G. Hartman
Book cover illustration: Pemberely Press, Private Ends by Patricia Wynn
2018 Book cover and book layout and design: ARS Nova, LLC, What Do We Make of Bach? by John Harbison
Book cover: Pemberely Press, Return of the Swallows by Aileen Baron
2008-2016 Geologic Timeline, Illustration, published in multiple books, magazine articles and websites.
2016 Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras, Celebrating 50 Years, Book Design
2012 Pro Arte Quartet: Celebrating 100 Years, Exhibit design, Dane County Airport
Website: Pro Arte Quartet, UW School of Music, Madison, WI
Book covers, Pemberley Press: Death Books a Return, To Know Evil, Tater Boy
Timeline, illustration, published in numerous textbooks, articles and websites
Book cover: “A Guide to Hiking and Canoeing at Plummer Lake”
Design work such as ads and posters for Madison’s Summer Music Consortium
2002 Cool Early Earth, cover illustration, Geology Magazine
Miscellaneous projects such as calendars, posters, booklets and Powerpoint graphics for the Wisconsin Youth Symphony
Orchestras (2012 - present)
Website: Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras - (no longer up, no archive)
Website: Art of Note, (page from original Art of Note site - no longer up)
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