Wonderland | Valerie Hammond
Wonderland | Valerie Hammond
Valerie Hammond’s work navigates between representation and the manifestation of the un-representable, alluding to the passage of time and the various transitions from one state of being to another. This sense of transformation is at the core of her printmaking. The medium is unique in preserving Hammond’s creative process, achieved through a series of state proofs. These proofs are made at intervals while the image is being composed and provide a physical record of the print’s evolution, visually chronicling the history of an artist’s decisions, additions, and re-workings.
Hammond received her MFA from the University of California at Berkeley, where she received the Eisner Award. Her work is in public and private collections such as the Walker Art Center; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The Library of Congress; the New York Public Library’s Print and Drawing Collection; The Getty Museum; the Progressive Collection; the Chazen Museum of Art; Madison Museum of Contemporary Art; the Grand Palais Museum; and Fidelity Investments Corporate Art Collection. In addition, Hammond is the recipient of awards and fellowships from the New York Foundation of the Arts, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and the Peter S. Reed Foundation. Hammond’s most recent solo exhibitions include Wander, Valerie Hammond and Kiki Smith, Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, NY, 2022; Blue, Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, 2021; The Eyes Have It, Lehman College Art Gallery, New York, NY, 2021; Fragile, Planthouse Gallery, New York, NY, 2020; Double Vision: Curated by Jane Holzer, Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY, 2019.