Valerie Armstrong

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Born in Stoke-on-Trent in 1948 into an army family, Valerie learned in her early years how to be an adventurous traveller. After graduating from Croydon College of Art with a degree in textiles, Valerie went on to spend a graduate year in Sweden working in the design studios of a ceramic factory. Following this, she moved to Paris for four years to paint, and to work for a publishing House specialising in facsimiles of William Blake.
In 1976, she returned to the UK to take a post graduate qualification as an art therapist, Valerie then began twelve years working in art therapy posts in phsychiatric institutions and schools in Cambridge and London. On moving to Suffolk, Valerie set up her own business making painted folding screens to commission.In the past years, a fascination for experimental printmaking, collage, and mixed media has taken her in a new direction, to a more narrative and oblique way of working.Valerie is a member of the Suffolk Crafts Society, the Sudbourne Printmakers Group and Artworks.My most recent collection of work takes a humorous and affectionate look at the language of interaction, glimpsed encounters, and vulnerability.
"Several years ago I trained and practiced as an art therapist...

Croydon College of Art: TEXTILES
St Albans College of Art: Post-Graduate ART THERAPY
CVP (Creative visionary pathway) Fine Art

EXHIBITIONS FOR 2019
19-22 April, 23-26 August, 6-8 December "12+ ARTS" Group exhibition, Grundisburgh House Gallery, Grundisburgh, Suffolk.
24-29 May "ARTWORKS AT THE BURY FESTIVAL", The Guildhall, Bury-St-Edmunds, Suffolk
25 May-30 June "IPSWICH ART SOCIETY OPEN" Ipswich Art Gallery, 1 Upper High Street, Ipswich, Suffolk
13-19 June "MEMORIES" Shared with Gerry & David Spiller. Artspace Gallery, Thoroughfare, Woodbridge, Suffolk
19-29 June ""HOME" Cambridge Convoy Refugee Action group exhibition at the Michaelhouse Centre, Trinity Street, Cambridge
21 September - 6 October Artworks 20th exhibition. Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP30 9HZ

EXHIBITIONS FOR 2018
7th - 13th June: "SECRETS & WHISPERS" (Joint with Gerry & David Spiller). Artspace, Thoroughfare, Woodbridge IP12 1AL
22nd,23rd,24th June: St MARYS GROUP EXHIBITION. St Marys Church, Debenham Suffolk IP14 6QN
23rd June - 23rd September: IPSWICH ART SOCIETY OPEN. Ipswich Art Gallery, 1 Upper High Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 3NE
20th - 25th August: "SERMO" (Group exhibition), Ipswich Tourist Info Centre, St Stephen's Church, St Stephen's Lane, Ipswich IP1 1DP
6th - 12th September: "MEDITATIONS" (Joint with Brenda Nash). Aldeburg...