Valerie Perreault

Valerie Perreault

Islamorada, FL, United States

About Valerie Perreault

Valerie Perreault is a published poet and printmaker hailing from Chicago, Austin, and Boston. After years of traveling as a journalist she found her home in the Florida Keys and began focusing solely on making art and writing poetry. Valerie's work is split in a clear divide: playful linocut prints celebrating the perpetual summer-life of the Florida Keys, and dark, inky, deeply personal monotypes that blur the line between poetry and visual art. Valerie's work has been featured on HBO, PBS Art Loft, GOOP, Buzzfeed, Brit.co, and more. She is a finalist for the New Letters Literary Awards in poetry, received an honorable mention in the May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize, a fellowship recipient of the SLS Unified Literary Contest in Lithuania and Kenya, and a scholarship recipient to the Palm Beach Poetry Festival. Recent writing can be found in Orange Coast Review, Martha's Vineyard Arts and Ideas, Swamp Ape Review, Bluestem, and upcoming in Delmarva Review and Zone3 Press. She is the owner of Portside Studio & Gallery in Islamorada, Florida. Islamorada is a remote chain of tropical islands in the Florida Keys (smack-dab between Miami and Key West).

Education:

The Art Institute of Dallas

Events:

I host monthly and often bi-monthly live music and opening exhibition events at my studio. I also host poetry readings, book signings, and arthouse movie nights. Visit the website or follow on social media to stay updated: www.portsidestudioandgallery.com

Exhibitions:

Ongoing at Portside Studio & Gallery, 151 Morada Way Islamorada, FL 33036. Always new art happening!