Valentina Hotz

Valentina Hotz creates worlds where reality and dreams intertwine, inhabited by enigmatic women, floating orbs, and pensive cats. Her compositions evoke the visual languages that emerged alongside the Surrealist movement, pioneered by artists including Paul Delvaux, Leonor Fini, and René Magritte. Working in both oils and egg tempera, her paintings are characterized by the vibrant luminosity of their surfaces.

Born in Ukraine, Valentina holds Master's degrees with Honours in Fine Art and Architecture. Over the last 30 years, she has had numerous successful solo exhibitions in Canada, South Africa, and the United States.

Valentina also designed a collectible coin for the Royal Canadian Mint and has had several large mural painting commissions. Her works are held in private collections in Canada, France, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and United States, and featured on the covers of several books.

Valentina is based in Toronto, Canada.

Lviv College of Decorative and Fine Arts - Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours

Lviv Polytechnic University - M Arch with Honours

2019 Group shows, Women’s Art Association of Canada, Dignam Gallery

2018 Solo, Women’s Art Association of Canada, Dignam Gallery

2014 Solo, Women’s Art Association of Canada, Dignam Gallery

2014 Fundraising Exhibition, MARS Innovation Campaign, Sunnybrook Hospital

2008 – 2018 Group, Women’s Art Association of Canada, Dignam Gallery

2002 – 2010 Solo, Group Montserrat Gallery, New York

2001 Group Galerie d’Art Contemporain, Montreal

2000 Group Petersen Fine Art, Toronto

2000 Solo Women’s Art Association of Canada Gallery

1998 Solo Montserrat Gallery, New York

1997 – 1999 Represented by Louise Smith Gallery, Toronto

1998 Solo, Louise Smith Gallery, Toronto

1997/98/99 Charity Auction Women’s Art Association of Canada Gallery

1997 Solo, Montserrat Gallery, New York

1996 Group, Center Gallery, Toronto

1995 – 1996 Group, Mitchell Gallery, Toronto

1995 – 1996 Group, Niagara Falls Art Gallery, Niagara Falls

1995 Solo, SobotFine Art Gallery, Toronto

1994 Group, Sang Art Gallery, Toronto

1994 Group, The Arternatives Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

1993 Solo, The Art House Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

1992 Group, The Art House Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

1992 Group, Gallery Palette, Secunda, Sout...