Valerie Glasson

Valérie Glasson is a Franco-Swiss artist living and working in Geneva.

After her Master's degree in Literature and the History of Art, she decided to devote herself full-time to painting.

Animal art occupies a very special place amongst the main sources of her inspiration. Owing to her great sensitivity to the global threats to biodiversity, her work seeks to highlight the beauty of Nature in a style which is figurative while being far from that of a traditional naturalistic approach.

She explores different techniques: acrylic on canvas or Indian ink on paper with, in each work of art, a poetic reference in the shape of a calligraphic representation. The common thread linking them all is the fineness of their execution.

Acrylic enables her to convey the velvety quality of a fur or the vibrations of a feather bringing the surface of the canvas to life. The aim is to allow life to pour out of the work while at the same time favouring a purity of line and layout which is reminiscent of the art of Japanese woodprints.

When working with ink, she can play with elements of contrast and shading which create the transition between darkness and light. Deliberately limiting her pallet to black and white with a simple touch of r...

2002-2018 Artistic Career

- 2015 Roger Baron Award at the 39th National Salon of Animal Artists (Paris, France)
- Painting auctioned for 35,000 chf to the benefit of the charity Womanity
- Designing the 2014 greeting card for Cartier
- Designing the cover of the 50th issue of the exclusive magazine « Sur La Terre »
- Freelance contracts (Chanel, Campo Marzio Design, Richemont Group)
- Abbate-Piolé Editions Award at the 35th National Salon of Animal Artists (Paris, France)
- 2008 Quoted in the Drouot Dictionary of Artists
- 2007 Salon of French Artists, Salon d’Automne (Paris)
- 2006 First personal exhibition
- 2003 Beginning of a professional career as an artist


1995-2002 Licence ès Lettres (Bachelor of Arts) - University of Geneva

French, History of Art, the Tradition of Romanesque Art
French dissertation: The Imaginary Museum of Jean Lorrain (An analysis of the relationship between literature and painting in the work of a fin-de-siècle writer)
History of art dissertation: The Influence of Wagner in the Works of Henri Fantin-Latour

1987-1995 General and artistic education

- “A1”Baccalaureate (Modern languages with a Plastic Arts option)
- Hypokhâgne, Lycée Massena (Nice)
- Sel...

Personal Exhibitions

« Le Bestiaire poétique » Exhibition, Guest of Honour, National Salon for Animal Art, Paris (2015)
« Correspondances” Exhibition, Mines d’Art Gallery, Geneva (2013)
« L’Eau et les Rêves » (« Water and Dreams ») Exhibition, Aki Gallery, Geneva (2011)
« Regards croisés » (« Merging Viewpoints ») Exhibition, Mines d’Art Gallery, Geneva (2011)
« Anges rebelles » (« Rebel Angels ») Exhibition, Art Hotel Royal, Karlsruhe (2011)
Private exhibition, Geneva (2009)
Exhibition at the WTO, Geneva (2008)
« Vibrations » Exhibition, Villa le Chêne, Botanical Gardens, Geneva (2006)


Collective Exhibitions

Aranima’s Exhibition, World Equestrian Games, France (2014)
Aranima’s Exhibition, Château de Goulaine, France (2013)
“Quoi ma gueule?” (“What’s Wrong with my Face?”) Exhibition, Mines d’Art Gallery, Geneva (2013)
Rathania’s Exhibition, Rath Museum, Geneva
(2011)
Collective exhibition, “Art in Sport” Gallery, Crans Montana (2007)
“Flower Power” Exhibition, Galerie du Tir, Geneva (2005)
“Les Mamelles d’Artémis” (“The Breasts of Artemis”) Exhibition, Cabinet Visualistique, Geneva (2005)

Salons and Awards

Roger Baron Award-winner at the National Salon of Animal Artists, Bry-sur-Marne, France (201...