Valerie Leroy

My name is Valerie Leroy and I'm from Belgium.

Since I was a kid I have always been creative, I went to music school at the age of 8, I started playing the guitar when I was 9, and I did ballet.

At the age of 16 I decided to do Visual Arts, where my love for drawing and painting came out even more. Later on, when I was 19 I started my Graphic Design studies at the university.

Photography has always been a part of my life. My dad had a dark room at our house and I learned how to develop photos myself.

Amongst all the different creative outlets photography is my favorite, I am never without inspiration.
My preference goes to derelict places, the thrill of gaining access, and seeing how beautiful they are inside. I try to capture the beauty so that other people can see it through my eyes. Each photograph takes a lot of time planning, traveling, finding a way inside...

In 2018 I had a traumatic brain injury which made it hard to keep doing my passion with as much energy as I was used to. I can't go on adventures as I did before and working on my art has become a more scheduled passion, I can't put as much time and energy in it anymore due to my injury, which is very frustrating and hard to deal with.

I recently decided to l...

Visual Arts at Sint-Lucas Ghent Belgium 1992 - 1995
Graphic Design at EGON University 1995 - 1998

Upcoming:
12/2024 - Urban Blue Expo 6 at Kasteel Borluut in Gent, Belgium.

Past:
11/2024 - The Beauty Of Earth at FotoZA Gallery in Johannesburg, South Africa.
05/2019 - 2 week exhibition for Orpiment at Val Benoit in Liège, Belgium.

10/2017 - Exhibition in the Intradel meeting room for Clic & Shoot in Herstal, Belgium.
09/2017 - Black & White Exhibition at Galeria 6mas1 in Madrid, Spain.
10/2016 - Exhibition in the Intradel meeting room for Clic & Shoot in Herstal, Belgium.