VALERIE K SHARP is a visual/performance artist living in the Hudson Valley in NY, originally from Oklahoma City with a BFA in Acting '14 and BA in Studio Art '15 (minors in Costume Design and Directing) from Oklahoma City University. She creates performance art using a combination of durational actions, costume, and installation in order to transform personal experiences into universal symbols, as well as flowing and colorful oil paintings reflecting her inner world . Through her work, she plays with perception of time, delves into the psyche of fairytales, examines our relationship to nature as a mirror to ourselves, and wanders through the wonderful, mysterious forest that is the mind. Her work has been featured in New York, Oklahoma, and Los Angeles.
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Creatures and Elementals Sculpture Series (2024-Present)
Fae and Fox, 2024
10" x 7" x 4.5"
Clay (Bisque Fired) with Dried Rosebud
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Featured on the cover of Chronogram, October 2018
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Forest Rhythm, 2018
Oil Paint on Canvas
24″ x 30″
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I use a forest as a symbol of the subconscious, encompassing the complexity and mystery of the mind.
Most of the imagined forests depict clusters of tangled trees, but some depicts a single tree, which holds the oneness, wonderment, contemplation, and peace of the universe. It is a symbol that spans across cultures and time.
In some of the imagery, figures emerge from the landscape just as the landscape emerges from the figures. The inner and outer worlds are one and the same. The figures appear female because I seek the feminine energy of nature and creativity in my daily life for healing, transformation, and transcendence. The figures take on a collaborative dance with the trees, rhythmic and wild.
Through many of the the images, especially as the series progresses, the spirit of butterflies is birthed from tangled veins of anxiety, and a full range of colors take hold. This alchemical transfiguration serves as an important symbol in my life.
I find that I can watch the changes in phases of my life through the shifts in my art, and as I am discovering myself and finding more avenues of self expression, these pieces become self portraits of my inner journey.
Featured in: Synchronicity: Four Artists, Four Perspectives at Gallery40 in Poughkeepsie NY, The Art of Community at Philmont Public Library in Philmont NY
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Winter, 2018
Oil Paint on Canvas
36″ x 48″
Available for purchase! Email valerieksharp(a)runbox.com with inquiries
I use a forest as a symbol of the subconscious, encompassing the complexity and mystery of the mind.
Most of the imagined forests depict clusters of tangled trees, but some depicts a single tree, which holds the oneness, wonderment, contemplation, and peace of the universe. It is a symbol that spans across cultures and time.
In some of the imagery, figures emerge from the landscape just as the landscape emerges from the figures. The inner and outer worlds are one and the same. The figures appear female because I seek the feminine energy of nature and creativity in my daily life for healing, transformation, and transcendence. The figures take on a collaborative dance with the trees, rhythmic and wild.
Through many of the the images, especially as the series progresses, the spirit of butterflies is birthed from tangled veins of anxiety, and a full range of colors take hold. This alchemical transfiguration serves as an important symbol in my life.
I find that I can watch the changes in phases of my life through the shifts in my art, and as I am discovering myself and finding more avenues of self expression, these pieces become self portraits of my inner journey.
Featured in: Forest of Dreams - Solo Exhibition at The Enchanted Cafe in Red Hook NY, and Synchronicity: Four Artists, Four Perspectives at Gallery40 in Poughkeepsie NY, The Art of Community at Philmont Public Library in Philmont NY
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Monarch 2, 2019
Oil Paint on Canvas
18″ x 24″
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I use a forest as a symbol of the subconscious, encompassing the complexity and mystery of the mind.
Most of the imagined forests depict clusters of tangled trees, but some depicts a single tree, which holds the oneness, wonderment, contemplation, and peace of the universe. It is a symbol that spans across cultures and time.
In some of the imagery, figures emerge from the landscape just as the landscape emerges from the figures. The inner and outer worlds are one and the same. The figures appear female because I seek the feminine energy of nature and creativity in my daily life for healing, transformation, and transcendence. The figures take on a collaborative dance with the trees, rhythmic and wild.
Through many of the the images, especially as the series progresses, the spirit of butterflies is birthed from tangled veins of anxiety, and a full range of colors take hold. This alchemical transfiguration serves as an important symbol in my life.
I find that I can watch the changes in phases of my life through the shifts in my art, and as I am discovering myself and finding more avenues of self expression, these pieces become self portraits of my inner journey.
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Inspired by Linda Montano
Performance Art Series by Valerie K Sharp
Hudson Valley NY, 2024-2025
Over the course of many months, I worked through all of the performance art prompts in You Too are a Performance Artist by Linda Mary Montano, culminating in a performance at Three Phase Center.
Confession
Performance Art Piece by Valerie K Sharp, duration: 2 hours
Lux Bruma, Three Phase Center
Stone Ridge NY, December 2024
Photo by Nina Isabelle
With a candle lighter that I used as a church acolyte as a child, I whisper my life’s story in reverse over a period of two hours while gazing at the tiny flame. I work to transform guilt through humming and singing, to heal the different lives I’ve led to harmonize all parts of myself, and to recover any memories that want to resurface.
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Roses for Linda
Performance Art Piece by Valerie K Sharp, Start Video at 2:38:50
Linda Mary Montano’s 80th Birthdayarama
Virtual Space, January 2022
Curated by Three Phase Center
Photo and Video Archive: Franklin Furnace
Materials: One Dozen Roses, Art/Life Dress from Linda
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A Rosekill Rosary
Performance Art Piece by Valerie K Sharp, duration: 2 hours
Summer Solstice, Rosekill Farm
Rosendale NY, June 2021
Curated by Jana Astanov
Photo and Video Credit: Luke Stence
Materials: beads made from journal pages while pregnant, nature items from land, basket, string, white hooded robe
In this piece, I used a long string I created of 150 beads made out of the journal pages from while I was pregnant. I began the piece walking around the property, gathering small items from nature (such as mushrooms, sticks, stones, plants, and flowers) in a basket. I led the audience to the barn, and began to speak rosary prayers I wrote along each bead. After each set of ten, I tied one of the items from nature onto the string. In this action, I ground back into the earth, before diving once more into the mystery of the rosary. This performance was a thank you to the land that has inspired me so much.
"Holy Gaia, full of seeds, the sun warms thee. Soothing is the turning of thy tides, nurturing is the harvest of thy soil. Mother Earth, Queen of Cycles, Speak to us through your caverns, creatures, cosmos, and renew us in your womb when we embrace our death."
#performance#2021#ground#plants#feminism#cycles#writing#durational#costume#folklore#fiberart#feminine
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A Gift for Arthur
Performance Art Piece by Valerie K Sharp
Featuring Arthur
Summer Solstice, Rosekill Farm
Rosendale NY, June 2021
Curated by Jill McDermid
Materials: acorns, blue tissue paper, bird’s nest
This performance was inspired by a meditation I had done in this very spot a few years back, and the blue robin's egg I saw when I opened my eyes. Arthur and I have been doing some of our first creative play together by tearing and crumpling tissue paper. The acorns I used are the same from my performance, Acorn, which was about being pregnant with Arthur. In this performance, I wrap acorns in blue tissue paper torn by Arthur and me, and then place the "gifts" into the birds nest. This performance is my gift to Arthur and our gift to the nature spirits of this beautiful land.
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Monarch 3, 2020
Oil Paint on Canvas
18″ x 24″
Available for purchase! Email valerieksharp(a)runbox.com with inquiries
I use a forest as a symbol of the subconscious, encompassing the complexity and mystery of the mind.
Most of the imagined forests depict clusters of tangled trees, but some depicts a single tree, which holds the oneness, wonderment, contemplation, and peace of the universe. It is a symbol that spans across cultures and time.
In some of the imagery, figures emerge from the landscape just as the landscape emerges from the figures. The inner and outer worlds are one and the same. The figures appear female because I seek the feminine energy of nature and creativity in my daily life for healing, transformation, and transcendence. The figures take on a collaborative dance with the trees, rhythmic and wild.
Through many of the the images, especially as the series progresses, the spirit of butterflies is birthed from tangled veins of anxiety, and a full range of colors take hold. This alchemical transfiguration serves as an important symbol in my life.
I find that I can watch the changes in phases of my life through the shifts in my art, and as I am discovering myself and finding more avenues of self expression, these pieces become self portraits of my inner journey.
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Monarch 1, 2019
Oil Paint on Canvas
18″ x 24″
Available for purchase! Email valerieksharp(a)runbox.com with inquiries
I use a forest as a symbol of the subconscious, encompassing the complexity and mystery of the mind.
Most of the imagined forests depict clusters of tangled trees, but some depicts a single tree, which holds the oneness, wonderment, contemplation, and peace of the universe. It is a symbol that spans across cultures and time.
In some of the imagery, figures emerge from the landscape just as the landscape emerges from the figures. The inner and outer worlds are one and the same. The figures appear female because I seek the feminine energy of nature and creativity in my daily life for healing, transformation, and transcendence. The figures take on a collaborative dance with the trees, rhythmic and wild.
Through many of the the images, especially as the series progresses, the spirit of butterflies is birthed from tangled veins of anxiety, and a full range of colors take hold. This alchemical transfiguration serves as an important symbol in my life.
I find that I can watch the changes in phases of my life through the shifts in my art, and as I am discovering myself and finding more avenues of self expression, these pieces become self portraits of my inner journey.
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Butterfly Dreamscape, 2018
Oil Paint on Canvas
18″ x 24″
Available for purchase! Email valerieksharp(a)runbox.com with inquiries
I use a forest as a symbol of the subconscious, encompassing the complexity and mystery of the mind.
Most of the imagined forests depict clusters of tangled trees, but some depicts a single tree, which holds the oneness, wonderment, contemplation, and peace of the universe. It is a symbol that spans across cultures and time.
In some of the imagery, figures emerge from the landscape just as the landscape emerges from the figures. The inner and outer worlds are one and the same. The figures appear female because I seek the feminine energy of nature and creativity in my daily life for healing, transformation, and transcendence. The figures take on a collaborative dance with the trees, rhythmic and wild.
Through many of the the images, especially as the series progresses, the spirit of butterflies is birthed from tangled veins of anxiety, and a full range of colors take hold. This alchemical transfiguration serves as an important symbol in my life.
I find that I can watch the changes in phases of my life through the shifts in my art, and as I am discovering myself and finding more avenues of self expression, these pieces become self portraits of my inner journey.
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Butterfly Landscape, 2019
Oil Paint on Canvas
18″ x 24″
Available for purchase! Email valerieksharp(a)runbox.com with inquiries
I use a forest as a symbol of the subconscious, encompassing the complexity and mystery of the mind.
Most of the imagined forests depict clusters of tangled trees, but some depicts a single tree, which holds the oneness, wonderment, contemplation, and peace of the universe. It is a symbol that spans across cultures and time.
In some of the imagery, figures emerge from the landscape just as the landscape emerges from the figures. The inner and outer worlds are one and the same. The figures appear female because I seek the feminine energy of nature and creativity in my daily life for healing, transformation, and transcendence. The figures take on a collaborative dance with the trees, rhythmic and wild.
Through many of the the images, especially as the series progresses, the spirit of butterflies is birthed from tangled veins of anxiety, and a full range of colors take hold. This alchemical transfiguration serves as an important symbol in my life.
I find that I can watch the changes in phases of my life through the shifts in my art, and as I am discovering myself and finding more avenues of self expression, these pieces become self portraits of my inner journey.
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