Hope, second chances and authenticity are the values that Valerie Wilcox strives to incorporate into her mixed media art practice. The intent for her work is to provide a sense of optimism in society’s ability to reinvent itself.

Valerie Wilcox is originally from San Diego, CA, moved to Los Angeles and received her BFA in Graphic Design from Cal State University Long Beach. She continued her fine art studies at Otis College of Art & Design and Art Center College of Design and currently lives and works in Los Angeles.

Wilcox has been included in many local and international exhibitions including galleries and art fairs in Germany, Australia, Mexico City, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands and Taiwan. She’s shown locally at Billis Williams; MOAH: Museum of Art and History, Lancaster; Launch Gallery; Torrance Art Museum; Irvine Fine Arts Center; Mount Saint Mary’s University; Korean Cultural Center; Palm Springs Modernism Show; Melissa Morgan Fine Art in Palm Desert; San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art and the Palo Alto Art Center. She has been completed residencies in Taiwan, Stockholm and the Torrance Art Museum.

Her work is collected internationally, in corporate collections and she has completed public art commissions for corporate entities including the Hyatt and Marriott hotels.

Wilcox has been published in the NY Times “T” Style Magazine, Artillery, LA Weekly, The Huffington Post, ArtDaily.com, KCCLA, Coolibri Magazine in Germany, Veranda Magazine, Saatchi Art, Art Nerd in San Francisco, DiversionsLA and Art and Cake.