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Valentina Elise

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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I'm a Junior at MICA, majoring in general fine art and education, minoring in creative writing. While I live on the East Coast, my roots are in NorCal. I hope to ultimately move back, either to the San Francisco or Monterey bay area. I am a huge fan of art in the public realm, including site specific installation, performance, graffiti, and so on. My favorite artists are those that have provoked deeper thought, and carry an emphasis on materiality, and/or transform space with their work.

In my own work, I have always been rough around the edges, and in a constant state of ambition, most often to learn something new about myself or my materials, or to step outside of my comfort zone, whatever customs I may have fallen into. It is my goal to maintain my chaotic mark making, while assuming an educated sensibility, though often times, the final product becomes about the lessons learned through process.

I came to art school to refine not what I say, but how exactly I say it, so by no means do I consider myself to be superior to thoughts and criticism. If it makes you think, say what's on your mind, I don't mind telling you what I think of your work either, as spraygraphic is best used as a platform for exchanging thoughts, in my humble opinion.

website coming soon!

EVENTS

Creative Projects

old figure drawings

Drawing

ceramics

Ceramics

beginnings of a...

Mixed Media

Sculpture

stories through feet

Photography

WAR GAMES (in...

Mixed Media

"skin drawing"

Photography

sculptural forms

Sculpture

freshman academics

Mixed Media

spontaneous movement

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	ADDICA™ Addicted To Ink Cans, 01-11-2009 7:29 PM
	first n foremost i wld like to welcum to d hood.btw nice drawing ya
	Angel Wings, 01-20-2009 4:42 PM
	OoO Thank you SO MUCH for that site you gave me tht directed to Christiane Shillito. I was really excited to see her stuff :DDD
	jasmina suljic spahic, 02-09-2009 3:04 PM
	thanks for comment and your advice . good work
	Bonnie cunningham, 02-13-2009 6:14 PM
	thanks for coming to my show! I am happy you liked it. Did we talk at all? I had a bit too much to drink last night. I looked at your stuff, I like your photos, especially the suds they look like still frames from a film
	Bonnie cunningham, 02-14-2009 5:36 PM
	happy you like the vomit, i guess it is a bit of a theme right now :)
	redslim08 , 02-16-2009 8:56 AM
	:D
	brandon k jenkins, 02-22-2009 7:22 PM
	thanks. loves yours as well! esp the sculptures...
	tether, 02-22-2009 10:03 PM
	wow brilliant =)
	Victoria Roberts, 03-06-2009 2:19 AM
	Hey thanks for your comment :) skin drawing is very powerful...
	thibault jeanson, 03-31-2009 12:34 PM
	thank you love .. I wish I could more of that !! and I can certainly return the compliment !! ciao ciao T
	Bonnie cunningham, 04-17-2009 2:20 PM
	hey i talked to you a bit ago, you came to my opening at tsunami i have another show tonight in baltimore its at st johns church 2640 St. Paul Street from 7-10 there are like 9 bands playing and three other artists there is food and a five dollar suggested cover, should be a lot of fun if you wanna come
	Bonnie cunningham, 04-18-2009 9:55 AM
	it went pretty well, the place was packed other artists and bands were awesome, there was a lot of free vegan food and the after party was great, i dropped the ball on posting it on here though
	Joyce , 04-21-2009 9:39 PM
	hey thanks :)
	brandon k jenkins, 04-26-2009 2:54 PM
	love the new work valentina! i haven't posted on here in a while, but you can see my new stuff at myspace.com/thebitterartist or redbubble.com/people/bkjenkins keep up the good work!
	Clayton Kemp, 04-26-2009 4:41 PM
	love your work
	Deleted User, 04-29-2009 12:06 PM
	Thank you!
	Joyce , 04-29-2009 6:20 PM
	very much welcome :)
	kayla fox, 05-06-2009 12:42 AM
	ur welcome i love ur work there so much feeling and i like that in art
	kayla fox, 05-06-2009 12:49 AM
	yer photos too and i really wanted to get into painting both of my parents r painters
	kayla fox, 05-06-2009 2:34 AM
	yer im only 15 so i have so much time to take a lot of class which im looking forward to so much!
	kayla fox, 05-06-2009 3:46 AM
	aww thank you very much yes im still pracsing
	kayla fox, 05-06-2009 2:41 PM
	thank you so much!!!
	marcia hernandez, 05-07-2009 2:22 AM
	tanks I like very much your sculptures also, it is a recycled material? I have a project in mind like this!jeje Indeed I am in love with your friend who dances!!xD
	Bonnie cunningham, 06-04-2009 8:52 AM
	hey, i have a new show coming up. The event is posted on my page. All the info is also on my new website www.soybonnie.com if you wanna check it out. The opening if during honfest oh the avenue so it should be a pretty fun outing if you can make it!!
	Chumphon Satrai, 07-02-2009 8:48 PM
	thank nice to meet u ^^
	Charles Nissen, 08-04-2009 1:01 PM
	Thank you. Normal I do charcoal for fun and to keep up my coordination. These were the first works I actually showed in a gallery.
	V O, 09-07-2009 1:43 PM
	thanks. as soon as i can get some more pics uploaded i'll show you how we keep it real here in d-town. so how are things in your neck of the woods? any shows or festivals worth traveling to? get at me V
	V O, 09-22-2009 8:55 PM
	Ey qwik question, I'm not too sabby with this site, so how do i upload pictures of works that i have gotten together? V
	Deleted User, 10-27-2009 10:16 AM
	Wonderful work here. :) Cheers! ~ Liz Mares
	Bonnie cunningham, 10-27-2009 9:21 PM
	hey I have a show coming up in Hampden at the Antreasian Gallery November 6th, you should totally come!!!! it should be a lot of fun, there will be drinks!!!
	Deleted User, 02-24-2010 9:17 PM
	you're welcome :)
	Bonnie cunningham, 08-15-2010 12:24 AM
	i actually moved out to san francisco, so nothing is really going on back in baltimore for me, i have three paintings at the antresian gallery, and one at the art underground if they are still hanging there, i really need to update this thing, i have a lot of new work though, how is the art world treating you back home?
	Jonathan Sakas, 10-08-2010 6:41 PM
	Ma'am. ;)