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Peacoctalina 2010 (Peacock feathers & mixed media; hanging work; L290 x W460mm)


Aardvark Dove 2011 (Dove feathers and mixed media; hanging work; L360 x W280mm)


Air Gull 2010 (Seagull Feathers and mixed media; hanging work; L550 x W500mm)


Hornet Lorikeet 2011 (Lorikeet Feathers and mixed media; hanging work; L330 x W220mm)


Plover Liner 2010 (Plover feathers and mixed media; wall work; L400 x W400mm)


Standard Pugcock 2012 (Peacock feathers and mixed media; H450 x L340 x W210mm)


Quailizard 2013 (Quail feathers and mixed media; wall work; L300 x W150mm)


Road Kill Juvenile Rosella 2013 (Juvenille Roselle and mixed media; wall work; L330 x

W380mm)


Terrant 2013 (Golden haired pheasant feathers and mixed media; H260 x L270 x W100mm)


EMILY VALENTINE

Emily Valentine is a contemporary mixed media artist living and working in both Australia and her

native New Zealand.

Valentine majored in jewellery at Sydney College of the Arts finishing in 1987, and worked in the

fashion industry for 7 years. As well as exhibiting in galleries in Australia and New Zealand, her work

is often used in theatre, dance and performance.

She says of her recent work: “Feathers are my paint. Over the last ten years I have developed my

own technique and style using feathers from found sources.' I wish to discuss how attitudes to

wearing animals and birds have changed. Is this just because of fashion, or has society become more

caring of animals? I wish to stimulate the viewer to question how we sub-consciously classify

animals, as pet or pest, valued or worthless, beautiful or plain and why?”

Valentine is well recognised in the arts field. She received a grant to co-curate 'Melding' an

exhibition of contemporary jewellery from NSW that toured to 8 regional galleries throughout

Australia from 2005-6. And in 2007 Valentine was awarded a merit prize in the Norsewear Art, the

New Zealand Contemporary Art Award, and the 2007 Acquisition Prize by the Northern Territory

Craft Council.

Qualification

Bachelor of Arts (Visual), Sydney College of the Arts 1984-87

Photography I & II, ACP, Paddington, Sydney

Solo Exhibitions

2012 Dec Feather Fancier, Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga, NZ

2012 Oct Feather Flings (online exhibition), Jas Hugonnet Gallery

2011 Nov Flying Forward (online exhibition), Jas Hugonnet Gallery

2010 Nov Feather Fancy, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, NZ

2010 Feb Flying Flings, Craft Act, Canberra, AUS

2009 Sept Dog The Bird, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, NZ

2009 July Dogs and Dolls, Newcastle Tafe Foyer, Newcastle, AUS

2009 Feb Mynah Messiah, Tin Sheds Gallery, AUS

2007 Sept Flown To, Pataka, Porirua Regional Gallery, NZ

2006 June Flown, Quoil Gallery Wellington, NZ

2006 Jan Exciting, Exsighting, Exsiting! A-Space, Sydney, AUS


Prizes, Residencies & Awards

2011 The Cat Advocate prize, Defiance Gallery

2011 Residency Gunyah Cottage, Fries Trust, AUS

2010 Residency Tylee Cottege, Sargeant Gallery, Whanganui, NZ

2009 Off the Wall, Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Centre. Selected as an

emerging artist.

2007 30th Alice Springs Acquisition Award, Northern Territory Craft Award, Alice

Springs NT

2007 Merit Prize, Norseweart, NZ Comtemporary Art Award, Hastings Regional

Gallery, NZ

2004/5 Vision Grant, Australian Federal Government

2002 Mac's Bizarre Bra, WOW, Nelson NZ

List of works

1 Peacoctalina 2010 $2100

(Peacock feathers & mixed media; hanging work; L290 x W460mm)

2 Aardvark Dove 2011 $1900

(Dove feathers and mixed media; hanging work; L360 x W280mm)

3 Air Gull 2010 $2200

(Seagull Feathers and mixed media; hanging work; L550 x W500mm)

4 Hornet Lorikeet 2011 $1900

(Lorikeet Feathers and mixed media; hanging work; L330 x W220mm)

5 Plover Liner 2010 $1200

(Plover feathers and mixed media; wall work; L400 x W400mm)

6 Standard Pugcock 2012 $7500

(Peacock feathers and mixed media; H450 x L340 x W210mm)

7 Quailizard 2013 $850

(Quail feathers and mixed media; wall work; L300 x W150mm)

8 Road Kill Juvenile Rosella 2013 $1450

(Juvenille Roselle and mixed media; wall work; L330 x W380mm)

9 Terrant 2013 $2250

(Golden haired pheasant feathers and mixed media; H260 x L270 x W100mm)

feather fanciest - emily valentine 2013 catalogue

Documents

peacock feathers mixed

plover feathers

lorikeet feathers

dove feathers

work l330 x w220mm

work l290 x w460mm

work l360 x w280mm

work l550 x w500mm