About

Valerie Durant (BFA MA) is a Canadian interdisciplinary visual artist based in Vancouver, B.C., working on the unceded territories of

the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Valerie Durant’s interdisciplinary art practise engages with found objects, photography, sculpture and sound, centred upon a contemplative, daily ritual of deep connection with nature. Within her practice she explores the seemingly invisible inter-connectivity and reciprocity between humans and the natural world, working broadly on topics of social and climate equity and sustainability, exploring concepts of regeneration and continuum. Her practise involves the observation of life cycles in nature, using ice, natural materials and recycled paper which have minimal impact on the ecosystem.

Linking the past and future with the present, exploring the concepts of regeneration and continuum, while conveying impermanence and ephemerality is integrated in her practice.

Her work has been exhibited in galleries and art institutions and held in public and private collections locally and internationally.

She received her BFA (2002) from Emily Carr University and attended Cooper Union in NYC. She holds an MA in Planning (2012) from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, completing her thesis on the topic, Sustainable Urban Agriculture and Forestation: The Edible Connected City.

In 2020, she received a Canada Council (CC) Digital Originals award for Silence of the Sea https://vimeo.com/463659233/5c95fb1d0e

Also in 2020, she was awarded a CC Research & Create Grant for Invisible Rivers, exhibited at The Gibsons Art Gallery in 2021 and as Silence of the Sea, exhibited at Elissa Cristall Gallery in Vancouver. In 2006, she received a CC New Media Award, resulting in an architectural & sound installation that explored the social and economic dynamism of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. In 2024, she received a CC Award and she is researching, the mycelium network a project entitled, Understory: The Hidden Connection.

CONTACT|vdurant@gmail.com

Studio 10 1265 Howe Street

INSTAGRAM|Valeriedurant.art

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