About Valerie Berkely

Event: Roots, The Growth From Within

Dates: 20 Jul 2018 - 16 Sep 2018

Third annual juried competition hosted by the Center for the Visual Arts in downtown Wausau, WI

Event: Primary Focus

Dates: 22 Sep 2017 - 6 Jan 2018

Celebrating a year's worth of new work in oil+wax, the "Vault Gallery" within the Center for the Visual Arts (CVA) will host my solo exhibit Primary Focus. Recently, the CVA renovated their 100+ year old building to discover the original bank vault door now featured in the new gallery space. Primary Focus features all my new work using only the primary colors plus white based on abstract landscapes. During the exhibit, I will do demo paintings on site.

Event: 27th Annual Midwest Seasons

Dates: 6 Jan 2017 - 1 Apr 2017

Juried competition hosted by the Center for the Visual Arts in downtown Wausau, Wisconsin. Previously known as Midwest Winter, this exhibit is now in its 27th year, garnering recognition, awards, honored juror and artist participation from many states in the region.

Event: Roots The Ties That Bind

Dates: 18 Nov 2016 - 31 Dec 2016

Juried competition, exhibit runs November 18 - December 31, 2016 at the Center for the Visual Arts in downtown Wausau Wisconsin USA.

Event: 26th Annual Midwest Seasons Juried Exhibition

Dates: 8 Jan 2016 - 12 Mar 2016

For the first 23 years, the CVA’s signature exhibit, Midwest Winter,
showcased entries from American and occasionally international artists.
To broaden the exhibit’s appeal to both artists and audiences,
it was recast as Midwest Seasons for the 2009 show.
Now in its 26th year, Midwest Seasons offers a juried process for artists
of all media and all locales to exhibit with the potential for monetary awards,
sales, and community involvement.

Event: Lake Effect - New Work by Valerie Berkely

Dates: 22 May 2015 - 18 Jul 2015

Valerie's artwork can be called "fresh impressionism." She works in acrylic on cradled panels, carefully layering textured glazes to achieve an evocative "lake effect" for her contemporary landscape paintings. Rarely using a brush - think sponges! - Val enjoys the challenge of using ONLY the primary colors plus white. She shares these techniques and more in her CVA Studio painting classes.