Laurence de Valmy combines painting and digital mediums to shed new light on our collective imagery, prompting viewers to reflect on societal themes such as the notion of fame, the place of women, and the evolving role of technology in creativity and art.
In her "POST paintings", she skillfully appropriates iconic artworks and pairs them with imagined yet historically accurate Instagram conversations, blending humor and insight. Her *TikTok Timeless* series, short videos available as NFTs, captures moments in the lives of historical artists, inviting viewers to reconsider these figures through the lens of social media’s centrality in contemporary culture.
With "You Go Girl", de Valmy celebrates the positive portrayal of girls in modern-day comic books like Pokemon, amplifying empowering narratives through her vibrant paintings.
Her latest series, "InpAired by CalifornIA", explores the intersection of traditional art and AI. Inspired by her Californian surroundings and influenced by David Hockney's embrace of new media, de Valmy creates artworks that combine her photographs or sketches with AI-generated images, blending human creativity with technology. The series challenges perceptions of originality and highlights AI’s growing presence in contemporary art.
Laurence de Valmy is French-American and lives in San Diego, USA. Her work is represented by galleries in the USA, the UK, and France, and she is an active member of Artcan.org, a nonprofit artist community.
In 2017, she was awarded an Artist Residency by the ESKFF at Mana Contemporary, NJ (USA) to work on the POST series.
In 2018, de Valmy’s work was displayed at the Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art (MUCA) in Munich in the exhibition The BUNTE Art, alongside Andy Warhol and at the Barnes Foundation in the group show Let’s Connect.
In 2019 Michele Mariaud Gallery, NYC presented her solo show with and she was the guest artist of Museum Week in NYC. In December 2019, she presented the installation Embrace during the Miami art week at SCOPE Miami Beach.
In June 2020, her work was part of the exhibition CONCEPT at the CICA Museum (Korea) and her artwork now belongs to their permanent collection. Her work appeared on the HBO series The Undoing starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant through her collaboration with Michele Mariaud Gallery.
In 2021, she was among the 20 influential women artists selected by Singulart and was invited by Summit Public Art to create an art installation displayed in Summit (NJ, USA). She was part of the jury of Art Students Week.
Her interest for women’s place in society in general and the arts in particular, led her to create the series HER and HIStory, to collaborate with Art Girl Rising in 2020 and 2022 and to create the NFTs Most Famous Visual Artists presented during the launch of the Santa Monica Art Museum. Her work is included in the 2024 exhibition at the MUD Foundation in Miami.
Her paintings belong to private collections including CICA Museum (Seoul), Hubert Burda Collection (Munich), Musée du Sourire (Paris), Eileen Kaminsky Foundation (NJ).
Her artwork has been featured in publications such as Forbes, The Art Gorgeous, Create Magazine, Wall Street International, Blanc Magazine, Un1k and France Amérique among others and by the French Embassy in the USA.
She is an ArtCan member, a non profit community of artists and regularly supports charities through her artwork. She shares about art through her writings on her blog as well as art publications.
Statement
Art is a continuum and a mirror of our society.
Through art appropriation, I bring my own view to existing artworks, pay a tribute to their authors, and play with the concept of originality.
I aim to shed new light on our collective imagery and to prompt viewers to ponder on our current society, including the place of women or the influence of the media.
solo exhibition Laurence de Valmy Michele Mariaud New York
solo exhibition Laurence de Valmy Michele Mariaud New York