One-person Exhibitions2016 Oil Paintings From Provence: Landscapes, Seascapes and Bateaux, Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle WA2015 Memories of the French Riviera and Provence, Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA 2014 Impressions of the French Riviera and Provence, Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA 2012 Souvenirs de France, Studio 103 in Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA The Paris Collection, Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham, WA Bateaux Collection, Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham, WA NW Landscape Collection, Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham, WA 2011 The French Collection, Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham, WA

Group Exhibitions2015 Peace, Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle WA2014 Glancing Back, Moving Forward, Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle WA2014 Atelier Pascal Bouterin & Co, St. Remy de Provence, France2013 2013 Madison Park ArtWalk, Seattle, WA 14th Annual National Juried Exhibition of the American Impressionist Society, M Gallery of Fine Art, Charleston, SC (now the Principle Gallery) 2012 Boats and Landscapes, The Directors Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA Lakeshore Gallery, Kirkland, WA Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham, WA The Directors Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA That Art Gal Gallery, Bellevue, WA Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham, WA UpFront Gallery, Issaquah, WA2011 Kirkland Art Studio Tour, Lakeshore Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham, WA2010 Masters Exhibit with Ned Mueller, Michelle Usibelli, et al. Kirkland Fine Art Gallery, Kirkland, WA

InstallationsInstallations2015 “Show Your Stripes” project - Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle WA (one of ten prominent regional artists invited to participate).

Selected Reviews and ArticlesHamman, J.    “The Homeland of Her Youth”, Valerie Collymore Finds Artistic Inspiration From Her Unique Childhood in France Art Business News, Summer 2015Rintala, L. “Show Preview, Seattle, WA, Valerie Collymore”, Southwest Art Magazine, April 2015GangelhoGangelhoff, B. “Wide Open Spaces: Meet a dozen painters exploring the artistic opportunities in the landscape”, Southwest Art Magazine, February 2015Kovack, Joe. “Show Preview, Seattle, WA, Valerie Collymore”, Southwest Art Magazine, April 2014 “Seascapes, Rivers and Lakes”, American Art Collector Magazine, April 2014Rintala, Laura. “Spotlight: American Impressionist Society”, Southwest Art Magazine, October 2013 “Collymore artwork headed for national exhibition in S.C”, Madison Park Times, Aug.3, 2013

Jurying Experience•• Onyx Fine Arts Collective: Juried Exhibition at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, 2015 (with co-juror and gallery curator Scott Lawrimore)• International Parklane Gallery Miniature Show, 2015• Madison Park Artwalk, 2014

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Impressionist Oil Paintings from America and FranceValerie Collymore Fine Art

Art-Related W ork Experience2015 Co-judge of Awards with Jacob Lawrence Gallery Director Scott Lawrimore, for the Onyx Fine Art Collective2015 Juried Show Judge of Awards, Parklane International Miniature Show2014 Judge of Awards, Madison Park Artwalk Workshop Instructor in Fine Art Oil Painting, The Winslow Art Center, Bainbridge Island, WA Workshop Instructor in Fine Art Oil Painting, Eastside Artists Collective, Bellevue, WA Workshop Instructor in Fine Art Oil Painting, ArtEAST, Issaquah, WA Workshop Instructor in Fine Art Oil Painting, Atelier Collymore, Bellevue, WA 2013-present Instructor in Fine Art Oil Painting, The Women’s University Club of Seattle 2012 Judge of awards for Onyx Artist Cooperative2012-present Instructor in Fine Art Oil Painting, Atelier Collymore, private instruction

Language SkillsLanguage SkillsFluent in French and English; 4 years study of Russian and German; 1 year of Arabic, Chinese, and Spanish

Education2012 Master classes: Jim Lamb, Sammamish, WA Master class: Daniel Gerhartz, Kewaskum, WA2010-2011 Independent study, research and self-teaching in Fine Art and oil painting Master classes: Ned Mueller Studio Class, Renton, WA Master class: CW Mundy, Scottsdale Artist School, AZ Master classes: CW Mundy, Quang Ho, Dan McCaw, Weekend with the Masters, Monterey, CA1982-1985 Pediatric Residencies: Columbia University, NYC and Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, CA1978-1982 Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons1974-1978 Brown University Program in Medicine

Selected Collections• France: Nice, Paris•• Washington State: Seattle, Bainbridge Island, Gig Harbor, Bellevue, Bellingham, Redmond, Mercer Island, Kirkland• East Coast: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Florida