Val Britton

Val Britton (born 1977 in Livingston, New Jersey) is an American artist, best known for her works on paper and installations. She creates abstract collage works using paper and other mixed media that reference the language of maps, network diagrams and astronomical photography. She lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for 14 years, and as of 2018, she lives in Seattle, Washington.

Biography Val Britton was born in 1977 in Livingston, New Jersey, her father was a long haul truck driver.

She received her B.F.A. in Printmaking in 1999 from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence, Rhode Island. Britton received her M.F.A. from California College of the Arts (CCA) in 2006.

In 2010, Britton served at the Artist in Residence Program at Recology San Francisco and produced an exhibition called Index to Selected Stars. Index to Selected Stars featured collage work made with various types of tape, inks and various types of found paper.

Exhibitions This is a list of select exhibitions by Val Britton, in order by descending year.

Group shows 2010 – Index to Selected Stars, Recology San Francisco Artist-in-Residence Program, San Francisco 2013 – Intimate Immensity, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), San Jose 2015 – Frontyard / Backyard, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto 2013 – Cosmology (Solo Show), Foley Gallery, New York 2014 – Passage (Solo Show), Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco

Permanent collections

Voyage, located in connecting corridor departures level between domestic Terminals 1 and 2 (in between Virgin and Delta Air Lines), San Francisco International Airport Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts at Legion of Honor (museum) New York Public Library New-York Historical Society Library of Congress Alameda County Art Collection San Jose Museum of Art

Awards

2015 – Fleishhacker Foundation, Eureka Fellowship Awardee 2010 – Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

Publications Val Britton / Reverberations (Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco), 2016. Harmon, Katharine. The Map As Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography (Princeton Architectural Press, New York), 2009.