statement
In my Landscape Simulation Series, I am interested in monumentality, mediation and simulations of the "real". These interests are articulated through hyper-real drawings of hybridized landscapes culled through a variety of sources; from places I have actually visited (County Clare, Ireland) to iconic landscapes from movie and television sets (Star Wars, Little House on the Prairie, etc). From questionable geological interactions to cultural mashups, I create new amalgamated vistas based on my own experience of nature –one derived mainly from media, but not specifically. No hierarchical importance is placed on the notion of the "real" experience versus a mediated one, a contemporary truism that is pervasive throughout our relationship with nature.
bio
born: Redbank, New Jersey
education
University of Minnesota, MFA, 2002
Minneapolis College of Art & Design, BFA, 1994
selected awards/honors
Walker Art Center Ingenuity Award, 2012
Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, 2009
The Viewing Program, The Drawing Center, NYC, 2007
Bush Education Grant, 2005
selected publications
Critics' Pick, Artforum.com, 2012
"Future Perfect" (Special Edition Book), Beautiful Decay, 2011
"Dead Seductive: The Icky Allure of Pamela Valfer's Fauna", Quodlibetica: Writing. Arts. Criticism. On-line Journal, November, 2009
selected solo or two-person exhibits
"Common Place", EVA International Visual Art Biennial, Istabraq Hall hosted by Occupy Space, Limerick City, Ireland, 2012
"Exactitude", The Burnett Gallery, Chambers Art Hotel, Minneapolis, MN, 2012
"Drawn Together", Grayduck Gallery, Austin TX, 2010
"Alternative Futures", Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN , 2010
selected group shows
",,, (comma comma comma)", Minnesota Biennial, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN, 2013
"Animatopaea: A Most Peculiar (Post Modern) Bestiary", The Galleries at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, 2013
"Four Fragments", Bindery Projects, St. Paul, MN, 2013
"CubeOPEN2011", Cube Centre for the Urban Built Environment, University of Salford, Manchester, England, 2011
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