Valérie Walker
Faculty, Studio Arts and Design
- She/They
- 604-844-3800
- valeriewalker@ecuad.ca
Bio
Valérie d. Walker is a Renaissance artist, alchemyst, trans-media maker, educator, curator, Indigo Griot and BIPOC Femme Afro-Futuristic time-traveller. They hold 5th level Ikebana (Japanese flower arranging) and Chado (tea-ceremony) with Urasenke-Kyoto, along with lifetimes of Indigo knowledge. Valérie landed on Gaia in Honolulu, exploring the planet on her way to the Salish coast. Holding degrees from UC-Berkeley and NSCAD University, Valérie taught Computation Arts and is a research advisor at Concordia University.
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Research Interests
Valérie’s artwork explores enviro-positive natural dyeing and printing, fibre-based responsive installations, tactile virtual spaces, solar-powered circuits, story-telling, epigenetic memories, environmentally healing studio processes, craft-based techniques, digitalia and imagining, programming, sensoriality and Afro-Futurism. Their curatorial work examines Diasporic revelations, Indigi-Queer Black Other Femme representations & Techno-Enviro nightmares. Studio visits and community engagement are some of her strengths.