Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.10, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Andrea Kim Valdez The Art of Andrea Kim Valdez ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [newblogpostpage](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/newblogpostpage/) ## Pages - [Home](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/) - Andrea Kim Valdez Andrea Kim Valdez Sculpture and Drawing The Galleries below are a comprehensive collection of work by an artist whose practice is unusually varied in her exploration of sculptural and drawing media. - [The Crouch End Gallery](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/the-crouch-end-gallery/) - Private North London Gallery holding occasional weekend exhibitions . Invitation only- sign up for newsletters and Guest Invitations - [About](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/about/) - Andrea Kim Valdez Andrea Kim Valdez is a Curator, Sculptor and iPad artist . She is a founder of the well-regarded Crouch End Open Studios, now celebrating its 20th anniversary and a Curator of numerous exhibitions at The Crouch End Gallery. As a sculptor she has worked in a wide variety of materials including clay/plaster, - [Writing](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/writing/) - Writing about Art Andrea Kim Valdez ran a blog on Artlyst for a number of years that considered aspects of her own art and reviewed exhibitions. Follow this link to "Magnificent Obsessions and Slow Movement at the Barbican" published on Artlyst in 2015 Follow this link to reviews on Artists Newsletter https://www.a-n.co.uk/person/andrea-kim-valdez/?type=an_review - [Contact](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/contact/) - Please contact the artist by email: andreakimvaldez@gmail.com - [Past Exhibitions Front Room Art](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/the-crouch-end-gallery/past-exhibitions-front-room-art/) - Previous Exhibitions at The Crouch End Gallery June 2025 - The 20th Anniversary of Crouch End Open Studios Revisiting Resistance November 2023 The Selection of The Triptych "Embrace the Base" by Andrea Kim Valdez at the International Exhibition "ReSisters: A Lens on Gender and Ecology" at the Barbican Art Gallery Oct 4 2023 -Jan 14 - [Exhibition:Revisiting Resistance](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/exhibitionrevisiting-resistance/) - Exhibition: Revisiting Resistance Was Held At The Crouch End Gallery November 18/19 The Selection of The Triptych "Embrace the Base" by Andrea Kim Valdez at the International Exhibition "ReSisters: A Lens on Gender and Ecology" at the Barbican Art Gallery Oct 4-Jan 14 2024 inspired this retrospective exhibition of work concerned with social and political - [Drawing dance](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/drawing-dance/) - Drawing dance on Paper and on iPad In June 2023 Andrea Kim Valdez was able to draw at rehearsals for “Rudra”, choreographed and danced by Chandenie Gobardhan for Messums4*20 dance festival. iPad drawings can be recorded and “played back” in the form of edited videos, see below. Drawings on paper were made in 2008 during - [Installation and Commissions](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/installation-and-commissions/) - Installations and Commissions In addition to the Gallery below I have documented many of the Installations in Writing and/or Video Ecos de Las Amazonas Ecos de La Selva The Birth of the Innocents 'The Great Wave of Plastic' and 'The Making of Elemental Shore' - [Birth of the Innocents](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/birth-of-the-innocents/) - The Birth of the Innocents- an Installation at Hornsey War Memorial 2008 The Hornsey War Memorial is a Grade II listed building with distinctive architectural features: the walls are oak panelled and each panel is inscribed with names of the dead, organised by military unit. The frieze at the top of the walls has the - [Ecos selva](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/ecos-selva/) - Ecos de La Selva - a Room Installation Colombia is a country of contrasts: its geographical features encompass the Amazon rainforest, the Andes and the Caribbean coast. Much of my work as a sculptor derives from organic forms and the visual parallels and resonances I uncover between them and human concerns and relationships. An interest - [Lockdown](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/lockdown/) - March to July - the Lockdown Blog In Spring I drew with brushpen and ink, black and white descriptions of trees on the allotments or in nearby Queens Wood. On gloomy days in early summer I made drawings in colour on my ipad. The world under lockdown as seen from my sitting room. Mid-summer I - [ecos amazonas](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/ecos-amazonas/) - A Virtual World- “Ecos de Las Amazonas” I believe it is impossible for any visual artist to be complacent about climate change and the loss of wildlife and wild places on our planet. To preserve our own lives and avoid catastrophe, we need to act very quickly and change many aspects of our lives. The - [Dance](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/dance/) - Dance Continuum - drawing dance at the Rambert Playground St Paul’s Cathedral. August 2008. I check I have everything in place. Paper secure on the easel, sharpener, rubber, charcoal, pastels within reach. Music flows around the cathedral. Its rhythm tugs at the tourists, pulling them to the North Transept. They shuffle past, whispering and waving - [Brush Pen Landscape](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/brush-pen-landscape/) - Brushpen Landscape Drawing Andrea Kim Valdez often uses a Brushpen to make quick drawings in a Landscape. Imported into the Procreate App, they may be developed later into Archival Digital prints. - [Sculpture in Mixed Media](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/sculpture-in-mixed-media/) - Sculpture in Mixed Media - [Ceramic Sculpture](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/ceramic-sculpture/) - Ceramic Sculpture Figurative and Abstract Sculptures from 2000 onwards - [Artists of Front Room Art](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/the-crouch-end-gallery/artists-of-front-room-art/) - Artists of Front Room Art Berry Birdsall Terry Brooker Martin Davidson Tania Durant Lydie Gallais Janet Gardner Sarah Garvey Judy Gilley Lucie Green Jane Human Michael Kirkbride Jackie Lewis Fiona Macgregor John Morgan Richard Peacock Carol Robson Mark Rochester Tazia Rob Verrill - [Sculpture](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/sculpture/) - Live Edge Acrylic Sculpture Free standing, wall or ceiling hung Live Edge Acrylic sculptures on a theme of the natural world.The sculptures explore and exploit all the possibilities of the material. Acrylic sheet catches the light and makes the colours glow along the edges: under ultraviolet light the sculptures become fluorescent. - [Las Amazonas](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/las-amazonas/) - Las Amazonas Series This series of prints were developed from original photographs and pen and ink or pencil drawings made at 'Calanoa' in the Colombian Amazon. The prints layer the original imported source material with drawings made directly on the Ipad. Some prints are available as A3 Limited Editions from 'Prints by Post' - [Landscape](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/landscape/) - Landscapes developed on iPad Some prints in this series were developed from brush-pen 'en plein aire' landscape drawings . The images were imported into the Procreate App and 'coloured' by a complex process unique to the artist. Others were developed entirely on the iPad Some prints are available as A3 Limited Editions from 'Prints by Post' - [Still Life Ipad Drawings](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/still-life-ipad-drawings/) - Still Life Ipad drawings Available as A3 Prints in Limited Editions of 25 from PrintsbyPost - [Room for Wildlife](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/659-2/) - Room for Wildlife I spent many weeks drawing the endangered animals and birds at London Zoo. This series of iPad drawings places many of the creatures in my house. Some prints are available as A3 Limited Editions from 'Prints by Post' - [Page for Christmas 2022](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/page-for-christmas-2022/) - Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp ## Picture tag - [artlyst](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/ngg_tag/artlyst/) - [Ipad Still-life Flowers](https://kimvaldez.co.uk/ngg_tag/ipad-still-life-flowers/)