Valerie Sullivan Fuchs

"Valerie Sullivan Fuchs is an artist who expands the boundaries of electronic, time-based art. Having studied Architecture at the University of Kentucky and Fine Art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the artist combines her unique understanding of the built environment with technological experimentation to create multi-sensory gallery interventions. 

Using the medium of video installation to express ideas regarding memory, place and history, Valerie Sullivan Fuchs’ work engages us. Her documentary style recordings of geographic settings present nature and location as seemingly straightforward subjects. Yet, when projected onto unconventional surfaces or installed in unusual gallery configurations, they reveal an intricate dialogue that displaces our illusions of certainty.

As a Conceptual artist, Fuchs devises a theroretically abstract format for addressing issues in contemporary feminist philosophy. Referencing ideas of gender identity and subjectivity, she presents a distinct vision of women’s lives that emphasizes both singular and collective experinces, rather than an all-encompassing female narrative."

Presence, Julien Robson, Curator of Contemporary Art, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY -  2006