About:

Valerie Lloyd is drawn to the quiet language of form, color, and metaphor. Her paintings—ranging from abstract compositions to simplified still lifes and occasional illustrative works—are meditations on presence, spirituality, and the layered meanings found in everyday objects.

As both a painter and the owner/curator of Surface Gallery in Colorado Springs, Valerie sees art as a conversation: between emotion and form, artist and viewer, and the creative community as a whole. A lifelong creative, she has shared her passion through her own practice, commissioned design work, and as an art educator for students of all ages. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Education from Colorado State University and believes deeply in the transformative power of art to inspire, connect, and shape culture.

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Exhibitions:

2024- In Lieu of Flowers, a solo exhibit at Surface Gallery

2024- Five: raw a group show at Surface Gallery

2023- Five, a group show at Surface Gallery

2023- solo exhibition at Kreuser Gallery

2022-G44 Gallery invitational group Holiday show

2022-Gratitude juried group show, Kreuser Gallery

2022-G44 Gallery invitational group Holiday show

2021-Gratitude juried group show, Kreuser Gallery

2021- G44 Gallery invitational group Holiday show

2021- Tiny works invitatinoal group show at Story Coffee, Colorado Springs

2020- Gratitude juried group show, Kreuser Gallery

2019- solo exhibition at Kreuser

2018- group show at New Covenant Christian Fellowship, Woodland Park, CO

2017- solo exhibit at The Machine Shop

2016- A Collaborative Art Exhibition of Downtown Colorado Springs Curators group show at Dream Catchers, Colorado Springs, CO

2014- small works juried group show at Modbo art gallery

2013- taught preschool classes at Modbo School of Art

2012- painted small mural in Green Streets festival, Colorado Springs, CO

2012- solo exhibition at Yobel

2008- mural painted at City Bible Church

2007- Mural painted at La Dawn Cafe in Vancouver, Washington

2006- Mural painted at Tillamook Preschool

1998- group show at Colorado State University

Relevant work experience:

2022-current - owned and curated exhibitions for local and regional artists at Surface Gallery

2013-2021- Curated First Friday exhibitions for various local artists, also created and managed in-house artist residency program

2013-taught preschool classes at Modbo School of Art

1998-2003- taught art at Ridgeview High School

1997-98-worked with It’s A Gas, an after school art program for at-risk children in Loveland, CO