Val Britton

Devil’s Tower/Thunder Basin & Sheridan/Buffalo, 2011

Collage and mixed media on paper

16.5 x 14 in. each

Courtesy of the artist

Retail Value: $2,200

Val Britton (Affiliate ’06) constructs immersive, collaged drawings that employ the visual language of maps to navigate the terrain of memory and imagination.  Britton has recently exhibited at Secret Project Robot in Brooklyn, Jack Fischer Gallery in San Francisco, John Michael Koler Arts Center, San Jose Museum of Art, and Katonah Museum of Art, and her work has been featured in publications including New American Paintings and Artweek.  Britton’s work is held in several public collections, including the New York Historical Society and the Library of Congress.  In 2010, she was the recipient of a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation.  Britton received her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA from California College of the Arts.  She lives and works in San Francisco.