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I'm an artist-printmaker, a wildlife gardener and an environmentalist. Based in Ely, in the Fens, these days I spend a lot of time outdoors looking at insects, birds and plants during the changing seasons, and observing the interconnectedness of all things in the natural world - the ecosystem. I hand carve my own designs into wood and print using my etching press onto Fabriano 285gsm printmaking paper. If you would like to purchase any of the work on this website you can contact me via my Instagram account, valeriesims.artistprintmaker or by email at print.sales@ valeriesims.co.uk. All woodcuts are sold unframed and will be sent free of charge by courier (tracked and insured) to mainland UK - for other destinations please ask for a price. As a price guide, my woodcuts are £60 - £110 unframed, depending on size. The mini hand coloured woodcuts are £25 unframed. Alternatively my coastal themed wooodcuts can be found online at Buy The Sea. |
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Education |
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| 2002 - 2005 | BA (Hons) Fine Art Printmaking, Cambridge School of Art. | |
| 2000 - 2002 | National Diploma in Fine Art, Cambridge Regional College. | |
| Teaching | ||
| 2008 - 2015 | Curwen Print Study Centre | |
| Prints published | ||
| 2019 | Wings Over Water - Mascot Media; Tideline Foragers, Cootling, Cuckoo Bridge, Ebb Tide, Saltmarsh, Beach Boys, Hernshaw, Lode Swans (woodcuts) | |
| 2018 | The Artful Hare (New Edition) - Mascot Media; Running, Jumping, Sitting (woodcuts)olk Jewels | |
| 2017 | Suffolk Jewels - Mascot Media; Mere (woodcut)Suf | |
| Norfolk Gems - Mascot Media; Saltmarsh, Oystercatchers, Jetty, Creek, Walkway, Staithe, Pinkfoots (woodcuts) | ||
| 2016 | The Wrack Line by Robert Edric (cover art) - ps publishing; Styx (Relief print) | |
| The Elegant Fowl - Mascot Media; Hunter's Dawn, The Ring (woodcuts) | ||
| Lost and Found - Fenland Reed, issue 2; Dodo (etching) | ||
| 2015 | Shorelines - Lautus Press; Shoreline (woodcut) | |
| The Artful Hare - Mascot Media; Running, Jumping, Sitting (woodcuts) | ||
| Past, Current and Upcoming Exhibitions | ||
| 202320 | Christmas Open Studios | |
| Creatives Together Makers Market - The Old Dispensary, Ely, Cambs. | ||
| Ely Watercolour Workshop - The Almonry, Ely, Cambs. | ||
| Ely Apple & Harvest Fayre - Cross Green, Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambs. | ||
| 2022 | Cambridge Open Art Exhibition 2020 - Swavesey Village College, Cambs. | |
| 2019 | Printmakers Wildlife & Wings Over Water - Birdscapes Gallery, Glandford, Norfolk | |
| 2018 | East Anglian Landscapes - The Apex, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk | |
| Cambridge Open Art Exhibition Top 20 Artists - Storey's Field Centre, Eddington Ave., Cambridge | ||
| Cambridge Open Art Exhibition 2018 - Swavesey Village College, Cambs. (Top 20) | ||
| Connections Open 2018 - The Maltings, Wells-next-the Sea, Norfolk | ||
| Ely Art Society Summer Exhibition - The Hayward Theatre, Kings School, Ely, Cambs. | ||
| Cambridge Open Studios (Weekends 1, 2, 3 & 4) | ||
| Old Fire Engine House 50th Summer Exhbition - The Old Fire Engine House Gallery, Ely, Cambs. | ||
| 'Printmakers Wildlife' - Birdscapes Gallery, Glandford, Norfolk. | ||
| NT Wicken Fen Pop Up Gallery - NT Wicken Fen, Wicken, Cambs. | ||
| Isle of Ely Arts Festival Pop Up Gallery - Jubilee Gardens, Ely, Cambs. | ||
| Red Dot Mini Print Exhibition - Stow on the Wold, Woodbridge & Wingfield Barns. | ||
| 2017 | Christmas Open Studio | |
| Foxton Art Exhibition - Foxton, Cambs. | ||
| Hahnemühle Mini Print Exhibition - Aldeburgh, Norwich, Cambridge, Halesworth & Bungay. | ||
| Cambridge Open Studios (Weekends 1, 2, 3 & 4) | ||
| DOUBLE VISION - Reflections on the landscape - The Old Fire Engine House Gallery, Ely, Cambs. | ||
| 2016 | Cambridge Open Art Exhibition Top 20 - Babylon Gallery, Ely, Cambs. | |
| Cambridge Open Art Exhibition 2016 - Swavesey Village College, Cambs. (Top 20) | ||
| East Anglia Mini Print Exhibition - The Edmund Gallery, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. | ||
| East Anglia Mini Print Exhibition - Garage Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk. | ||
| Cambridge Open Studios (Weekends 2, 3 & 4) | ||
| Leeds Craft & Design Centre, Leeds, Yorks. | ||
| 'Words' - Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville, Bucks. | ||
| 2015 | 'ADVENT!' - Babylon Gallery, Ely, Cambs. | |
| 'Sitting Ducks' - Prickwillow Phonebox Art Gallery - Prickwillow, Cambs. | ||
| Cambridge Open Studios (Weekends 1, 3 & 4) | ||
| Cambridge Open Studios, Eastern Preview Exhibition - Babylon Gallery, Ely, Cambs. | ||
| 2014 | 'ADVENT!' - Babylon Gallery, Ely, Cambs. | |
| 'Elementals' - Long Acre Studios, Bingham, Nottingham. | ||
| Cambridge Original Printmakers - The Pitt Building, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, Cambridge. | ||
| Cambridge Open Studios (Weekends 3 & 4) at the ACE Foundation - Stapleford Granary, Stapleford, Cambs. | ||
| Impington Village College Annual Art Exhibition - Impington Village College, Cambs. | ||
| 'Rheebridge Top 20' - Williams Art, Gwydir Street, Cambridge. | ||
| 2013 | 'Christmas Exhibition' - Cambridge Contemporary Art, Trinity Street, Cambridge. | |
| Rheebridge Open Art Exhibition - @the atrium, Cottenham 6th Form Centre, Cambs. (Runner-up Prize) | ||
| 'Husk of Hares' - Babylon Gallery, Ely, Cambs. | ||
| 'Craft & Design Showcase' - Babylon Gallery, Ely, Cambs. | ||
| Cambridge Open Studios (Weekends 2, 3 & 4). | ||
| Leeds Craft & Design Centre, Leeds, Yorks. | ||
| 'Beside the Sea' - Cambridge Contemporary Art, Trinity Street, Cambridge. | ||
| 'Woodlands' - Cambridge Contemporary Art, Trinity Street, Cambridge. | ||
| 'CAMaraderie II' - Williams Art, Gwydir Street, Cambridge. | ||
| 'Art on the Hill' - Friends' School, Saffron Walden, Essex. | ||
| 2012 | 'Christmas Cornucopia' - Haddenham Gallery, Haddenham, Cambs. | |
| 'Art Unwrapped for Christmas' - Babylon Gallery, Ely, Cambs. | ||
| Norwich Castle Open Art Show - Norwich Castle, Norwich. | ||
| Rheebridge Open Art Exhibition - @the atrium, Cottenham 6th Form Centre, Cambridge. | ||
| 'Winged' - Kings College Art Centre, Cambridge. | ||
| 'NewArt @ ArtCell' - ArtCell at Cancer Research UK, Addenbrookes site, Cambridge. | ||
| 'Craft and Design Showcase' - Babylon Gallery, Ely, Cambs. | ||
| Cambridge Open Studios (Weekends 2, 3 & 4). | ||
| Group Exhibition, Curwen Print Study Centre, Chilford Hall, Linton, Cambs. | ||
| 2011 | Cambridge Open Studios @ Williams Art - Williams Art, Gwydir Street, Cambridge. | |
| Group Exhibition, Curwen Print Study Centre, Chilford Hall, Linton, Cambs. | ||
| 'Beyond Words' - Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge. | ||
| 'Beyond Words' - Williams Art, Gwydir Street, Cambridge. | ||
| 2010 | 'Small Wonders' - Williams Art, Gwydir Street, Cambridge. | |
| 'Christmas Crunch' - Artworks MK, Milton Keynes. | ||
| General Display, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge. | ||
| 'Fitz favourites' - Williams Art, Gwydir Street, Cambridge. | ||
| 'The Art of Printmaking' - Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge. | ||
| 'The Art of Printmaking' - Williams Art, Gwydir Street, Cambridge. | ||
| 'Behind a Painted Smile' - Williams Art, Gwydir Street, Cambridge. | ||
| 'My Cambridge' - Williams Art, Gwydir Street, Cambridge. | ||
| 'Printemps' - Williams Art, Gwydir Street, Cambridge. | ||
| 'Art for Haiti' - Williams Art, Gwydir Street, Cambridge. | ||
| 2009 | 'Small Wonders' - Williams Art, Gwydir Street, Cambridge. | |
| Group Exhibition, Curwen Print Study Centre, Chilford Hall, Linton, Cambs. | ||
| 2008 | 'Trialogue' - Group Exhibition, Queens' College, Cambridge. | |
| Group Exhibition, Curwen Print Study Centre, Chilford Hall, Linton, Cambs. | ||
| 'Small Print, Big Impression' - Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, Suffolk. | ||
| 2007 | Waterloo Gallery Open - Waterloo, London. | |
| 'Small Print, Big Impression' - Leicester, Northampton & Aberystwyth. | ||
| 2006 | 'Artists in Print' - Group Exhibition, Broughton House Gallery, Cambridge. | |
| Byard Art Open Competition - Byard Art, Cambridge. | ||
| 2005 | Postcard Show, Surface Gallery, Nottingham. | |
| Leicester Print Workshop - Mini-Print Open Competition - City Gallery, Leicester. | ||
| Degree Show, Cambridge School of Art, Cambridge. | ||
| 2004 |
'Signature' - Group Exhibition, RK Burt Gallery, Southwark, London. (Daler-Rowney Percy Street Award) |
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| 2003 | Cambridge Student Art Show. | |
| 2002 | 'Innovate' - Group Exhibition, St John’s Innovation Centre, Cambridge. | |