Valerie Hird’s work explores cultural mythologies and the roles they play in our societal perceptions of each other. She has spent years moving across cultures listening and collecting stories. She is fascinated by the way some tales survive and evolve to transfer easily between illusion, reality, myth and metaphor. Hird is particularly interested in how iconic images and forms – familiar to all – can be interpreted differently by viewers in different countries and cultures.

Professor of Art, Saint Michaels College, and Professor of Visual Linguistics, CORE Division, Champlain College, in Vermont. BFA from Rhode Island School of Design. MFA from Vermont College. Represented by the Nohra Haime Gallery, 500 West 21 st New York and the Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, VT. Recent exhibitions include MASSMoCA, Porsmouth Museum, Tampa Art Museum, DIVA in Paris, American University of Dubai, Global Center For Drawing, Melbourne, Australia, and at the American Corner, University of Jordan in Amman, Jordan.