January 31 - February 19, 2020

Opening reception: January 31, 6-8 PM

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Défloré(e)s (Deflowered) is a solo exhibition by Valérie Hallier. Composed of six site-specific wall pieces, a sound component and a video projection, this new series of work expands on the theme of deflowering, from the French term déflorer, which refers to the loss of one’s freshness. The resulting installation stages visualizations of the first sexual act, as described by collected stories, and as it pertains to Eros and Thanatos (sex and death). In-between nature and culture, often human-altered and symbolically potent all over the world, flowers in Hallier’s work speak of our connection and disconnection with the natural world and with our own human nature, its carnal and finite qualities. 

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Valérie Hallier, Défloré(e)s, Story 04

Born in France, Valérie Hallier came to New York with a Fulbright scholarship and graduated from SVA Computer Art Dept. Using biographical and everyday experiences, her multimedia practice is conceptual and project based. Hallier’s work is shown internationally in the US including at A.I.R. Gallery, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn Council for the Arts, LMCC gallery, Medianoche gallery (NYC), Housatonic Museum (CT), ACM Siggraph (FL) and SCAN Arts Symposium (PA). In Europe her work was exhibited at the ESAM, Caen, France, Nadania Idriss Gallery in Berlin, Germany & ACM Multimedia Arts Program in the UK. Hallier was commissioned by the LMCC & the Drawing Center (NYC) for Draw Now! and she was selected to be part of BRIC Media Arts first edition Biennial in Brooklyn. Artist residencies include the Swing Space (LMCC), Pioneer Works, NARS Foundation and recently Trestle Art Spaces in Brooklyn, NY.