✨ Spotlight Series: Emily Valentine ✨
Catch Emily Valentine's powerful work from February 27th to March 9th at Windowsmith Gallery.

Emily Valentine is a contemporary mixed media artist living and working in bothAustralia and her native New Zealand.She studied Jewellery & Object Design atSydney College of the Arts in 1987 and has worked in various creative fields.Valentine’swork now spans both contemporary wearable art and sculpture.Herwork isboth visually striking and deeplythought-provokingUsing feathers froma variety of bird species,all ethically sourced.Shewishestoactivatetheviewerandask them to question our calloustreatment of animals and birds, andwhywe sub-consciously classify animals–pet or pest, valued or worthless, beautifulor plain.Valentine has exhibited her wearable art and three-dimensional work innumerous solo, group and touring exhibitions in both Australia and NewZealand.She has also been a winner and finalist of numerous awards:In 2007,she was a recipient of the 30th Alice Springs Acquisition Awardfor herDog FluSeries.In 2011, she won The Cat Advocate Prize for Emerging artists, for herworkCatty Birdandin 2014, Valentine won the WOW Factor Award in the 2014World Of Wearable Art.