Video Performance Art

Artist Statement

I’m a self-thought artist, with training in music, non-traditional theater, dance, literature, and film studies. My art is a result of my interdisciplinary background and my pluricultural experience. I lived in 5 countries on 3 different continents, and I speak 4 languages. My roots are dispersed around the world. My work does not commit to any artistic representation. As an artist, I don’t feel the need to correlate myself with any specific style or movement. My art is my home and home is nowhere and everywhere.

Since an early age, my passion has been Theatre and Music. In my early 20s, I was introduced to Performance Art. It shifted my artistic perception 360°. For artists like me whose work cannot easily be labeled, Performance Art opened doors for unprecedented creativity while offering absolute freedom of expression. There was no way back.

I am a fearless performer and an extremely creative artist and director. My work is experimental and intuitive. It has a dream-like component to it. I consider myself an instrument through which images and sounds are made, and my art is a free expression of my unconscious self.

About

Valeria studied music at the University of Brasilia (Brazil) and holds a MA degree in Italian literature with a concentration in Film Studies from Indiana University (USA). In 1984, Valeria was introduced to Performance Art and joined the contemporary dance groups Weird Body (1985) and Weather Report (1986), directed by Maura Baiocchi. Valeria has been living in the USA since 1993, where she performed solo and with other local artists. At Indiana University, she was the director of the Teatro Vida (Spanish and Portuguese department) from 2013-2015. In 2016, Valeria performed at the Indiana Bicentennial Celebration at Spring Mills Park with the performance "There’s a Singing Around Me" funded by the Indiana Arts Commission and recipient of the Indiana Bicentennial Award. In 2016, Valeria conceptualized and presented her first Eco performance “Sweet River”. The solo "Inverno", the first part of the project Estaciones was performed in 2016. In 2017, Valeria joined the AsGoodAsMine Collective and participated in the #YourGoddessIsAsGoodAsMine project. In 2017, Valeria finished the project Estaciones and performed "The Fall" at the Writer’s Museum of Chicago. In February 2018, the collective presents Eros & Psyche at the Room Gallery in Venice, Italy. In 2019, Valeria created the Eco performance “Trash Fashion” for the 10th anniversary of the Trashion Refashion Show. In 2020, during the Pandemic, Valeria joined the Breath Performance Project and the Endlessly Performance Group and collaborated online with international artists from different countries. In 2021, Valeria's video performance Mother Earth Perdona was selected for the 1st. International Ecoperformance Festival promoted by the TAANTEATRO Company in Brazil. Valeria’s work “Loneliness” was conceived during the Covid 19 lockdown. This work delves into the themes of Loneliness, social isolation, and existential emptiness that permeate human existence.