Jeffrey Vallance

Jeffrey Vallance (b. 1955, U.S.A.) lives and works in Los Angeles. Vallance’s work encompasses object-making, installation, performance, curating and writing. His work engages religious and secular aspects of pop culture in peculiar and particular ways. Critics have described his work as an indefinable cross-pollination of many disciplines. Recent solo exhibitions include Centre d’édition contemporaine, Genève (2012); Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York City (2010); Ájtte Sámi Museum, Jokkmokk (2009); Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana (2007); and De Vleeshal, Middelburg (2007). Vallance has participated in group exhibitions at Marlborough Chelsea, New York City (2012); Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2010-2011); The Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles (2009); University Art Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego (2009); Barbican Art Gallery, London (2008); and CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco (2008); amongst others. Currently Vallance is a Visiting Assistant Professor in New Genres at the University of California in Los Angeles. He received a BA in Art from the California State University, Northridge (1979) and a MFA from the Otis Art Institute of the Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles (1981).