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contemporary artists in la Biennale di Venezia issue RED UMBRELLA, 2019 MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS 40 X 30 INCHES.
CINQUE TERRE, 2018 OIL ON CANVAS 60 X 40 CM.

BEACH HOUSE, 2016 OIL ON CANVAS 81X100 CM.

SOLE’ ME, 2018 OIL ON CANVAS 114 X 146 CM.

VALERIE GHOUSSAINI
Lives and works in Naples, FL, United States
valerieghoussaini.com

Europe since 2004. They include Artbox. Projects Basel and Zug,
Switzerland, Miami, Florida; Ashton Gallery San Diego, California;
Kokomo Union Street Gallery , Indiana; The German Embassy,
London, England among others. Her clothing line is featured
on shopvida.com an online website that produces textiles
designed by artists and created by artisans in under developed
countries. All proceeds from her artwork sales benefit charitable
organizations.

Valerie Ghoussaini is a visual artist specializing in the fine art
of painting. Her work is a narrative written in paint of her many
travels and experiences. Her paintings are collected throughout
Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Japan and South America as
well as the USA. In 2015 and 2017 she was featured at the Venice
Biennale through the European Cultural Center. Her 2017 series,
Women of Power and Interest was accompanied by a durational
performance art piece, inspired by her work, for the opening
nights of the Biennale. An additional interactive element allowed
the viewer to participate through the internet.
Valerie was also commissioned by the Greater Naples Leadership
Organization to paint a sculpted turtle which now resides in the
Naples, Florida Zoo as part of the permanent collection. One of
her paintings from her Days at the Beach Series is part of public
art in Pompano Beach, Florida. Her painting Blue Girl hangs in
the African art wing of the Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art.
Valerie has also worked as a curator producing over 10 pop
up gallery shows in Florida and Nice, France since 2008. Her
paintings have been shown in galleries throughout the USA and

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