SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2008   College of New Rochelle, NY

2007   Domo Gallery, Summit, NJ

           Visual Art Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ

2006   Safe-T-Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

            Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY

2005   The Art Guild of Rahway, Rahway, NJ, Consumed, (catalogue, essay)
Professor of American Studies at Rutgers University, Contributing Editor New jersey Monthly Magazine and
author of numerous books

2004   Secaucus Transfer Station, NJ, Permanent Installation of NJ Transit Murals

1999   Kent Place Gallery, Summit, NJ

1998   New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ Works on Paper

1997   Johnson & Johnson Gallery, Corporate Headquarters, New Brunswick, NJ

1996   New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, (catalogue, essay)

            Roundabout Theatre, New York City

1994   Union County College, Tomasulo Gallery, Cranford, NJ

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Since 1997:

2008   Jersey City Museum, NJ, “Sprawl” (catalogue)

2007   Art Now Miami, FL, Art Fair showing with Safe T Gallery

Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, New York “Green”

George Billis Gallery, New York City, “Good Niight Sun”

Affero Gallery, Newark, New Jersey, “Our Man in Havana, The Vacuum Cleaner in Art”

2006   The Studio, Armonk, NY, “Winter Solstice V: Expressions of Our Time and Place

Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY, “Trash, what we value and what we throw away”

Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah,”Palpable Painting”

2005   Jersey City Museum, NJ, “Jersey City Interprets” (works from the Permanent Collection)

Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, “Artistic Fragments” curated by Benny Andrews

Victory Hall, Jersey City, NJ, “SKYway” curated by Roc’o Aranda-Alvarado, Jersey City Museum

2004   Newark Arts Council, Newark, NJ, “Mix in the Bricks” curated by Chakaia Booker

Art in Embassies Program, Minsk, Belarus 2004-2006

2003   NJ State Council on the Arts, Trenton, NJ “Selections from the State Museum’s Permanent Collection”

Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, New York, “Paper 2003”

Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ, “NJ Fine Arts Annual”, (catalogue)

 
2002   Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ, “Preview: NJ Transit Murals”, Two Person Exhibit

NJ State Museum, Trenton, NJ, “Women’s Works: Fine Art from the Museum’s Collection

Bruton Street Gallery, London, England, “Gallery Artists”, (catalogue)

2001   Bruton Street Gallery, London, England, “New Year, New Talent”, catalogue)

Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, “15E: Contemporary Art and the NJ Turnpike”, (catalogue)

2000   Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York, Flat Files

Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ, “From the Slide Registry” Three Person Exhibition

1999   New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, “New Jersey Arts Annual”, (catalogue)

Rowean University, Glassboro, NJ, “Uncommon Landscape”

New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ, “Art in Summit - Centennial Exhibition”

Walker Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, NJ, “Spirit of the City”

1998   MB Modern Gallery, New York City, “New York Perspectives”

           National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, Art in the Academy, Two Person Exhibit

Saint Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire, “The Art of Representation”

William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, Ben Shahn Galleries,” Biennial,” (catalogue)

1997 Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ, Two-Person Exhibit

New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, “Current Perspectives of Urban Landscapes” (catalogue)

AWARDS:

2006   George Sugarman Foundation Grant for painting

Strategic Opportunity Grant, New York State Council on the Arts and New York Foundation for the Arts

2002   Artist in Residence Fellowship, Newark Museum

1998   Residency Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, 1998

1992   Painting Fellowship, New Jersey State Council on the Arts

167rd Annual Julius Hallgarten Prize, National Academy of Design, New York City (catalogue)

1988163rd Annual Julius Hallgarten Prize, National Academy of Design, New York City (catalogue)

PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND LECTURES:

2006: Artists Using Discards: Media and Message, Chakaia Booker, Jenny Krasner, Valeri Larko,

Panel Discussion & Exhibit, Federation of NY solid waste and

recycling convention, Sagamore, Lake George, NY

2002: Artist in Residence Lecture and Exhibition: Newark Museum, NJ

PUBLIC & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:

Jersey City Museum, NJ,

Montclair Museum, NJ.

The New Jersey State Museum, Trenton,

New Jersey Transit, Secaucus, NJ,

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

Johnson & Johnson Corporation, New Brunswick, NJ.

Fox Industries, Foster City, CA.

MacArthur Petroleum, Newark, NJ.

IMTT - Bayonne, NJ.

Ginsburg Development Companies, Valhalla, NY

PharmaTech International, Fairfield, NJ

Cooper Alloy, Hillside NJ

Monmouth Bonding, Newark, NJ,

Kuehne Chemical, Kearny, NJ.

City Hall, Summit, NJ.

Latham & Watkins, Newark, NJ

Broad Street Associate LLC, Newark, NJ

Wolff & Samson, West Orange, NJ

PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS:

Fragmented Glass Murals for Bus Shelter, Summit, NJ

New Jersey Transit Murals, Secaucus Transfer Station

Commission for Mayor’s Office, City Hall, Summit, NJ

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Veterans Administration, Metuchen, NJ

Veterans Administration, Paramus, NJ

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS since 1997:

Harpers Magazine, June edition, 2007

Jersey City - A Monumental History, June 2007, Randall Gabrielan, Published by Shiffer Publishing

Summit Magazine, October 2006, Finding Beauty in Industrial Landscapes, Jacqueline Herships

Waste Age Magazine. August 2006, Queen of the Heap, Artist’s paintings ispired by NJ landfill, Ptti Verbanas

The Courier News, June 29, 2006, Trashy Art, Soho show casts fresh perspectives, Ralph Bellantoni

Rocketboom Video Blog, Wednesday June 28, 2006, Trash Interview by Sherng-Lee Huang

New Jersey Star Ledger, May 19, 2006, A faculty for diversity, Dan Bischoff

The Riverdale Press, March 23, 2006, “Overlapping Images,Two artists examine complex layers of urban life”

New Jersey Star Ledger, March 15, 2006, Artsnotes, “Jersey vistas in Brooklyn” Dan Bischoff

Courier News, “Junkyard Beauty: Valeri Larko Paints Waste Into Wonder”, Ralph Bellantoni, November 24, 2005

Worrall Newspapers, “Artist highlights lost items along the state’s landscape”. Jeff Cummins, November 17, 2005

NJN Public Televison & Radio, “Turnpike” TV Documentary on the New Jersey Turnpike, 2005

Journal News, May 19, 2005, “Artists live & breathe art at Media Loft”, Len Maniace

New Jersey Monthly Magazine, January 2003, "Bruce Springstein and 40 More New Jerseyans We Love" Maggie Bruen

New York Times, November 10, 2002, "Think Modern Art is Junk" Margo Nash

New Jersey Star Ledger, August 16, 2002, “They’ve been working on the Railroad”, Dan Bischoff

New York Times, August 11, 2002, “Murals for a Rail Hub Evoke Power of Transportation” William Zimmer

New York Times, April 28, 2002, “Themes are Universal in Artworks by Women” William Zimmer

Harpers Magazine, April edition, 2002

New Jersey Star Ledger, October 2, 2001, “Asphalt Artery”, Dan Bischoff

New York Times, November 12, 2000,”The Sounds of Creativity: Artists’ Studios Are Not So Still”, William Zimmer

Art of the State - New Jersey, Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1999

New York Times, September 5, 1999, “Unexpected Pleasures”, William Zimmer

New York Times, August 1, 1999, “Recent Works with an Air of Familiarity” Barry Schwabsky

New York Times, July 30, 1999, “A Garden of Subjects, Materials & Styles Across New Jersey”, Holland Cotter

New Jersey Star Ledger, July 23, 1999, “Dramatic Diversity”, Dan Bischoff

New York Times, September 27, 1998, “Familiar Sights, Freshly Portrayed”, William Zimme

New Jersey Monthly Magazine, May 1998,”Painting a Lost World”, Joel Lewis,

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New Jersey Star Ledger, July 10, 1997, “Industrial Scenes on canvas”, Ada Brunner

New York Times, March 30, 1997, “Not Your Average Bucolic Landscapes”, William Zimmer