Valerie Hegarty is an acclaimed New York City based artist who explores issues of memory, place and history through sculpted paintings, sculptures and installations. Starting with a personal inspiration, Hegarty seeks out poetic connections between her personal history, art history and current events. Her sculpted canvases replicate paintings from early American art history, presented as ruined by devices associated with their historical significance. Although representational, Hegarty's works contain surprising juxtapositions and uncanny transformations where materials and meanings are constantly shifting. She relishes the materiality of her process, incorporating a range of materials such as canvas, wood, Foamcore, paper-mache, epoxy and ceramics. Hegarty has had exhibitions with multiple Chelsea galleries and museums around the world, among others including a commission for a public sculpture on the High Line, NY and a show of site-specific installations in The Brooklyn Museum’s period rooms. Her work is included in sixteen museums’ permanent collections. *** Hegarty's artwork is currently showing at , Miriam West Village, 140 Seventh Ave S, New York, NY ***