Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008

Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, “Mongolian Horses and Siberian Tigers: New Paintings,” New York, New York
Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, “Cambodian Flower Archaeology: New Monotypes,” New York, New York

2006

Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, “Review: Cranes, Herons and Waterbirds,” New York, New York
Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, “Preview: Rainforests, Cloudforests and Pine,” New York, New York
College of the Marshall Islands, “Valentina DuBasky with the US Embassy Majuro,” Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands

2005

Ogilvie-Pertl Gallery, “The Crane Series,” Chicago, Illinois
The National Academies of Sciences, “Riverbirds & Rainforests,” Washington, DC
The Creative Center, “Materia Medica,” New York, New York

2004

Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, “The Crane & Heron Series,” New York, New York
Friesen Fine Arts, “Paintings by Valentina DuBasky,” Sun Valley, Idaho
Teaneck Creek Conservancy, “Atlantic Flyway Project, ” Teaneck, New Jersey

2002
Valentina DuBasky, Friesen Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho 2001
New Paintings, Art Center Gallery, Silpakorn University, Bangkok
Forests, Orchids & Fossils: New Landscape Paintings, Cheryl Pelavin Fine Art, New York City

2000
Ancient Futures: New Paintings & Monoprints, Cheryl Pelavin Fine Art, New York City
Representation Debut, Friesen Gallery, Seattle
Orchids on the Way to the Temple, Galerie Timothy Tew, Atlanta
Through Bending Trees, Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho

1998
Memory & Light: New Paintings, Cheryl Pelavin Fine Art, New York City
Materia Medica: New Monoprints, Cheryl Pelavin Fine Art, New York City

1997
Paintings, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Landscape, Archaeology & Memory, Paintings, Sculpture & Monoprints

1985-97
UNCA Gallery, NC.

1995
Painting Retrospective, Rena Haveson Gallery, Pittsburgh
Photographs, Gallery f32, Asheville, NC.

1991
New Paintings, Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York City

International projects
2008

China. Travels to Xianghai Nature Reserve in Manchuria, northeastern China, with the International Crane Foundation. Works on the studies for The Crane Series Paintings.
Mongolia. Prepares studies of Mongolian horses for The Mongolian Horse Paintings.

2007

China. Travels to Xianghai Nature Reserve in Manchuria, northeastern China, and Muriavovka Nature Park in eastern Russia with the International Crane Foundation. Works on the studies for The Crane Series Paintings.

Thailand. Visits Tiger Temple in western Thailand, a tiger conservation project initiated by Buddhist monks at a forest Buddhist temple and creates studies for The Tiger Paintings.
Cambodia. Prepares studies for Cambodian Flower Archaeology Monotypes.

2006

Thailand. Artist in residence with The Pang Mapha Highland Archaeology Project, Pang Mapha, Northwestern Thailand near the Burma border, at the invitation of Dr. Rasmi Scoocondej, Professor at Silpakorn University in Bangkok. Visits oldest archaeological sites in Thailand, lives in a Karen village and travels in the northern highlands. Creates The Mang Mapha Highland Archaeology Portfolio, a series of paintings in response to the sacred mountain top and underground archaeological sites.

Republic of the Marshall Islands. Works on drawings.

Hawaii. Research on ancient petroglyphic art for her own cave-wall paintings a nd drawings.

2005

Guatemala. Works on Rainforest Drawings.

New York. Founder of Art in a Box, a 501 (c) (3), nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering children at risk or in crisis situations through art and education.

2003

Italy. Travels to Rome and Pompeii. Works on drawings.
Teaneck Creek Conservancy, NJ. Atlantic Flyway Earthwork Project with a grant from the Puffin Foundation

2002

Latvia and Estonia. Art Ambassador for the Arts in Embassies Program. Conducts cultural exchange and public programs in Latvia and Estonia for the Arts in Embassies Program Arts-US Department of State, in conjunction with US Embassies. Organizes a Visual Research Trip to old cultural sites in the Baltics for university students. Conducts art research on the Amber Route for her paintings.

St Petersberg, Russia. Visits the Hermitage.

Havana, Cuba. Travels to Havana on a cultural license to participate in Toxic Landscapes: Artists Look at the Environment, an invitational exhibition of environmental artists.

2001

Thailand. Visiting Artist at Silpakorn University, through a US Embassy grant. Lives in Bangkok and teaches at Silpakorn University, the national Art University. Creates paintings for The Ancient Futures Series, from her studio near The Grand Palace.
Khorat, Thailand.

Develops Art and Ancient Civilizations Research Program and visits Khmer ruins in Northeastern Thailand with Thai professors and graduate students from Silpakorn and Mayasarakam Universities.

Vietnam. Travels to Vietnam as a guest of the Vietnam Red Cross to interview families for a series of paintings, The Agent Orange Journal.

India. Participates in Advaita Vedanta pilgrimage, visits the Himalayas, sacred mountain at Tiravanamali and travels to Kerala. Keeps an artists journal about the sacred mountain at Tiravanamali.

2000

Turkey. Visits The Anatolian Museum of Art and visits Cappadocia in western Turkey to research the cave art.

Laos. Visits temples and travels on the Mekong River. Keeps travel sketchbooks.

1999 Israel, Jordan and Egypt. Visits ancient and historical sites, including Petra. Conducts visual research on Coptic art and ancient manuscript paintings.

Costa Rica. Works on Rainforest Drawings.

1998

Cambodia. Serves as an Official UN Election Observer of the Cambodian National Elections and receives UN training with 600 observes from 34 countries.
Myanmar. Visits ancient temple city in Bagan. Keeps travel sketchbooks.

Morocco. Travels through the Atlas Mountains to the Erg Cheddi.

1994

Cambodia. Writes, photographs and produces To Plant Seeds; To Gather Wood: Landmines in Cambodia, a traveling, educational exhibition of text and photographs documenting the impact of landmines on communities in Cambodia. Exhibited at numerous venues.

Cambodia. Works as a photographer on Soul Survivors, Stories of Women and Children in Cambodia, an oral history book about women and children survivors of the Khmer Rouge. Written by Carol Wagner with 64 photographs by Valentina DuBasky and published by Creative Arts Books, Berkeley (2002), reprinted by Wild Iris Press, Oregon (2007)

1993

France. Visits the Lascaux caves. Works on studies for paintings.

1991

Vietnam. Photographer for The Associated Press on assignment in Vietnam.
Cambodia. Visits Cambodia for the first time two months after the cease fire has been signed.

1989

Malaysia and Indonesia. Begins the Bird and Rainforest Paintings.

1987

India. Works on drawings about The Silk Route.

Nepal. Visit Nature parks and works on travel sketchbooks.

1986

Mexico. Visits the Yucatan, Mexico and creates The Primate Series based on a trip to the Yucatan forest.

1985

Japan. Visits Kyoto and Nara.
The Silk Route, China. Travels to Western China to research Buddhist cave paintings on the Silk Route and to prepare for her own cave wall paintings. Creates The Caravan Series, a collection of bronze sculpture.

1984

Alaska. Travels across Canada and the Inside Passage to Alaska.

1983

Spain, Portugal and France. Begins The Stag Series Paintings.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008

Pang Mapha Arch aeological Site, “From Different Horizons of Rock Shelter,” Pang Mapha, Thailand National Gallery of Art, “From Different Horizons of Rock Shelter,” Bangkok, Thailand

Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, “Print Show,” New York, New York

2007

Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, “25 Years of Printmaking at Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts,” New York, New York

2006

Friesen Fine Art, “Alignment,” Seattle, Washington
Robert Roman Galleries, “Oil & Wax,” Scottsdale, Arizona
Ogilvie-Pertl Gallery, “Group Show,” Chicago, Illinois
Ogilvie-Pertl Gallery & Larsen Gallery, “Art Scottsdale,” Scottsdale, Arizona
Traveling Exhibition, “Agent Orange: Consequence of War, a Call to Conscience,” Marlboro College Gallery, Vermont;

Brandeis University Gallery, Boston; George Washington University Gallery, Washington, DC.

2005

Siano Gallery, “Oil & Wax: Chapter & Verse,” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2004

Ogilvie-Pertl Gallery, “Two Artists,” Chicago, Illinois
Robert L. Kidd Gallery, “The New Realism,” Detroit, Michigan
The Puffin Foundation, “Two Artists: Reflections of Cambodia,” Teaneck, New Jersey
Teaneck Creek Conservancy, “Returning the Brownfields of Teaneck Creek: Artists Bite Back,” Teaneck, New Jersey
Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences,“Toxic Landscape,” Love Ladies, New Jersey
DKNY, “Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Benefit,” New York, New York
Robert L. Kidd Gallery, “Dealer’s Choice,” Detroit, Michigan

2003
Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, Flora and Fauna: Manifestations, NYC
United States Embassy, American Artists, Panama

2002
Art in Embassy's Exhibition, Residence of the American Ambassador, Riga, Latvia

2001
Group Exhibition, Friesen Gallery, Seattle
Group Exhibition, Norton Exhibit, Seattle
Toxic Landscape, Puffin Foundation Exhibition, traveling exhibition

2000
Group Exhibition, Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley

1999
American Artists, United States Embassy, Lima. Peru
American Artists, United States Embassy, Rejkavik, Iceland
American Artists, United States Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand
Sitting Pretty, Met Life Windows Exhibition, NYC.
Birdsong, Laurie Seeman Gallery, Nyack, NY.

1998
Visual Dialogues: 15 Women Artists, Robert Kidd Gallery, Detroit, MI.
Nature/Culture, The Arts Exchange Show, NYC., curated by Ronny Cohen
4 Artists, Lone Star Park Gallery, Dallas TX.
Group Exhibition, Tower Air, curated by Jeannie Greenberg

1997
Sizzle, Jeffrey Coploff Gallery, NYC.
Group Exhibition, Hillwood Museum, Chattanooga, TN.
Art of Hearts Benefit Exhibition, Nora Haime Gallery, NYC.
Group Exhibition, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC.
National Horse Show, Robert Kidd Gallery, Detroit, MI.

1996
Partners in Printmaking: Works from Solo Impressions, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
Painting Exhibition, Hillwood Museum, Long Island University, NY.
Three Photographers, June Kelly Gallery, NYC.
American Artists, United States Embassy, Muscat, Oman
Recent Monotype Editions, Pelavin Editions, NYC.
Group Exhibition, Robert L. Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI.

1995
American Artists, United States Embassy, Amman, Jordan
Inaugural Exhibition, Michele Bigue Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

reviews and articles

2008

Szeto-Chan, Erin. “Caving In,” In New York: Eclectic Collector, July, 2008;
color reproduction of Tiger Orchid/ Sri Lanka, 2001

2007

Anon., “Valentina DuBasky’s Cambodian Journal at the Java Arts,” Apsara Television,
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 9 June, 2007

Ledden, Liz. "Preview: Cambodian Journal: Human resilience and the strong Cambodian spirit are themes that artist

Valentina DuBasky explores in her new exhibition,” Asia Life, Phnom Penh, June, 2007, p49

Vachon, Michelle. “Back to Basics: Two Artist’ Return to Drawing,” The Cambodia Daily, 16-17 June 2007, Issue 483; color reproductions of Crossing the Street in Hanoi, 1994 and Resting Soldier, 1994

2006 Anon., “Rain Clouds: Valentina DuBasky at Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts,” The New York Sun, On The Town, 18 May 2006;color reproduction of Riverbank Late Afternoon, 2006, p12

Schwendener, Martha. "Valentina DuBasky,” The New Yorker, Goings On About Town, 17 April, 2006

2005

Goodman, Janis. “Riverbirds & Rainforests: Paintings by Valentina DuBasky at the National Academy of Sciences,” WETA-Public Television: Around Town/ Best Bets, Washington, DC, 5 August, 2005

Tierney, Robin. The Examiner, Washington, DC, 29 October, 2005; reproduction of Red Bird & Reeds, 2005

2004

Anon., Who's Who, 1991-2003

Anon., Who's Who in American Art, Jacques Cattel Press, New York, New York, 1990-2003

catalogs and publications

2008

From [Different] Horizons of Rockshelter, exhibition catalog, published by Silpakorn University Press, Bangkok,Thailand, 2008; reproductions of 6 paintings from the Pang Mapha Highland Archaeology Project, 2008

2005

Oil & Wax: Chapter & Verse, exhibition catalog; color reproduction of Spotted Horse, 1999

The National Academies Press: Trade Offerings, catalog of publications; published by Joseph Henry Press; fall 2005, color reproduction of Cranes, Warblers and Ironwood, 2003 (cover)

The National Academies Press: New and Forthcoming Books, catalog of publications; published by Joseph Henry Press; fall 2005, color reproduction of Shore Site, 2005 (cover)

Riverbirds and Rainforests, exhibition catalog; essay by Cynthia Nadelman, foreword by JD Talasek, National Academies of Science Gallery, Washington, DC; 11 color plates

Selected Museum Collections

Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Alternative Museum, New York City
Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, New Jersey

Xianghai Museum, Xianghai Nature Reserve, Xianghai, China

grants selected recent)
2006 Artist in Residence, Highland Archaeology Project, Thailand