VALERY JUNG ESTABROOK
valery@valeryestabrook.com
EDUCATION
2016 MFA, Painting and Drawing, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
2005 BA, Visual Art with Honors, Brown University, Providence, RI
2003 Lorenzo de' Medici Institute, Florence, IT (metal and stone sculpture courses)
2002 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (photography courses)
2000 Fine Arts Program, Virginia Governor’s School for Visual & Performing Arts, Richmond, VA
ACADEMIC WORK
2022 - present ARTSLab Manager, University of New Mexico, College of Fine Art
Manage daily operations and maintenance of a facility for interdisciplinary media and immersive tech research.
Provide technical guidance and creative support for faculty, students, and external partners on cross-campus projects.
2019 - present Part-Time Faculty, University of New Mexico, College of Fine Art
Special Projects in Coding (2019 - 2020); Introduction to Electronic Art (2021); Introduction to Interdisciplinary Arts (2022), BAIA Interdisciplinary Art Capstone (2022-present); The Business of being an Artist (2023-present)
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2023 Artist in Residence, Chanorth, Pine Plains, NY
2021 Guest Curator, annual group show, Collar Works Gallery, Troy, NY
2020 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2020 Artist in Residence and Fellow, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2018 Gold Award, AHL-T&W Foundation Annual Contemporary Visual Art Awards, New York, NY
2017 Honorable Mention, Los Angeles Underground Film Forum, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Cerf Award in Art, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Graduate Professional Development Award, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Emmy, Best Documentary-Topical, NATAS Michigan Chapter, Detroit, MI
2011 Best Short Film, Palm Beach Women’s International Film Festival, Palm Beach, FL
2010 Best Art Direction, 48-Hour Film Festival, New York, NY
2007 National Finalist, Visa Invitational Film Competition, San Francisco, CA
2005 Roberta Joslin Award for Excellence in Art, Brown University, Providence, RI
VISITING ARTIST & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2024 Visiting Artist, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
2020 Guest Lecturer, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2020 Guest Lecturer, University of Maryland, New York, NY
2019 Visiting Artist, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
2019 Guest Lecturer, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2018 Visiting Artist, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
2018 Guest Lecturer, Watkins College of Art, Nashville, TN
2018 Panel Speaker, Universal Skin Salvation, The Knockdown Center, Queens, NY
2018 Panel Speaker, Single Channel Video Art Festival, NURTUREart, New York, NY
2014 Visiting Artist & Guest Lecturer, Creative Mind Lecture Series, Brown University, Providence, RI
2008 Panel Speaker, The Artist’s Cut: Moving Image Art, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Return, Bingo Studio Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2020 Hometown Hero (Chink), An American Interior, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2020 The Impeach Mint, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
curated by Ambre Kelly and Andrew Gori
2019 Hometown Hero (Chink), New Image Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
2018 Three American Bodies, The New Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
curated by Michael Dickins
2018 Hand Held, Auxiliary Projects, Brooklyn, NY
curated by Jennifer McCoy and Jennifer Dalton
2017 Thinly Worn & Hometown Hero (Chink), SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
curated by Ambre Kelly and Andrew Gori
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2024 Winter Cherry Blossoms, Albuquerque Bio Park Botanic Garden, Albuquerque, NM
commissioned interactive video projection installation
2024 You Break It, You Buy It, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
curatorial project featuring the work of Neil Mendoza
2023 Dawn in the Desert, Albuquerque Bio Park Botanic Garden, Albuquerque, NM
commissioned immersive video installation with creative contributions by Michael Pino,
Sergio Alvarado, and Mary Tsiongas
2022 PUMP ‘N DUMP : a handjob in low earth orbit & the American dream, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
2-person show and joint curatorial project with Corey Escoto
2020 Horror Vacui, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
curatorial project featuring the work of Kat Ryals
2019 Grey Matter, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
curatorial project featuring the work of Corey Escoto and Rose Nestler
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 You Really Got Me, Jameson & Thompson Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
2024 Political Circus, Ritter Art Gallery at FAU, Boca Raton, FL
2024 Staff Infection, John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2023 Biennial Secret Show, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
2023 (This Is/Is This) How To Do It, Currents New Media Festival, Santa Fe, NM
2022 With or Without You: America, Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA
2022 Korean Artist Benefit Exhibition, AHL Foundation, New York, NY
2022 Have You Eaten?, The Yard: Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Dog Park, Field Projects with Petty Cash Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Time Lapse, Auxiliary Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2020 JAMMED INTO A PARADOX, 601 Artspace, New York, NY
2020 Seasonal Repression, Field Projects, New York, NY
2020 Videos On Loop, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2020 A Series of Ricochets, Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV
2019 Pool Party, C24 Gallery + Field Projects, New York, NY
2019 In the Presence of Absence, EFA Project Space, New York, NY
2019 Holding Breath, Aggregate Space Gallery, Oakland, CA
2019 Bomb Cell, Beverly’s, New York, NY
2019 The Setup, Watkins College Of Art, Nashville, TN
2019 No Place Like, Field Projects Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Objects of Fascination, Currents 826, Santa Fe, NM
2018 I’ll Be Your Mirror, SFA Projects Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Morir Soñando, Knockdown Center, Queens, NY
2018 MESHES, Holland Art Project, Reno, NV
2018 Five Contortions, Granoff Center at Brown University, Providence, RI
2018 Thinly Worn, Currents New Media Festival, Santa Fe, NM
2018 Cardinal Planes, Gallery Korea of the Korean Cultural Center, New York, NY
2018 Single Channel: Video Art Festival, NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Transactional Days, Collar Works Gallery, Troy, NY
2018 One Year of Resistance, Untitled Space, New York, NY
2017 Subversive|Domestic, Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Waynesboro, VA
2017 Beautiful Face, Los Angeles Underground Film Forum, Los Angeles, CA
2017 How to Make an Eggroll, Bideodromo International Video Festival, Bilbao, Spain
2017 Video Visions, CHANNELS Biennial Video Art Festival, Melbourne, Australia
2017 HYPERREALISM, Colony Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2017 BODY FARM, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Taos Fall Open, Coronado Hall, Taos, NM
2016 THRU-LINE, Moynihan Station, New York, NY
2016 Razzle Dazzle, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Erase Hate Through Art, Columbia Art Center, Columbia, MD
2014 The Monstrous Self, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
2013 NURTUREart Juried Benefit, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED PRESS
Artnet, In Pictures: The Best Art of Spring Break Los Angeles 2022, by Sarah Cascone (2022)
Artsy, 6 AAPI Artists Reflect on the Spike in Anti-Asian Violence, by Shannon Lee (2021)
Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Correspondence Archive with Valery Jung Estabrook & Corey Escoto, (2021)
Artnet, Meet the Artists Who Have Transformed Their Studios, by Sarah Cascone (2020)
Seeing Color Podcast, The Space In Between with Valery Jung Estabrook, by Zhiwan Cheung (2020)
Artnet, The White House Gift Shop Is Now Selling This Absurd Commemorative Coin Honoring President Trump’s Fight Against the Coronavirus, by Sarah Cascone (2020)
Artnews, Take a Tour of the 2020 Spring/Break Art Show in New York, by Masato Onoda (2020)
Vermont Studio Center, SIX FEET APART WITH VALERY JUNG (정) ESTABROOK, (2020)
VICE’s Garage, These 7 Artists Are Redefining Patriotism, by Nadja Sayej (2019)
Musee Magazine, Featured Videographer: Valery Jung Estabrook, (2019)
The Taos News, The Face in the Mirror: Works by Taos artist Valery Estabrook, by Dena Miller (2018)
Surface Magazine, Will Work With Food, by Kevin West, No. 144 “The Art Issue” (2017)
VICE, Unsettling Anime Masks Exorcise This Artist's Insecurities, by Beckett Mufson (2017)
HAHA Magazine, Our Favorite Rooms at the 2017 Spring Break Art Show, by Ginger Rudolph (2017)
Artspace, 8 Stand-Out Emerging Artists at SPRING/BREAK, by Will Fenstermaker (2017)
ARTFCITY, State Of The Union At SPRING/BREAK, by Emily Colucci (2017)
ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
2011 - present Post Productionist and Videographer, Freelance
2020 - 2023 Part-Time Arts and Cooking Instructor, The Recovery House
2005 - 2011 Co-founder and Director of Post Production, One Glass Video