Curriculum Vitae
Qualifications relating to Fine Art practice
2010 B.A. (Hons) Fine Art, Hereford College of Art ( Higher Education Centre Prizewinner)
2008 F.D.A. Fine Art, Hereford
2006 City & Guilds N.V.Q. Assessors Certificate
2000 City & Guilds Further Education Teachers Certificate
Experience
2001 – 2023 Took part in h’Art each September
2005 – 2014 Studio based work, talks and workshops with local societies and groups. Initiated and taught experimental Drawing group at Blue Ginger Gallery, Cradley
1990 – 2005 Lecturer Royal Forest of Dean College
Community Arts Project Leader in Hospitals and Centres in Gloucestershire and Herefordshire
1980 – 1990 Retail experience in Bookselling, running Galleries and Craft Workshops
1970 – 1980 Early career as State Registered Nurse /Registered General Nurse
Recent Selected Exhibitions
2023 Laden with Fruit Exhibition Chained Library, Hereford Cathedral
2022- 23 Book Arts at Ledbury Poetry Festival
2019 BookArts 19 Ledbury Poetry Festival
2019 R.W.A. Open, Bristol
2018 BookArts 18, Ledbury Poetry Festival
2017 R.W.A. Open, Bristol
2016 R.W.A. Open Bristol
2016 BookArts 16, Ledbury Poetry Festival
2015 2016,2017 BookArts , Ledbury Poetry Festival
2015 R.W.A. Open , Bristol
2014 R.W.A. Open Bristol
2013 R.W.A. Open Bristol
2013 Hereford Open
2013 BookArts13 Shellhouse gallery, Ledbury Poetry Festival
2012 R.A. Summer Show, London
R.W A. Open, Bristol
2011 Hereford Open, Hereford
R.W.A. Open, Bristol
2010 R.W.A. Open, Bristol
Hereford Open, Hereford
2009 Summer Show, R.K. Burt gallery, Union St. London
Artistree Summer Show, Ledbury Poetry Festival
2008 Unsung Heroes, Courtyard Arts Centre, Hereford
Personal Landscapes, Brecon Theatre
Regenerator : U.W.E. altered Books project Off-Centre Gallery, Bristol
2007 Palace Art-fest, Bishops palace, Hereford
2002 – 2015 Opened Studio each year during Hereford Art Week
Published Books and Articles
2014 Edward Thomas – Paintings and Drawings by Valerie McLean, Fineleaf Editions
2012 Kilpeck and the Romanesque in Herefordshire. Fineleaf Editions
2007 May Hill – paintings and drawings by Valerie McLean, published by Fine Leaf Editions
2005-7 Regular contributor to Residential and Nursing Care, re: Creative and Reminiscence activity for Elderly Care Residents
2003 Time to Remember, Introducing Reminiscence into Elderly Care, published by Elderly Care Books
1999 Only Old Once, Introducing Creativity into Elderly Care, published by Elderly care Books
Public Collections
Hereford City Gallery
University of the West of England Library Artists’ Book Collection