Valerie Adler is a South African-born painter and designer.

Biography

Valerie Adler was born in South Africa and moved to England at the age of seventeen to study interior design at the

Inchbald School of Design The Inchbald School of Design was founded in 1960 by Jacqueline Ann Duncan (then Jacqueline Inchbald, married to and working with designer Michael Inchbald), in the family home at 10 Milner Street. Description The impetus for this project arose as ...

. In 1977, after twelve years in Britain, Adler moved to Israel. There she studied the history of art at the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

. She also took drawing lessons from Asher Rodnitsky. In 1982 Adler returned to London to study at the

Chelsea School of Art Chelsea College of Arts is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London based in London, United Kingdom, and is a leading British art and design institution with an international reputation. It offers further and higher educat ...

. She returned to Israel in the early 1990s. Adler had her first solo exhibition at the Galleria Spazia Nuovo in

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during 1986. The following year she had an exhibition at the Soloman Gallery in London and in 1989 she had exhibitions at both the Julius Gottlieb Gallery and at Carmel College in Wellingford. The Artspace Gallery in Jerusalem hosted an exhibition of Adler's work in 1995. The

Ben Uri Gallery The Ben Uri Gallery & Museum is a registered museum and charity based at 108a Boundary Road, off Abbey Road in St John's Wood, London, England. It features the work and lives of émigré artists in London, and describes itself as "The Art Museum ...

in London holds examples of her work.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Adler, Valerie Living people 20th-century South African women artists 20th-century South African painters 21st-century South African women artists Alumni of Chelsea College of Arts Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Jewish women artists Year of birth missing (living people)