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Name valerie oliveiroAbout Valerie Oliveiro is Singapore born but she lives and works far away from her beloved nation state in Champaign, IL (on the campus of the University of Illinois). Before she became the resident photographer at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, she was a freelance Production Manager and Stage Manager for 14 years. She received an MFA (Yale School of Drama) in Stage Management. She has worked with international artists in performing arts venues and festivals all around the world. She is a self taught photographer. She draws inspiration from artists Ong Keng Sen, Candida Hofer, Thomas Demand, Thomas Ruff, Richard Sexton, Anthony Hernandez, Olafur Eliasson and Catherine Opie. She is interested in spaces and landscapes that are in transition. She is also interested in human use, intervention, strategy of landscape and space, as well as natural-human tension in landscapes and space. As the Resident Photographer at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, she photographs events and performances and creates photographic work for web, print and media. Her photos have appeared in the New York Times, American Theatre Magazine and Time Out. She also freelances in event and performance photography as well as archival photography of installations and visual art processes and exhibitions. She has been waiting for permanent residency in the US for the last 5 years and this transitory time in her life as obviously affected her world view. 2011 2010 Currently: Resident Photographer / Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Also See: Twitter: |
Location champaign-urbana, illinois...
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