Archives: Artists

2022 – RHS Harlow Carr Gardens, Harrogate
2021 – Supporting The Arts 2021
2021 – Cultivate Gallery, London
2020 – State of the Arts, London
2020 – Inner World, London
2020 – Haus-A-Rest, London
2020 – Bandon Art Gallery, Orgegon, USA
2019 – The Mercer Gallery, Harrogate
2019 – The Old Biscuit Factory, London
2019 – The Wensleydale Gallery, Leyburn
2019 – BAMM, Stained Glass Centre, York
2019 – The Great North Art Show, Ripon Cathedral
2019 – Lumi Arts, London
2019 – The Smart Gallery, Leeds
2018 – Art & Liberation, Chilli Studios, Newcastle
2018 – Thoughtful Planet II, Durham
2018 – WW1 Centenary Display, Ripon Cathedral
2017 – Dales Inspiration, The Town Hall, Masham
2017 – The Wensleydale Show, Leyburn
2016 – Market Hall, Richmond
2016 – Glass Art, Ripon

Public Works
Catterick Garrison & Brigade HQ, North Yorkshire

Fascinated by erosion – of solid forms disintegrating over time, watching as they become ever more delicate and fragile, transforming into absorbing lace like structures. I gravitate towards a simple monochrome colour palette, using light, shape and form to draw the viewer in.

Disha’s recent latest works celebrate women and throw light on burning issues concerning women such as women empowerment and body shaming.

I am increasingly drawn to the organic , be they in nature or human forms.

Inspired by nature, childhood games and abstract art, I create practical items for the home, as well as decorative art and jewellery.

Artistic Approach

EMPOWER and bring awareness of the value of life in all its forms. From the moment that life reveals its true face there is no beginning, no end, only an ebb and flow of continuity… an eternal breath!

I work through intuition, there I come into contact with myself. I collect fallen trees, dead branches, fungi, roots, driftwood, empty walnut shells and seed pods. They are considered “dead Nature” forgotten by all because they are without value to most people. I collect them jealously as for me, they tell the story of our land, our heritage, a part of ourselves.
I sublimate my wood treasures by covering them with gold. It is a sensual act to apply a gold leaf. The gesture must be calm and precise, she asks to hold her breath at the moment of the pose, a parenthesis in the tumult, like an act at once religious and voluptuous.
Every day in my studio, I found, form and shape glass beads like tiny beings, similar but in reality, all different and once assembled, form a colony, a people. To repeat these gestures again and again is a therapeutic mediation for me.
Then comes the assemblage… gold forever symbolizing power and eternity, glass a token of purity and clarity.
At the moment they unite, the metamorphosis takes place and the resurrection takes shape, the vibrant creation of a new organic material comes to life, highlighting the value of mere life itself.
It is necessary for the whole process to take its time as it is a Re-birth. There lies all the meaning of my work.
We fully realize ourselves when we are aware that our time is limited, which gives more value to life and allows us to appreciate the beauty of what surrounds us, every minute, every second that we are given.

Wondering what is it like to be alive?
It is not so much the answer that matters, but it is to ask the question.
Valérie Rey, 2018

Artistic approach Video

Valerie Rey’s Portrait :