Val Green
Artist & Teacher

Val studied Fine arts for 7 years at the Johannesburg, East London, Port Elizabeth and Durban Art Schools.After qualifying in 1971 she travelled Europe looking at the works of the great masters for a year. In 1977 Val took over the Modern Dance Centre in Port Elizabeth and ran it for 14 years. During her 14 year tenure at the Modern dance Centre she attended workshops in New York, Paris, London and Hawaii.

In 1986 she put on a combination art and dance show at the Grahamstown Festival which was turned into a 10 minute TV programme for the SABC.In 1988 Val moved to Cape Town so she could study Movement Therapy and Process Psychology.  This lead her to think differently about how to teach art and she began Val Greens Artspace in 1990.

Working with the University of Cape Town Life Skills Dept and Health for Africa, Val gave workshops in Creativity and Stress release extensively with groups in large corporations and hospitals and with groups at her art studio.

Throughout her working life Val has continued to paint and exhibits her art work. She has had 11 one woman shows – including one which she was invited to hold in the USA in 1997.

Her work has sold world-wide and she is represented in the Cape Town National Gallery, The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum in Port Elizabeth and UPE Rare Books Library.

At present Val continues to teach art has published a cartoon book called “What’s the Point