Valerie Marshall is an artist and architect based in Helsinki and Ontario; she completed her Master of Architecture degree at the University of Toronto, where she studied as an Ontario Graduate Scholar and was awarded the Faculty Design Prize. Her graduate research and art practice have dealt with the intersection between digital and physical worlds.
Valerie has worked in the field of architecture both independently and at firms in North America and Europe; she has worked on projects of various scales across the world. Valerie’s design approach is fueled by curiosity, where each project presents a unique opportunity for in-depth research on building materials, construction techniques, and history to inform innovative design solutions. After graduating, Valerie worked in the field of heritage architecture in Canada, focusing on the restoration of numerous masonry buildings, and studied heritage masonry restoration in Scotland. Valerie’s interest in designing in harmony with nature lead her to the Nordics, where she worked on high-end hospitality projects in Finland and Asia.
Valerie’s passion for architectural drawings across history has heavily inspired her own artwork. Her art practice uses traditional architectural drafting techniques to explore contemporary issues relating to the built environment. Valerie has exhibited and been published locally and internationally, and been awarded funding from the Toronto Arts Council.
Currently open for commissions and collaborations.
Say hi! Valerie.marshall@mail.utoronto.ca
Select Exhibitions
2024: “Infosphere” Myymälä2 Process Wall. Solo Exhibition. Helsinki, Finland.
2023: Escape In/Out: “Factory Collage 1, Farm Collage, Almond Blossoms” Group Exhibition. Online/Milan
2022 (Postponed): Your Brain on Art: “Wondering Forests” Group Exhibition. OCADU Great Hall. Toronto, Canada
2022: “Arctic Cows” Group Exhibition. Slanted Door Gallery. Toronto, Canada.
2022: “Housing Multitudes: Reimagining the Landscapes of Suburbia” Illustration and video contributions. Architecture and Design Gallery. Toronto, Canada.
2022: PASA Festival: “Factory Collages 1-3.” Group Exhibition. Seoul, South Korea.
2022: Silo Ono: “Factory Collage 2.” Group Exhibition. Bristol, United Kingdom.
2022: Barns Art Market in the Park: “Typologies” Wychwood Barns. Toronto, Canada.
2018: Specimens and Fragments: “865 Objects” Group Exhibition. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. Toronto, Canada.
Publication
2024: Infosphere (Artist’s monograph)
2024: “Pasila” Opt West Literary and Arts Magazine
2023: “Concrete Factory No. 1 & 2” Grinkin Magazine
2023: “Cairo Pigeon Towers” Opt West Literary and Arts Magazine
2023: “Archive of Souls” The Lincoln Review
2022: “Farm Collage No. 3” Olney Magazine
2022: “Close Encounters on the Range” The Pandemic Post
2022: “Toronto Collage No. 1” Opt West Literary and Arts Magazine
2022: “Almond Blossoms” Coffee People
2021: “Developed Surface Drawings” The Annual
2021: “Bedroom Developed Surface” Interiors of Isolation
2020: “Travel Drawings: Italy” Blog OAA Summer Sketches
2020: “Moor + Rift” The Annual
2019: “865 Objects” The Annual
2018: “Futurism(s)” Harvard University Press
Architecture
2023-2024: Studio Puisto
2021-2023: ERA Architects
2021: Steven Fong Architect & Office Make Good
2017: PARTISANS
2014-2015, 2018: Situate Design Build
Academic
2018-2021: University of Toronto: Teaching Assistant
2020-2021: Michael Piper & Richard Sommer: Urban Design and Mapping
2019: Jeanie Kim & Mauricio Quirós Pacheco: Walk-up Housing Research & Design
2017-2020: Master of Architecture, University of Toronto
2012-2016: HBA with Distinction, University of Toronto. Art History & Architecture Design
Awards
Emerging Artist Grant, Toronto Arts Council
Honourable Mention - August Call for Drawings, KoozArch
Faculty Design Prize, University of Toronto
COVID-19 Student Engagement Award, University of Toronto
Ontario Graduate Scholarship