Statement

My work explores the tipping point where abstraction and representation intersect, where balance falters and paradox, incongruity, and contradiction prevail: the point of stasis or of infinite possibility..

Common in all Duval's work is her desire to pose questions that engage an audience either through a concept, humor, or direct interaction. By questioning issues such as the "male gaze", the objectification of women, cultural pressures, the taboos that surround sexuality and nudity she seeks to drive viewers to see our world and culture from a different perspective.

I want to be provocative in ridiculous and sublime ways.

Biography

Duval has received awards in national exhibitions from noted jurors including a First Prize, Painting from Lisa Dennison, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Soloman R. Guggenheim Museum, a Director's Prize from Maxwell Anderson, Director, Whitney Museum of American Art, and a Print Prize from Peter Rathbone, VP and Director of the American Paintings and Sculpture, Sotheby's.

Her work has appeared in solo and group exhibitions in the U.S and Europe, and is included in the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Archives of Women Artists. — See Duval's Complete Resume