About Sez Valentine
Sez Valentine explores the complexities of human existence, contrasting idealised expectations with the raw realities of life. Her work uncovers beauty, humour, and tragedy in unexpected ugliness, capturing the unvarnished truth of human experience. Through the themes and forms she explores, Sez seeks to connect audiences with both personal and universal emotions.
Her practice delves into fantasies and fears, personal secrets, and universal truths. Sez has embraced stop-motion animation, sculpture, and drawing as means to explore ideas that are otherwise perplexing and opaque. Through a treacle of emotion, she invites us to view her frank style with "Urgh and Aww."
An instinctive maker, Sez immerses herself in materials and ideas, uncovering their vulnerabilities and contradictions. Through processes of deformation, she evokes visceral states that balance revulsion and tenderness, inviting contemplation of the human condition.
At the heart of her practice lies an exploration of the human mind and communication. She questions the origins and implications of thought—asking whether it is rooted in primal instincts or shaped by a shared consciousness. For Sez, humanity often reveals itself in the effort to distance itself from nature.
Through world-building, ranging from the transformative to the fairy tale-like, Sez imagines possible futures and creates new material forms and states. These immersive environments serve as spaces to examine human evolution and introspection, encouraging reflection on both individual and collective experiences.
