Valerie Shesko is a former gallery director and Associate Editor of The Artist’s Magazine.  She has exhibited her award-winning work in museums and galleries nationally and internationally including the J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville KY, Stadtische Galerie, Regensburg, Germany, and the Artists’ House, Jerusalem, Israel, among others.  Her work is featured in the book Art Journey: American Landscapes 89 Painters’ Perspectives by Kathryn Kipp and is in the permanent collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum and corporate and private collections throughout the U.S. and abroad. She received a B.A. in art history from SUNY at Binghamton University, an M.S. in art education from Southern Connecticut State University, and an M.F.A. in painting from the University of Cincinnati.