Andrea La Valleur-Purvis cuts and welds steel into forms that hold opposing forces without resolving them. The work rewards every step it takes to walk around it. It engages with questions of identity, reinvention, and the self as something we continually keep choosing. A study in equilibrium.
Her sculptures range from pedestal-scale pieces to large outdoor installations, held in private collections and exhibited in galleries and public spaces throughout Texas.
In 2025, she received the Artistic Merit Award from the Luxembourg Art Prize and the Art 100 VAA International Prize, with work featured in Glasstire, NPR Radio, and Cohart Magazine.
She holds a BFA in Sculpture from the College of Visual Arts (St. Paul, MN) and lives and works in Waco, Texas.
Slices and Shadows
ISC Chapter Members
Quarter Gallery
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
