Andrea La Valleur-Purvis is an award-winning British-American sculptor creating abstract forms that explore themes of transformation.
La Valleur-Purvis left a two decade design practice to pursue art full-time, a pivotal transition that now shapes her unique perspective in today’s contemporary art landscape.
Her work has been exhibited in the Marfa Invitational and outdoor installations in public spaces in Waco, Georgetown, and Cedar Park, Texas.
She was awarded the Artistic Merit Award from the Luxembourg Art Prize, The Art 100 VAA International Prize and has been featured in Glasstire, NRP Radio, Cohart’s Editorial Magazine among others.
She lives and works in Waco, Texas.
60th CAIN National Exhibition
Cain Gallery, Del Mar College
101 Baldwin Blvd
Corpus Christi, Texas 78404
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Juried by Tabitha Whitley
February 13 – April 17, 2026
I work in metal to study how change happens under constraint. The sculptures begin as problems of form and structure, then open into questions about adaptation: what holds, what yields, and what becomes possible when pressure is met with revision.
Small shifts matter to me. A change in scale, balance, or direction can reshape the whole experience of a piece. Weight can read as lightness. Space can feel solid. Negative space becomes a material in its own right, defining the work as much as the metal does.
In both my individual artworks and exhibition displays, I invite a playful connection with the work. Some pieces are kinetic and respond to touch.
