INGRID VALOU

- Past President, Board of Directors

- Cultural Spaces R&D

- Printermedia Residency (Metal Arts) Coordinator

Ingrid Valou is a queer multidisciplinary artist, cultural spaces advocate, and economic development professional who served as President of the Vancouver Metal Arts Association (VMAA) from 2019 to 2024. During this time, she led several R&D projects to create more spaces for Vancouver’s jewellery artists, including supporting the launch of a new residency and leading VMAA’s landmark metal arts hub feasibility project. Her body of work explores stone setting as an allegory for the journey for belonging, and material practice as a vehicle for remembrance and an outlet for ecological grief.

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She graduated from UBC in 2012 with a B.A. in anthropology and creative writing, and completed her public relations certificate from SFU in 2015. By day she works as the manager of economic development for Downtown Van; by nights and weekends, she tinkers in her downtown studio, or volunteers for various arts organizations.

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She is a member of the Cultural Spaces Operators Network Steering Committee; a Director and Chair of the Space and Land Committee on the 221A Board of Directors; and an ambassador for Modo Car Co-op (without which she would not have been able to move half the studios ​​she has!)

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Board service:

Past President (2024-Present)

President (2019-2024)

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