Val Moker

Val Moker is a recipient of the Best New Artist Award at the Calgary Stampede’s, Western Art Showcase, the People’s Choice Award at the Canadian Portrait Academy, and has followed up with other citations including the Will Rogers Medallion Award from the Academy of Western Artists in Oklahoma. Val’s work was accepted as a finalist in New Tang Dynasty Television, 4th International Figure Painting Competition 2014, New York City, from a selection of 160 paintings submitted by 100 artists from 16 countries around the world. In 2015, her work was included in the Imago Mundi Project, Treviso, Italy, a unique project to collect works of art by established and emerging artists from countries all around the world. In 2017, Moker’s work was recognized with a Palm Art Award, Certificate of Excellence, from among the works of 349 nominated artists from around the world, and in 2019, her work was acknowledged with a Merit Award, Palm Art’s second-highest designation. The Palm Art Award is part of an annual competition sponsored by the Art Domain Group from Quedlinburg, Germany. In January 2020, Val’s work received an Honorable Mention Award in the Circle Foundation for the Arts, International Artist of the Year Competition, Lyon, France. Her work was honored among 668 artists from around the world.

Moker’s paintings have appeared in venues ranging from Cowboys & Indians Magazine and Kennedy Publications’, Best of Worldwide Oil Book, to Hollywood’s Motion Picture and Television Fund – Golden Boot Awards. She has completed commissions ranging from the Kidney Foundation of Canada and Englishman’s Boy Productions to the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in the United States. Her work is included in numerous collections including the Shurniak Art Gallery and the University of Regina, President’s Art Collection. For teh last three year, Val has been working with a mentor from England, Edward Povey.

Val has degrees in education and arts from the University of Saskatchewan. In addition to her work as a professional artist, she has taught art in the education system and has created art & culture lesson plans for Learning Through the Arts, a structured curriculum development program of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.

Moker’s dedication and striving for connection between her work and her audience places her among today’s growing talents in the International Art Community.