Valerie Brathwaite (Trinidad and Tobago, 1940) studied at Hornsey College of Art and The Royal College of Art in London and at The Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. First and foremost a sculptor, she also works in printmaking, painting and drawing. She creates forms of organic abstraction using simple sculptural volumes and sinuous lines, resembling the flora and fauna of the Caribbean. In 1969 she moved to Venezuela, and since has shown her work at Periférico Caracas, Caracas (2008); Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain (2010); Galería G7, Cento de Arte los Galpones, Caracas (2011); CAF-Development Bank of Latin America, Caracas (2012); Oficina#1, Centro Los Galpones, Caracas (2014). Her work is in the collections of The Museum of Contemporary Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, The National Art Gallery, The Alejandro Otero Museum, all in Caracas.