Valérie Etter

Valérie Etter is a PartTime Lecturer at the Faculty of Arts, University of Strasbourg, specializing in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Her research interrogates the body as a medium in contemporary art, exploring themes like monstrosity, beauty canons, and the intersection of art with medicine and technology.

• Doctoral thesis: The Monster in Contemporary Art (2012)
• DEA in Art History: Tragic Body and Photography (1999)
• Maîtrise d’Histoire de l’art: Photographed Body in Painting (1997)

Her work focuses on the body’s evolving role in artistic practices since the 1970s, challenging traditional boundaries in visual and performing arts. She examines how cosmetic surgery, anatomy, and biotechnology redefine artistic languages.

Etter has organized major events like the Les Monstres qui parlent conference series (2009) and curated exhibitions at the Zoological Museum of Strasbourg, emphasizing collective creation and surrealism’s legacy.