Marie Thibeault
Lives and works inLos Angeles
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Art in Painting University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Master of Art in Painting San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING
1994 Visiting Professor, San Francisco Art Institute
1989 - 2009 Professor of Art, California State University Long Beach
1987 - 1989 Lecturer, Humboldt State University
1982 - 1984 Visiting Prof, New York College of Ceramics at Alfred University
SELECTED SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2011 Emanations: Paintings and Works on Paper, Space 4 Art: Cubed, San Diego
Recent Paintings, George Lawson Gallery, Los Angeles
Kamikazi, PØST, Los Angeles
New Paintings, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco
2009 When Worlds Collide, room for painting room for paper, San Francisco
2008 Broken Symmetries, Torrance Museum, Torrance, CA
Recent Paintings, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles
2007 WAKE, Greenleaf Gallery, Whittier College, Whittier, CA
2006 Permeations, Gremillion Fine Art, Houston, TX
2003 Recent Paintings, Gremillion Fine Art, Houston, TX
Recent Paintings, Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 Marie Thibeault and Linda Day, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Cerritos, CA
2000 Climatology, Gremillion Fine Art, Houston, TX
1999 Marie Thibeault and Linda Day, University Art Gallery, California Polytechnical Institute,San Luis Obispo, CA
Global Patterns, Art Mecca Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 Resistant Territories, William Turner Gallery, Venice, CA
1997 Abstracting Nature, Susan Street Gallery, Solano Beach, CA
1996 Creation Myths, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
1995 Navigation by Mirrors, Haines Gallery, San Francisco
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2011 Case Study: Los Angeles, PØST, Los Angeles
Works on Paper, Warsaw Gallery, San Pedro, CA
2010 Mass Emergencies, Angel’s Gate Gallery, San Pedro, CA
Shock and Awe, Gatov Gallery, CSU Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2009 Elements: Water, Silpakorn University Art Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
Fourth of July, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles
Evergreen, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco
Artists From Room For Painting Room For Paper, Shasta College Gallery, Redding, CA
2008 Track 16, Some Paintings,The 3rd Annual LA Weekly Biennial, curated by Doug Harvey, Los Angeles
Riverside Art Museum, Plein Air Abstraction, curated by Peter Frank, Riverside, CA
2007 Center for Contemporary Art, LA, A Select Survey of Art form Los Angeles, curated by David Stone, Sacramento, CA
2006 The Brewery Project, Plex, curated by Noel Korten, Los Angeles
Another Year in L.A, Gift Shop, curated by David Stone, Los Angeles
High Energy Projects, Chain Letter, curated by Doug Harvey, Los Angeles
The Loft Gallery, Spill, San Pedro, CA
Idyllwild Arts Gallery, Idyllwild, CA
2005 Jeju-Wind-Pacific International Exhibition, Jeju Cultural Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Color Abstractions, Travis Tower Gallery, Houston Texas
2004 inVERSE SCA Project Gallery, LA County Arts Commission, Pamona, CA
Inaugural Exhibition, Jung Dong Art Gallery, Los Angeles
Teeming Two, Sacramento State University Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2003 aKIN, Post Gallery, Los Angeles
Forget It Jake, Works on Paper, Los Angeles
2002 Yo, Flat Files Rendez Vous! Post Gallery, Los Angeles
Faculty Biennial, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
2001 Marie Thibeault and Linda Day, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Cerritos, CA
2000 Inaugural Exhibition, Gremillion Fine Art, Austin TX
Faculty Exhibition, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
1999 New Los Angeles Abstraction: Marie Thibeault and Linda Day University Art Gallery, California
Polytechnical Institute, san Luis Obispo, CA
Abstract Painting and Sculpture, Visual Art Center, Abstract Painting and Sculpture, Boise, ID
Good Paintings Make You Want To Paint, Post Gallery ,Los Angeles
1998 Practice and Process: New Painterly Abstraction in California, Armory Center For The Arts, Pasadena, CA; traveled to Richmond Cultural Center, Richmond, CA
Outside Art, Laguna Museum of Art, Laguna, CA
Group Exhibition, Post Gallery,Los Angeles
1997 Rediscovering The Landscape of The Americas, Western Gallery, Washington University, Bellingham, Washington;
traveled to: Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Woman Made Gallery, Women in Abstraction, Chicago, Ill
Miller Fine Art, Currents,Los Angeles;
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Scholarly and creative Activities Grant, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Artist’s Dialog, public lecture for educators, collectors, and artists, Miller Fine Art, Currents,Los Angeles
1996 Drawn from L.A., Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Rediscovering The landscape of the Americas, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM;
traveled to: Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
An Idea of Order, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Teeming Post Gallery, Los Angeles
Drawn from L.A. Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
1995 The Great Art Spree, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
LA Abstracts, Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Manmade Landscapes, Joslyn Fine Art Gallery, Torrence, CA
Warren House Auction, Steven Wertz Gallery, San Francisco
1994 Artist As Native: Reinventing Regionalism, Maryland Institute and College of Art,
traveled to: Westmoreland Museum of Art, Pittsburg, PA;
Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
Faculty Exhibition, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
Contemporary Painting, Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN
1993 The Artist as Native: Reinventing Regionalism, Babcock Galleries, New York, NY;
traveled to: The Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY;
Middlebury College of Art, Middlebury VT;
Owensboro Museum of Art, Owensboro, KY;
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
1992 Nature Morte, South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art, Torrence, CA
Energy: Interaction Of The Contrast, Los Angeles Art Core, Los Angeles
Abstract Drawings and Paintings on Paper, Gallery X,Los Angeles; traveled to Exeter, England
Works on Paper, University of Madrid Gallery, Madrid, Spain
1991 Respectfully, Mother Earth, E.B.A. Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Landscapes of the City, Hippodrome Gallery, Long Beach, CA
1990 All California Exhibition, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
Inaugural Exhibition, Pacific Place Gallery, San Pedro, CA
SF- Colombia, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Environmental Response, Minus Zero Gallery, Torrence, CA
Day and Night: Los Angeles Urbanscape, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
1989 San Francisco Bay Artists, Museum of Modern Art of Cartogenia, Cartogena, Colombia
Landscape Visions, California State University, Long Beach, CA
1988 From the Gut, Humboldt Cultural Center, Eureka, CA
1987 Humboldt State University Art Faculty Show, Reese Bullen Gallery, Arcata, CA
Elan Vital, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1986 New Painterly Figuration in the Bay Area, Emanual Walter and Atoll McBean Galleries, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
Content Art: Contemporary Issues, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco
AWARDS, GRANTS
2005 Scholarly and Creative Activities Grant, California Sate University, Long beach, CA
Painting Climactic Change, Studio project and exhibition
2000 Scholarly and Creative Activities Grant, California State University, Long Beach, CA
The Unstable Earth, Studio project and exhibition
1999 Scholarly and Creative Activities Grant, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Old World, New World: Landscape Transformation, Studio project and exhibition
1998 Scholarly and Creative Activities Grant, California state University, Long Beach, CA
Excavations: Deeper Strata, Studio project and exhibition
1997 Scholarly and Creative Activities Grant, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Resistant territories: Poetics of Cartography, Studio project and exhibition
REVIEWS, CATALOGS, PUBLICATIONS
2011 “San Francisco Chronicle, Marie Thibeault, at George Lawson Gallery, Kenneth Baker, April 2
Art LTD Magazine, Marie Thibeault, Artist Profile, George Melrod, March
Artillery Magazine, Marie Thibeault at George Lawson Gallery, Barbara Morris, May /June
2009 “San Francisco Chronicle, “Ill Will Swirls, Thibeault’s Elation Prevails” Kenneth Baker, June 13
THE Magazine, “Marie Thibeault : Broken Symmetries”, TAM, Jack Chipman, May, Los Angeles
The Beach Reporter,“When Worlds Collide” Interview, Bondo Wyszpolski, Los Angeles
Exhibition Catalog, “Marie Thibeault” essays by George Lawson and Mark Johnson,
published by Room for Painting,Room for Paper Gallery, San Francisco
Square Cylinder.com, Stephen Westfall and Marie Thibeault atRoom for Painting, Room for Paper, by David Roth, June 4
2008 “Art in America, “Marie Thibeault at Jancar Gallery”, by Constance Mallison, May
ARTillery Magazine, “Marie Thibeault”, Studio visit, by Jack Chipman, Los Angeles
Exhibition Catalog“Marie Thibeault”, published by Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles
LA Weekly, “Sisters of the Stretched canvas” by Doug Harvey, March 7, pg. 52, Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times, “Its Alive with Wit and Diversity”by Christopher Knight, Jan. 25, pg. E26, Los Angeles
LA Weekly, “Some Paintings” by Doug Harvey, Jan. 11, pg. 30, Los Angeles
2007 LA Weekly, “Art Pick”, Peter Frank, February 28, Los Angeles
New American Paintings, Issue# 67, juried by Tumelio Mosaka, Assistant Curator, Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Art Pick”, Peter Frank, LA Weekly, February 2, Los Angeles
Issue# 67, juried by Tumelio Mosaka, Assistant Curator, New American Paintings, Brooklyn Museum of Art
2006 “Plex at the Brewery,” Charlene Roth, ARTWEEK, May, pg. 22, Palo Alto, CA
2003 “aKIN”, Doug Harvey, LA Weekly, June, pg. 47, Los Angeles
2000 Gathering of the Angels, exhibition catalog, reproduction and essay
October issue, reproduced with caption, Austin Home and Living magazine
1999 “Previews”from November issue, feature article and reproduction. Chicago Gallery News
Exposures: Marie Thibeault and Linda Day, exhibition catalog, California Polytechnical Institute, San Louis Obispo, CA
1998 Practice and Process: New painterly Abstraction in California, exhibition catalog published by the
Armory Center For The Arts, Pasadena, CA
“Pasadena Armory Showcases California Abstractionists”, William Wilson, Los Angeles Times, March 30, pg. F7
“Ten Takes On Painterly Abstraction”, David Bonetti, San Francisco Examiner, August 11 pg.43
Art Pick of the Week: Essence and Purity, Practice and Process, Peter Frank, L.A. Weekly, March 27, pg. 142
Practice and Process: New Painterly Abstraction at the Armory Center for the Arts, Victoria Martin, Artweek, April, pg. 24.
1996 Teeming at Post, Artweek, November, 1996, pg.8, san Jose, CA
“Pick of The Week”, Peter Frank, L.A. Weekly, May 30. pg. 43 ,Los Angeles
Crafting Form Steeped in Playfulness, Los Angeles Times, December 19, pg. F6, Los Angeles
Rediscovering The Landscape of the Americas, exhibition catalog, Published by Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Artist’s Dialog, public lecture for educators, collectors, and artists “Pick of The Week”, Peter Frank,
L.A. Weekly, May 30. pg. 43, Los Angeles
1995 L.A Abstracts, exhibition catalog Schick Art Gallery, Sarasota Springs, NY
1994 Cheekwood National Contemporary Painting Exhibition, catalog, Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN
Artist’s Dialog, public lecture for educators, collectors, and artists
1993 The Artist as Native: Reinventing Regionalism, Pomegranate Artbooks, San Francisco
Three Artists, Peter Frank Press Telegram, November 14, pg. 56
1992 Pick of The Week, Peter Frank, L.A. Weekly, January 16, pg. 54, Los Angeles
The Place Where Art Is, Neil Strassman, Press Telegram, June 26, pg. 4, Long Beach, CA
Energy: Interaction of The Contrast, exhibition catalog, L.A. Art Core,Los Angeles
“Marie Thibeault” Jack Chipman, October, The Gate Journal, pg. 12, San Pedro, CA
1991 “News From The Woods, Steven Jenkins, Artweek, March 28, pg.10, Oakland, CA
Nature Morte, David Joseph, The Gate Journal, Spring, pg. 8, San Pedro, CA
1990 “Day and Night Shows in LA,” Diana Berland, The Press Telegram, April 22, pg. E1, Long Beach, CA
Its Not Always a Pretty Picture, Michael Hammer, South Bay Review, March 14, pgs. 20 and 30, Torrance, CA
1989 San Francisco Bay Artists, exhibition catalog, San Francisco
1988 “The bay Area heritage,” Michael Leonard, Artweek, October 8, pg. 8, Oakland, CA
Landscape Visions, exhibition catalog, Chancellors Office, California State University, Long Beach, CA
1987 “Heroic and Trivial Mixed”, Charles Shere, Oakland Tribune, August 6, pg. 60, Oakland, CA
“Galleries”, Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, July 30, pg. 65, San Francisco
“Critics Choice”, Dorothy Burkhart, San Jose Mercury News, March 22, San Jose, CA
“Introducing Art’s new breed”, Theresa Poletti, The Union Square, July, San Francisco
Beyond Power, A Celebration, exhibition catalog, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco
1986 “Bay Area Figuration in The Bay Area", exhibition catalog, Artweek, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
PUBLIC LECTURES & WORKSHOPS
2006 Guest Artist and Lecturer Idyllwild School of the Arts, Summer Program
2004 Guest Artist, Festival of The Arts Sacramento State University, Sacramento, CA
Lecture, three day workshop and exhibition for undergraduate and graduate students
2000 Public Lecture, in conjunction with Climatology, solo exhibition, Gremillion Fine Art, Houston, TX
Public Lecture, Patterns of Change, Women’s research Coloquium, California state University, Long Beach, CA
1996 Symposium: A Conversation With Artists, Curators, Critics and Artists, in conjunction with
Rediscovering The Landscape of The Americas, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
“Drawn From Nature”, Armory Center For The Arts Drawing Workshop and Discussion, Pasadena, CA
Professional Practices Workshop, presentation on slide and resume preparation, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Public Lecture, The Sublime in American Landscape, Los Angeles Harbor Art Gallery,Torrance, CA
1992 Roundtable Discussion, public presentation and dialog with artists and curators in conjunction with Energy:
Interaction of The Contrast L.A. Artcore,Los Angeles
Artist’s Dialog, public lecture for educators, collectors, and artists, in conjunction with solo exhibition,
GH2 Gallery,Los Angeles
1991 Public Lecture, “Currents in Los Angeles Painting, ” San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Public Lecture, “West Coast Traditions, ” The Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
Public Dialog, Graduate Exchange Exhibition, CSU Fullerton and CSULB, Long Beach, CA
1990 Assistant Curator of Exhibitions, Angels Gate Gallery, San Pedro, CA
1989 Lecture, Sources and Processes, a slide presentation for graduate students and faculty CSULB, Long beach, CA
1988 Public Lecture, Beyond Color Theory, Humboldt Cultural Center, Eureka, CA
1987 Radio Interview, Through The Eyes of Women, a two part interview discussing the state of women
in the arts, aired on KHSU, Arcata, CA
Guest Juror, Annual Exhibition, ASI Gallery, San Francisco, CA
COLLECTIONS
Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
Amy and Joel Levine, Marin, CA