Bio
Jeanne Verdoux is a mixed media visual artist focused on drawing, printmaking and ceramics. She received grants and fellowships from New York State Council of the Arts (NYSCA), New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), French Ministry of Culture, Bronx Museum, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), French Institute in Morocco. Her work has been exhibited in the US, Canada, France and China and reviewed in The New York Times, Huffington Post and Boston Globe. She earned an MA from The Royal College of Art (London) and a BFA from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Appliqués (Paris). She is an Assistant Professor at Parsons The New School (NY) and NYU. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
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Resume
Born in Paris, France
Lives and works in New York
Solo Exhibition
2024 Female Vaisselle, Arterritoires, Saint-Gervais, France (up coming)
2024 Female Vaisselle, Sculpture Space NYC, NY
2023 ‘Mes bouteilles de Bordeaux’, Les Enfants de Boheme, NY
2022 ‘Howard Houses Drawing Dialogue’, City Canvas, NYC City Artist Corps, ArtBridge, NY
2016 ‘La boutique d’un Jeudi’, Institut Francais au Maroc, Tetuan, Morocco
2013 Freedman Gallery’s Project Space, Albright College, Reading
2007 ‘Dessins et dessins animés’, Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris
Two person exhibition
Future Fair, curated by Eva Frosch, Frosch & Co, NY, 2022
Collaborative Project
‘Out of the vessel’, collaboration with choreographer Jo Parks, Norte Maar, NY, 2023
Group Exhibitions
2023 ‘Layers- Material & Meaning’, curated by Bridget Donlon, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, NY
2023 ‘Paper Power’, curated by Eva Frosch, Frosch & Co, NY
2022 Summer Show, curated by Sarah Ganzel, Frosch & Co, NY
2021 ‘Home Sweet’, curated by Eva Frosch, Frosch & Co, NY
2021 ‘Up-cycling Detritus”, curated by Vernita Nemec, Sculptors Alliance, NY
2021 ‘Art Out’, curated by Irina Chistikina, Dordor Galery, NY
2020 ‘White Columns online Curated Artist Registry exhibition’, curated by Danny Baez, NY
2018 ‘Allow me to reintroduce myself’, curated by K. Saunders – Ground Floor Gallery, Cigar Factory, NY
2018 “Going green”, SaveArtSpace curated by Carlo McCormick, Public art, NY
2018 “Une image pour la fraternité “, Palais Royal, Paris
2017 ‘The Connective Project’, Prospect Park, NY
2017 ‘Lumen8’, International video art festival, Staten Island Arts, NY
2017 ‘Just under 100: New Prints’, curated by K. Bradford, IPCNY, NY
2017 ‘Under The Subway Video Art Night’, curated by A. Ortuno, The Local, NY
2016 ‘Neither here nor there’ Curated by N. Touron and F.Allié
, RadiatorArts, NY
2016 « Une image pour la fraternité », Fraternité Générale, Wipplay & RATP, Paris
2016 “TrashFest’, The Wired Gallery, High Falls, NY
2015 ‘La main qui dessinait toute seule #4ʹ′, Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris
2015 ‘Wish you where here’, A.I.R. Gallery, NY
2015 ‘Lucky 7’, Gallery Aferro, NJ
2014 ‘Graphicsrca: fifty years’, The Royal College of Art, London
2014 ‘The Floatting Library’ , Lillac Museum Steamship, NY
2014 ‘Autour de Frédéric Bruly-Bouarbré’, T&T Jarry Gallerie, Guadeloupe
2013 ‘On Hold’, curated by Alma Egger, NutureART Gallery, NY
2013 “Archipelago“, Westbeth Gallery, NY
2012 ‘The Island of drawing’, National School of Art, Sydney
2012 ‘Summer show’, Muriel Guepin Gallery, NY
2012 ‘Lumen’, International video art and projection festival in Staten Island, NY
2012 Governors Island Art Center Open Studios
2012 ‘French Culture Nights’, Sky Room, NY
2011 ‘A couple of artists’, RabbitHole Gallery, NY
2011 ‘Curate NYC’ online exhibition, curated by C. Stayrook, L. A. Farrell, M. Franklin Cohn, C. Wendroff
2011 ‘ParisForEver’, Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris
2011 ‘Occupy Associated’, Open Source Gallery, Brooklyn-NY
2011 ‘Lumen’, International video art and projection festival in Staten Island, NY
2011 ‘Astatic’, Sandra & David Bakalar Gallery, MassArt, Boston
2010 Rabbit Hole Gallery, NY
2010 ‘Curate NY’, Rush Gallery, NY
2010 ‘Return us to ourselves’, Muriel Guepin Gallery, NY
2010 ‘Freedom Sparks’, Video and Film Festival, Visual Voice Gallery, Montreal
2009 Bronx Blue Bed Room Project, NY
2009 ‘The Hand that drew by itself’, 18Gallery, Shanghai
2009 ‘Support’, curated by Jeremy Adams, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, NY
2009 ‘Future days’, Rafik video curated by Ron A Rocheleau, NY
2009 ‘La main qui dessinait toute seule #3′, Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris
2008 ‘New Blood’, VertexList, NY
2008 ‘How Soon Is Now’, AIM28, Bronx Museum, NY
2007 Contemporary Drawing Art Fair, Paris
2007 ‘80+80, photo_graphisme’, Galerie VU, Paris
2006 Scope Miami with Galerie Magda Danysz, Miami
2006 Galerie Anatome, Paris
2005 Adobe Laboratory, AIGA, Boston
2005 Scope New York with Galerie Magda Danysz, NY
2004 ‘La main qui dessinait toute seule #1’, Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris
2004 Festival Nemo, Forum des Images, Paris
2002 F Line Drawings, NY
2000 The 8th New York Digital Salon, School of Visual Arts, NY
1990 The new designers, London
1990 Royal College of Art, London
Public Art Commission
Large-scale drawing (12 x 100 ft), NYC Department of Cultural Affairs / City Canvas, Brooklyn, NY, 2022
Awards and Residencies
2023 Queens Arts Fund, New Work Grant, NYFA, NY
2023 New York State Council of the Arts (NYSCA), Artist Grant
2021 NY Artist Corps grant, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), NY, 2021
2018 Wynter-Wells Drawing School for Environmental Justice, Drawing Center, NY
2016 Institut Français au Maroc, Artist Residency, Morocco
2015 AICAD, New York Studio Residency Program, NY
2012 LMCC’s Artist Residency at Governors Island New York
2011 Chashama Artist Residency, New York
2009 NYFA, Mentoring Program for Immigrant Artists
2007 Bronx Museum, AIM 28, NY
2006 Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Grant for 1st solo show, Paris
2005 Rotunda Gallery/BCAT Television, Artist residency, NY
1999 ISP, International Studio Program, Studio residency, NY
1998 Villa Medicis ‘Hors-les-Murs’, International artist residency, NY
1990 Creative Future Award, Creative Magazine, London
1989 Best overall Achievement Award, Royal College of Art, London
Selected Bibliography
– ‘Bridging the Divide’, Joanna Insco, The Brooklyn Paper, 04/20/2023
– ‘CounterPointe10: It’s About Risk’, Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance, 03/24/2023,
– ‘CounterPointe: Dances with artists’, Two Coats of Paint, 03/20/2023,
– The Munchies Art Club Magazine “12 Contemporary ceramic Artists breathing new life into an age old tradition” April 2022
– Two coats of paint, Sweet home pandemic at Frosch & Co, 12/30/2021
– French Morning, ‘ Jeanne Verdoux rend hommage aux commerces new yorkais’, 2020
– MILK.XYZ, Saveartspace Is “Going Green” With Its Latest Public Art Initiative, April 2018
– Queens Chronicle, ‘Individuals isolated by dual identities‘, December 8, 2016
– Drawing The Times, ‘An image for fraternity‘, November 16, 2016
– AI-AP, ‘Brotherhood through art‘, November 2016
– DART, ‘Jeanne Verdoux: Mural Art’, November 2015
– Reading Eagle, ‘Jeanne Verdoux produces series of humorous photos’, September 25, 2103
– AI-AP The DART board, “Art is Happening on Governors Island”, May 24, 2013
– Huffington Post, ‘Artists Find Inspiration in Governors Island’s Past‘, Aug. 13, 2012
– HYPERALLERGIC ‘Lumen Festival Offers Another World on Staten Island‘, June 25, 2012
– New York Times, ‘Spare Time‘, June 21, 2012
– New York Times, ‘From the Miser, Art on Governors Island”, May 24, 2012
– Time-Out NY, ‘Your Perfect week end’, June 23, 2011, p.38
– Time-Out NY, ‘Staten-cation’, June 16, 2011, p.16
– Boston Globe, C. McQuaid ‘Charged visuals, dark themes, animated ideas‘, 2/16/11
– Village Voice, R. Marx, ‘Le Fooding’s poster designers talk about cooks’, 9/24/09
– New York Times, Roberta Smith. ‘Artists Leap Into the Moment’, 7/25/08, p. E30
– Revue photo(graphique), ‘80+80 photo_graphisme’, V. Marcilhacy, 2006, p. 42-43
– Brooklyn: New Style, Liz Farrely, Booth-Clibborn Editions, 2004, p. 220-223
Selected Collections
– MoMA, Print & Drawing Collection
– Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros
– Museum of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design
– New York Public Library Print Collection
– Cunningham Center for the Study of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Selected Artist Talks
Institut National des Beaux Arts, Tetuan, Morocco, 2017
Albright College, Reading, PA, 2013
Westbeth Gallery, NY, 2013
Curated Registries
The Curated Artist Registry, White Columns, NY
Education
MFA, Royal College of Art, London, 1990
BFA, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Appliqués, Paris, 1987
Art Educator
Assistant Professor at Parsons The Newschool, NY and Paris, 2009-Present
Part time Professor at New York University, NY, 2015-Present