About:
Marie Thibeault is an internationally exhibited painter who currently resides in San Pedro, CA. Thibeault received her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA from University of California, Berkeley.
Her oil paintings address the tension of urban landscape and the natural world. Inspired by frequent walks through various trails and open spaces in California, her work reveals her observations of the changes and dynamics of nature in the face of the ongoing climate crisis. Engaging notions of abstraction, her work references the surrounding landscape using atmospheric color shifts, fragmented imagery and multiple viewpoints to suggest the ideas of flux, change and instability in the environment.
Thibeault’s works has been exhibited across the United States and abroad in cities such as London, Tokyo, Seoul, and Dusseldorf. Her work is in the public collections of the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, CA and the Oakland Museum of Art in Oakland, CA, among others. She recently presented a solo exhibition at the Long Beach Museum of Art in Long Beach, CA; and her paintings have been included in exhibitions at the Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA; Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA; Riverside Art Museum in Riverside, CA; and Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA. She has been Artist in Residence at L’air Arts in Paris, France; Two Coats of Paint in Brooklyn, NY; and the US-Thai Exchange Program at Silpakorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. Her work has been reviewed in multiple publications, including Art in America, the Los Angeles Times, L.A. Weekly, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Artillery Magazine. Thibeault is affiliated with Von Fraunberg Art Gallery in Dusseldorf, Germany and Ellio Fine Art in Houston, TX.
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Marie Thibeault, University Art Gallery, California State University, Stanislaus, CA
2022 Marie Thibeault: Drawings, Transvagrant Gallery, San Pedro, CA
2020 Weathering, Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Houston, TX
2019 Conveyance, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2018 By Water, By Fire, Launch, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Marie Thibeault, Von Fraunberg Art Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
2016 Neon Babylon, Gallery Elena Shchukina, London, England
2015 Engineering, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Reference to Geometry, Jose Druis-Biada Art Gallery, Mount St. Mary’s University, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Funtown: Recent Paintings, George Lawson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Emanations, Brandstater Gallery, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
2011 Recent Paintings, George Lawson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Marie Thibeault, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 When Worlds Collide, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Broken Symmetries, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2008 keeping things whole, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 WAKE, Greenleaf Gallery, Whittier College, Whittier, CA
2003 Solo exhibition, Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Houston, TX
2001 Palimpsest, Concordia University, Irvine, CA
2000 Climatology, Gremillion Fine Art, Houston, TX
1999 Global Patterns, Art Mecca Gallery, Chicago, Ill
SELECTED TWO PERSON & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Risky Business, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
California Gold, Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Polyphonic, Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Risky Business, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2023 Blue Hour: Above & Below, Kim Abeles: curator, AltaSea, San Pedro, CA
Desire Paths, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
By Degrees: Art and Our Changing Ecology, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA
2022 Abstract Los Angeles: Four Generations, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA
Not-Non Objective, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Abstract/ Not Abstract, PRJCTLA, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Inaugural Exhibition, Ellio Fine Art, Houston, TX
2020 Site Visit, group invitational, L’Air Arts and Artland, Paris, France
Small is Beautiful, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
The Vista: Abstract Painting, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Intra-Being: Ecological Civilization, Spring Break Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Break Down Build Up: Daniel Dove and Marie Thibeault, Great Park Gallery, Irvine, CA
2018 Feminine Sublime, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
Color Vision, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA
Earthly Delights, Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
2017 The Reality of Nature, Launch, Los Angeles, CA
Residency Exhibition, Two Coats of Paint, Brooklyn, NY
Abstraction in the Singular, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2016 Abstract Mix, Robert F. Agrella Art Gallery, Santa Rosa College, Santa Rosa, CA
The Night, BLAM Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Draft Punk 2, Yokohama Triennial, Mid-Tokyo Gallery & Studio, Tokyo, Japan
Prep School: Prepper and Survivalist Ideologies and Utopian/Dystopian Visions, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2013 Millennial Abstractions, Marin Community Foundation, Novato, CA
2012 Turbulence, Paper, George Lawson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
PSST, Warschaw Gallery, San Pedro CA
Organic /Synthetic, The Art Gallery at Glendale Community College, Glendale CA
Exchange, Sanam Chandra Art Gallery, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
2011 Case Study: Los Angeles, PØST, Los Angeles, CA
Works on Paper, Warschaw Gallery, San Pedro, CA
2010 Mass Emergencies, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
Shock and Awe, Max L. Gatov Gallery, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2009 Elements: Water, Silpakorn University Art Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
Fourth of July, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Artists of RFPRFP, Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding, CA
2008 Some Paintings: The 3rd Annual LA Weekly Biennial, juried by Doug Harvey, Track 16, Los Angeles, CA
Plein Air Abstraction, curated by Peter Frank, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
2007 A Select Survey of Art form Los Angeles, Center for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Plex, curated by Noel Korten, The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA
Chain Letter, curated by Doug Harvey, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Jeju-Wind-Pacific International Exhibition, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Color Abstractions, Travis Tower Art Gallery, Houston, TX
2004 inVERSE, Los Angeles County Arts Commission at SCA Project Gallery, Pomona, CA
Teeming Two, Sacramento State University Art Galleries, Sacramento, CA
2003 aKIN, PØST, Los Angeles, CA
2001 Marie Thibeault and Linda Day, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Cerritos, CA
2000 Inaugural Exhibition, Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Austin, TX
1999 New Los Angeles Abstraction, California State Polytechnic University Art Gallery, San Louis Obispo, CA
Abstract Painting and Sculpture, Center for Visual Arts, Boise State University, Boise, ID
Good Paintings Make You Want To Paint, PØST, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Practice and Process: New Painterly Abstraction in California, Armory Center For The Arts, Pasadena, CA, traveling to Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
Outside Art, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Group Exhibition, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA; San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA; Cerritos College, Cerritos, CA; California State University, Long Beach, CA; IBM Corporation; Castleton Commodities International, Stamford, CT
GRANTS, AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2022 Artist in Residence, The Roundhouse Foundation at Pine Meadow Ranch, Sisters, OR
2018 Honorary Fellow and Lecturer, L’Air Arts Residency at FIAP, Paris, France
2016 Artist in Residence, Two Coats of Paint, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Guest Artist, Atelier 6000 Studios, Bend, OR
2014-15 Scholarly and Creative Activities Award, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2013 Beverly G. Alpay Award, Palos Verdes Art Center, PV, CA
2012 Guest Artist, Exchange Program, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
2010-12 Scholarly and Creative Activities Award, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2009 Guest Artist, Exchange Program, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
2008 Scholarly and Creative Activities Award, California State University, Long Beach, CA
SELECTED REVIEWS, PUBLICATIONS, & MEDIA
2024 Guest Artist Marie Thibeault, ArtShow with Craig Stover, June 21, 2024
Meet Marie Thibeault, Artist, Shoutout LA, June 10, 2024
Bill Mohr, “Risky Business: A Painter’s Forum” at the Torrance Art Museum, Bill Mohr’s Blog, April 10, 2024
2023 Exhibition catalogue, Desire Paths, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2022 Exhibition catalogue, Abstract Los Angeles: Four Generations, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA
Exhibition catalogue, Abstract/ Not Abstract, PRJCTLA, Los Angeles, CA
Exhibition catalogue, Not-Non Objective, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Embodied Forest, ecoartspace, online and printed book
2020 Liz Goldner, Marie Thibeault: Views of the Harbor, Artillery, Nov/Dec 2020, Issue 2, vol. 15
Liz Goldner, “Break Down, Build Up”: Contemporary Landscapes on Display at Great Park Gallery, Irvine Weekly, Jan. 20, 2020
Exhibition catalogue, Small is Beautiful, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
Feature Interview and studio visit, Theartistinthestudio, Instagram, July 7, 2020
2019 Suzanne Unrein, Conversation with Marie Thibeault, interview, Figure/Ground, April 13, 2019
2018 Lorraine Heitzman, “The Feminine Sublime” at Pasadena Museum of California Art, Art and Cake, February 12, 2018
Antrese Wood, Striking Landscape Paintings, with Marie Thibeault, interview, Savvy Painter Podcast
Gary Brewer, Studio Visit: Marie Thibeault, Metamorphic Potential, Art and Cake, February 27, 2018
Feminine Sublime, Exhibition overview video, Youtube, October 2018
2017 Shana Nys Dambrot, The Reality of Nature, Huffington Post, September 9, 2017
Betty Ann Brown, Forest Bathing at Launch LA, Art and Cake, September 15, 2017
Nicole Royse, Abstraction in the Singular Opens at Bentley Gallery, Arizona Foothills Magazine, March 15, 2017
2016 September resident: Marie Thibeault, Two Coats of Paint, August 22, 2016
2015 Julia Couzens, Marie Thibeault @ George Lawson, Squarecylinder, October 28, 2015
Sharon Butler, Marie Thibeault: Powerful forces, Two Coats of Paint, October 27, 2015
2014 Kio Griffith, Feature article, Fabrik Magazine, October 2014
Exhibition catalogue, Prep School: Prepper and Survivalist Ideologies and Utopian/Dystopian Visions, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2013 Leah Ollman, Review: Marie Thibeault’s paintings of dazzling disturbance, Los Angeles Times, May 17, 2013
Marie Thibeault, Hardcover 136 pg book, published by George Lawson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Exhibition catalogue, Decomposition, FOCA Publication, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Exhibition catalogue, Thai/American Cultural Exchange Exhibition, Sanam Chandra Gallery, Nakhon Pathon, Thailand
2011 Kenneth Baker, Marie Thibeault, Susan Mikula at George Lawson, San Francisco Chronicle, April 1, 2011
George Melrod, Marie Thibeault, Artist Profile, Art LTD Magazine, March 2011
Barbara Morris, Marie Thibeault at George Lawson Gallery, Artillery Magazine, May 2011
2009 Kenneth Baker, Ill will swirls, Thibeault’s elation prevails, San Francisco Chronicle, June 13, 2009
Jack Chipman, Marie Thibeault: Broken Symmetries at Torrance Art Museum, THE Magazine, May 2009
Exhibition catalogue, Thai American Exchange, Silpakorn University Art Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
Bondo Wyszpolski, When Worlds Collide, interview, The Beach Reporter
Exhibition catalogue, “Marie Thibeault” essays by George Lawson and Mark Johnson, published by Room for Painting, Room for Paper Gallery, San Francisco, CA
David Roth, Westfall & Thibeault @ George Lawson, Square Cylinder, June 4, 2009
2008 Constance Mallison, Marie Thibeault at Jancar Gallery, Art in America, May 2008
Jack Chipman, Studio Visit: Marie Thibeault, Artillery Magazine
Exhibition catalogue, Marie Thibeault: keeping things whole, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Doug Harvey, Sisters of the Stretched Canvas, LA Weekly, March 7, 2008, pg. 52
PUBLIC LECTURES & RELATED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2024 TAMA Talks with Curator Marie Thibeault, moderated by Jeannine Madden, Torrance Art Museum Advocates, Torrance, CA
Consciousness Through the Lens of Abstraction: Marie Thibeault and June Edmonds, moderated by Melinda Paris, Angel City Culture Quest at Grand Street Arts, San Pedro, CA
Co-curator with Max Presneill, Risky Business, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2023 Moderator, panel discussion, intersections/ disruptions, Launch, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Webinar Lecture, Tree Talk: Artists Speak for Trees, Ecoartspace, global platform
2020 Art Conversations: Peter Frank with Daniel Dove and Marie Thibeault, as part of exhibitions Break Down, Build Up, Great Park Art Complex, Irvine, CA
Webinar discussion, Site Visit Exhibition, L’Air Arts Residency Program, Paris France
Webinar discussion, Landscape and Art, moderated by Virginia Katz, ecoartspace
Webinar discussion, Studio Soup: Marie Thibeault, Maggie Tennesen, Ann Weber, moderated by Peggy Reavey, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
2019 Public lecture, Conveyance, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2017 Guest speaker, Feminist Landscape, Women Painters West, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Lecture and panel discussion: Color and Meaning, “Prism Break” lecture series, BLAM, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Panel discussion, Panel discussion, On Abstraction, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Public lecture, Feminist Ideals, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Guest juror, Annual Student Art Show, and Awards Ceremony, Cerritos City College, Cerritos, CA
2014 Coordinator, Art Social Media Symposium, California State Uinversity, Long Beach, CA
Guest Juror, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Organizer, Painting Practice: Graduate Lecture Series, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2012 Moderator, Panel discussion: Painting Now, George Lawson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Guest artist lecture, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
2011 Panel discussion organizer, Contemporary Abstraction, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2010 Guest Artist and Lecturer, Graduate Program, University of California, Davis, CA
2009 Guest Lecturer, Graduate Program, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Panel discussion, Balancing Artistic Practice with Parenting, College Art Association Conference, Seattle, WA
2003 Public lecture, Climatology, Gremillion Fine Art, Houston, TX
2000 Public lecture, Patterns of Change, Women’s Research Colloquium, California State University, Long Beach, CA
1993 Public lecture, The Sublime in American Landscape, Los Angeles Harbor Fine Arts Gallery, Torrance, CA
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING
1989-2022 Professor of Art, California State University, Long Beach, CA
1986-1989 Visiting Professor, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
1985-1986 Lecturer, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
1983-1985 Visiting Professor, New York College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
EDUCATION
MFA, Painting, University of California, Berkeley, CA
MA, Painting, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
BFA, Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI