BIOGRAPHY Jeanne Vadeboncoeur was born in 1980 in California’s Silicon Valley. She received her BFA in painting from San Jose State University and continues to live and work in the Bay Area. Vadeboncoeur embraces the traditional practice of still life paintings, rendered usually in oil—her subject matter, however, is not so traditional. With precise execution, she explores objects that we often overlook in the day-to-day banal: a pile of donuts, an assembly of gummy bears or a bag of marbles. Her paintings urge the viewer to find gratification in life’s simple pleasures. Vadeboncoeur has shown professionally in various museums and galleries including the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, the San Jose Museum of Art, Triton Museum of Art, in Santa Clara, CA, Bryant Street Gallery in Palo Alto, CA, Gold Gallery in Boston, MA, and Simon Breitbard Fine Arts in San Francisco, CA. ARTIST STATEMENT I take simple everyday objects that are often overlooked – or at least un-remarked upon – and render them as though they are precious icons. Their presentation suggests that they are more important and worthy of notice than we might initially give them credit for. Familiarity may not always breed contempt, but it is all too easy to become numb and desensitized to the commonplace and ordinary. My chosen objects are taken out of their day-to-day context and isolated on a stark background with dramatic lighting that permits the item to be viewed with a fresh perspective; Ultimately appreciated in a way that they never have before. I often find great personalities in inanimate objects, beauty in broken or damaged things, or complex relationships between the most mundane items. Despite these hidden depths the work is never meant to be too serious. I try to balance out my own efforts of dramatization with an infusion of humor and whimsy. EDUCATION 2008 BFA, San Jose State University2001-2003 Laguna College of Art and Design SELECT EXHIBITIONS 2023 The Still Life, group exhibition, Elliott Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, CA2021 Art Miami, Simon Breitbard Fine Arts, Miami, FL2021 Made in California, juried group exhibition, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA2020 People • Places • Things, group exhibition, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA2020 4 Under 5, group exhibition, Claire Carino Contemporary, Boston, MA2020 31 Women, group exhibition, Whitney Modern, Los Gatos, CA2019 39th Annual Fall Auction, invitational group show, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, SJ, CA2019 Off Menu, group show, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA2018 38th Annual Fall Auction, invitational group show, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, SJ, CA2018 Seattle Art Fair, via K. Imperial Fine Art, Seattle, WA2018 The (Anti) Valentine Show, group show, Works / San Jose. SJ, CA2017 Holiday Exhibition, group show, Gold Gallery, Boston, MA2017 37th Annual Fall Auction, invitational group show, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, SJ, CA2017 Brand Spanking Blue, group show, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA2016 36th Annual Fall Auction, invitational group show, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, SJ, CA2016 Lost and Found, group show, Gold Gallery, Boston, MA2016 ARTMrkt San Francisco, via Simon Breitbard Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA 2015 Inaugural Exhibition, group show, Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA2015 Anything But Ordinary, group show, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA2015 Intime group show, First Street Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA2015 35th Annual Fall Auction, invitational group show, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, SJ, CA2015 The Still Life group show, Elliot Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, CA2014 In the White Room, group show, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA2014 34th Annual Fall Auction, invitational group show, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, SJ, CA2014 Natura Morta, group show, Gold Gallery, Boston, MA2014 40 & Under, group show, Elliot Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, CA2013 Youthful Diversions, two-person show, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA2013 33rd Annual Fall Auction, invitational group show, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, SJ, CA2013 Featured Artist – June , Gold Gallery, Boston, MA2013 KA-BLOOM Art Auction, Visual Aid, San Francisco, CA2012 In Small Packages, group show, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA2012 Gilded, group show, Gold Gallery, Boston, MA2012 32nd Annual Fall Auction, invitational group show, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, S J, CA2012 SF Fine Art Fair, via K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA2012 LIVE Art Auction, Visual Aid, San Francisco, CA2012 Inaugural Exhibition, Gold Gallery, Boston, MA2011 2011 Statewide Painting Competition & Exhibition, juried show, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara CA2011 Belly of the Beast, group show, Art Object, San Jose, CA2011 Big Deal Art Auction, Visual Aid, San Francisco, CA2011 31st Annual Fall Auction, invitational group show, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, S J, CA2011 SF Fine Art Fair, via , K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA2011 LIVE Art Auction, Visual Aid, San Francisco, CA2011 Avant Garden, Kalied Gallery, San Jose, CA2011 March Show, group show, K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA2011 Contemporary Still Life, group show, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA2010 30th Annual Fall Auction, invitational group show, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, S J, CA2010 Art San Diego, via Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA2010 New Works, two person show, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA2010 Group Show, Gallery McCollum, Laguna Beach, CA2010 Los Angeles Art Show, via Bryant Street Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2009 Big Blue Deal, group show, Visual Aid, San Francisco, CA2009 29th Annual Fall Auction, invitational group show, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, S J, CA 2009 New Works, two person show, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA2009 Big Red Shiny, group show, Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, CA2008 28th Annual Fall Auction, invitational group show, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, S J, CA 2008 Unnatural Selections, solo show, Herbert Sanders Gallery, San Jose State University, S J, CA2008 CCACA Conference, Juried show, Davis, CA2008 Gallery Artists:, group show, Bryant Street Gallery. Palo Alto, CA2008 Red Dot NY, via Bryant Street Gallery, New York, NY 2008 100/100 Backwater Arts Gallery exhibition, group show, Backwater Arts Gallery, San Jose, CA2007 Inaugural Backwater Arts Gallery exhibition, group show, Backwater Arts Gallery, San Jose, CA2007 Group Show, Salon Blu, Santa Clara, CA2007 27th Annual Fall Auction, invitational group show, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, SJ, CA 2007 Gallery Artists: August, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA 2007 Affordable Art Fair, via Bryant Street Gallery, New York, NY2007 CCACA Conference, Juried show, Davis, CA2006 We Are Families: Art by Families at SJMA, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA2006 Inaugural Show, group show, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA2005 Gallery Artists: December, group show, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA2005 Fetish, group show, ArtSF, San Francisco, CA 2003 Urban Expressions, Red Ink Studios/Santana Row, San Jose CA SELECT CORPORATE COLLECTIONS Genstar Capital, San Francisco, CAMetro Top, New York, NYHobie LLC, Woodside, CA