photo by Michelle Lanning
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b. 1987
Lives and works in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, CA
EDUCATION
2019 MFA, University of California, Santa Barbara
2010 Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art, Pont-Aven, France
2009 BA, Connecticut College, New London, CT
2007 Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
SOLO exhibitions & PUBLICATIONS
2023 ‘attagirl, The Dirty Emerald, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Art & Life with Madeleine Eve Ignon, VoyageLA magazine
2018 re:writing, Glassbox Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2018 pages, Minibox Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2017 she swims, Keystone Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, January 4–17, 2017
2015 featured in Entityy Magazine Issue III
2015 locus Los Angeles County Store, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP exhibitions
2023 Group Text, Left Field Gallery, Los Osos, CA
2022 Beta Epochs, 1258 space, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Over the Fence, Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara, CA
2022 Water is Thicker Than Blood, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2021 strewn CA53776V2.gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2021 pop-up art show with Elisa Ortega Montilla, Community Arts Workshop, Santa Barbara, CA
2020 Joyride Ojai, Ojai, CA
2020 UCSB MFA 20/20, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2019 The Illusion Real, 2-person show with Adam Jahnke, CSU Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
2019 Paradise Tossed, Keystone Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Temporary Clash, ADA Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
2019 SoCalMFA (Helen Molesworth, juror), Millard Sheets Art Center, Pomona, CA
2019 GLAMFA: Open Relationships, CSU Long Beach Art Galleries, Long Beach, CA
2019 POV: Tosh Clements, Madelene Eve Ignon, Tom Pazderka & Art Soto, SBCAST, Santa Barbara, CA
2018 dreamteam, Red Barn Project Space, Santa Barbara, CA
2018 SHE-DEN, Red Barn Project Space, Santa Barbara, CA
2018 Still Free, Glassbox Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2015 group show, Limited Ink Studios, Los Angeles, CA
2015 (in conversation) (with Cara Bonewitz), galerie 8031, Los Angeles, CA
2015 locus, Los Angeles County Store, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Hygienic Arts XXX Art Show, Hygienic Arts, New London, CT
2009 PRIMA LUX, New London, CT
2007 Student Exhibition, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2023 Group Text, Left Field Gallery, Los Osos, CA (in collaboration with Alex Lukas)
2022 Beta Epochs, 1258 space, Los Angeles, CA (in collaboration with Alex Lukas)
awards/honors
2023 Summer 2023 artist workshop with Enrique Martínez Celaya, Los Angeles, CA (scholarship awarded)
2022 Summer 2022 artist workshop with Enrique Martínez Celaya, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Diversity and equity seed grant, University of California Multicampus Placemaking Initiative
2019 College of Creative Studies Teaching Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara
2018 Levitan Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara
2018 Lead Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara
2017 Block grant, University of California, Santa Barbara
2009 Leo & Ann Higdon Annual Art Award, Connecticut College
2009 Salvatore Stephen Figliomeni ‘82 Art Award, Connecticut College
RESIDENCIES
2021 Spring Creek Project Collaborative Retreat (with Lucas Black), through Oregon State University
2016 Starry Night Programs, Artist Grant Recipient, Truth or Consequences, NM
2016 Vermont Studio Center, Artist Grant Recipient, Johnson, VT
2016 Drop Forge & Tool, Hudson, NY
Madeleine Eve Ignon is a multimedia artist and graphic designer who works in a wide range of painting and collage techniques. She has been awarded residencies at Starry Night Program (Truth or Consequences, New Mexico), Vermont Studio Center (Johnston, VT), and Drop Forge & Tool (Hudson, NY), and has exhibited nationally. She graduated from Connecticut College with a BA in Studio Art and a Certificate in Museum Studies, and received a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate from the Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art in Brittany, France. She earned her MFA from UC Santa Barbara, where she was the 2019–20 College of Creative Studies Teaching Fellow. She currently teaches art and design at UCSB and Santa Barbara City College.
contact: madeleineignonart@gmail.com
instagram: @madeveart