Josette Gestin Simon

Bio

STUDIED
Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Lorient (France) Life drawing 1976-1977.
Ecole des Beaux Arts de Rennes (France) 1977-1983.

EXHIBITS
Traveling exhibit with the railroad from Paris to Rennes with "L'atelier de la Paillette" January 1988.
Museum-school of "La Perrine" in Laval with "L'atelier de la Paillette" February 20th-March 20th, 1988.
National bookstore F.N.A.C. in Rennes with "L'atelier de la Paillette" April 22nd-May 15th, 1988.
Museum of Vitré with "L'atelier de la Paillette" June 28th-July 11th, 1988.
Individual Artists of Oklahoma Traveling Exhibit 1988-1989 U.S.A.
Creative Art Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, April 1989 with Sharon J. Montgomery.
Artplace, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, April 1989.
Editions Limited, Indianapolis, Indiana, February 23rd to March 20th 1990, with Charlotte Hess.
Art Festival, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1990-1994 and 1998-2000.
Artsplace, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, July 26th to August 30th 1990, four-artist show.
Central State University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, "Painted Photograph Show", September 1990.
Kirkpatrick Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, "Small Wonders", November-December 1990.
Kirkpatrick Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, January 1991, two-artist show.
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Juried Show. March 15th to April 26th 1992.
Joy Berman Gallery, March 20th to April 25th 1992.
Art at the Armory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 1992.
Arte NY92, Jarvis Center, New York City, September 19th to 22nd 1992.
Paper Prayers, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 1993.
Aaron Gallery Miniature Show, Washington D.C. December 1993.
Art at the Armory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 1994.
Forte di Rivoli Veronese, Italia. July-August 1998.
Group show Editions Limited, November 2001.
Oklahoma City Art Museum, OK, USA. Fund raising show January 27-February 17, 2001.
Galerie Compagnie d'artistes, Lorient, France February 13-March 22, 2003.

ONE PERSON SHOWS
Norick Art Center Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma, January 1990.
Ploemeur City Hall, France, January 1995.
Ben Pickard Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, November 1995.
Galleria Linea70, Verona, Italia. June 1997.
Galleria Caruso, Milazzo, Italia, November 1998.
Die Galerie Serafin, Vienna, Austria, March 2001.
EuroCelticArt, Galerie du Faou?dic, Lorient, France, August, 2002.
Mediastore, Lorient, July 2003.
Galleria Caruso, Milazzo, Italy July 26, 2003.
UNTITLED [ArtSpace], Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, scheduled for March 5, 2004.

GALLERIES
Pickard Art Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Editions Limited, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Calloway Gallery Inc., Rochester, Minnesota.
Galleria Caruso, Milazzo, Italia.
Galerie Serafin, Wien, Austria.
Galerie 18, Vannes, France.
Galerie Compagnie d'artistes, Lorient, France.

COMMISSIONS
Hyatt Hotel In Hawaii, four paintings.
Oklahoma City Art Festival Poster 1992.
Postcard for the Woman Caucus for the Arts 1993.

COLLECTIONS
Mayo Clinic, Pediatrician Unit, Minnesota.
OU Physicians Building, Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City.

PUBLICATIONS
Art in America directory.

I grew up in Brittany, France where I studied art at The Beaux-arts in Rennes. As a consequence of my husband's work, I moved to the USA in Oklahoma City. I started to print at the Paseo Intaglio Printers and to show my art in group shows and individual shows. My art work was shown in Florida, Missouri, California, Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana and in Japan. I moved later to Philadelphia where I got involved with the Women's Caucus for Art and Art at the Armory. After three years, we returned to Europe.

In Italy, Austria, and France, my work was exhibited in several galleries. In Brittany for four years, I reconnected with my roots and was invited to be in the Euroceltic Festival. During this stay in Europe, my work was still shown in the United States and is part of private and public collections such as Hyatt hotel Hawaii, Mayo clinic Minneapolis and, in Oklahoma, at the Health Science Center, Coach House restaurant, Irish Realty among many other collections.

I attended the Oklahoma City Festival of the Arts 11 times and was the poster artist in 1992. I had several one person shows in Oklahoma, the Norick Art Center OCU, City Art Center, Pickard Gallery, and Untitled [ArtSpace].

The new members show in July at the Muse Gallery is the first one in Philadelphia since I came back two years ago. In July, I will show my work in Provence, France. In October, I will show at the Tyme Gallery in Havertown and I will have a one person show in December in Muse Gallery.