Madeleine Eve Ignon is a visual artist and graphic designer who works in a wide range of painting and collage techniques. She graduated from Connecticut College with a BA in Studio Art and a Certificate in Museum Studies, as well as from the Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art in Brittany, France with a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate. 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 earned her MFA from UC Santa Barbara.
contact: madeleineignonart@gmail.com
instagram: @madeveart
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
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
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
awards/honors
2019 College of Creative Studies Teaching Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara
2018 Levitan Fellowship, 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
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