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Genevieve Esson has a B.A. in Painting from Webster University, an award winning artist, her work is collected regionally and internationally. Esson is a painter and mixed media artist and has completed 15 Public Art Projects. Her main medium is acrylics.
She participates and exhibits her artwork at fairs, festivals, gallery shows, public art, coffee houses, hospitals, restaurants and LIVE art events. She has an extensive working artist history. To see her artist CV (working résumé) scroll down below. You may view her portfolio at: http://www.genevieveesson.artistwebsites.com You can find more information about her public art at LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/genevieve-esson-art-4453576
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OVER 15 PUBLIC ART PROJECTS:
Genevieve has completed over 15 PUBLIC ART PROJECTS: The latest: Nov. 2017: Esson had a design juried into the 2017 MetroScapes for Arts In Transit. Look for the art on bus shelters & buses. Aug. 2017: She designed & painted 2 TSB's on the Olive Link for U.City. June 2017: She designed and painted a public utility box behind Eagle Bank at Highland & Manchester, behind the Hummingbird Box. 2016: Esson designed 22 streetlight banners for the City of Creve Coeur on Olive Blvd. over the I-270 corridor. 2015: Sept. 2015: Designed & painted a wall mural for the Martha E. Jones Center @ Marygrove Children's Services in Florissant. June 2015: She designed & painted a playhouse, "Monarchs Take Flight" for Raise The Roof, Friends Of Wings & BJC. April 2015: Designed & painted a community bus mural for Metro Bus - Arts In Transit for St. Louis Earth Day, sponsored by Project Clear STL.
2014: June 2014: Designed & painted a hummingbird design on a Traffic Signal Box
for the City of Manchester. Jan. 2014: Painted four - 4’ high cake sculptures for the 250th
St. Louis: Cakeway To The West Birthday Celebration. Locations: Missouri Botanical Garden, Compton Hill Water Tower, Lincoln Douglas Square & Payne Gentry House.
2013: June 2013: Painted a life-sized dog statue for the Animal Protective
Association's 90th Birthday fundraSOLD to Parkcrest Plastic Surgery. Sept. 2013: Designed a shed mural for Franz Park Community Garden.
2011: She designed a bus mural painting for Metro Bus - Arts In
Transit with the Missouri Botanical Garden, sponsored by Ameren Missouri. 2010: Designed a larger-than-life painted butterfly for Wings In The City, a fundraiser for BJC Children's Hospice & Palliative Care. SOLD to Dierbergs Corporate Headquarters.
2009 - 2010: Painted 3 life-sized lion statues for University City, one for the
U.City Roaring Lions Project in 2009. The U.City In Bloom lion is on permanent display
at Heman Park. The other two are in private collections in St. Louis.
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Words from the artist: “My artwork is an extension of my inner thought processes and perceptions of the world around me. I have a very strong desire to convey the beauty and spirituality of the natural world, painting mainly in acrylics and adding some mixed media to the work. Using bright colors and energetic line movement I paint with
passion and precision. Each piece is unique and speaks for itself. The subject matter varies, and it usually tells a story. I want to keep exploring and growing with art, making the world a better place painting. My inspirations are varied: nature, animals, music, illuminated manuscripts, beauty, color, trees, dreams, spirituality and art history.
Having to feel connected and passionate when creating, I gather ideas for new artworks going about my daily life. Sketching it out, recycling ideas from past artworks, it becomes another project, opening the door for new creativity.”
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Genevieve Esson
Website: http://www.genevieveessonart.com
Fine Art America Portfolio: http://www.genevieve-esson.artistwebsites.com
Blog: http://www.genevieveesson.wordpress.com
LinkdIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/genevieve-esson-art/6/357/445
Facebook Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Genevieve-Esson-Art-Fan-Page/145856062106094?ref=hl
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ARTISTIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Genevieve Esson
Website: http://www.genevieveessonart.com
Fine Art America Portfolio: http://www.genevieve-esson.artistwebsites.com
Blog: http://www.genevieveesson.wordpress.com
LinkdIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/genevieve-esson-art/6/357/445
Facebook Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Genevieve-Esson-Art-
Fan-Page/145856062106094?ref=hl
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ARTISTIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
JUL 2018 Art vendor at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, St. Louis
JUL 2018 Painted LIVE at Let Them Eat Art at Sutton Loop Park, Maplewood, MO
JUL 2018 Six paintings and prints at Artisans In The Loop, University City. I now have gallery representation.
JUN 2018 Art vendor at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, St. Louis
JUN 2018 Solo show at Boardwalk Waffles & Ice Cream, Maplewood, MO
JUN 2018 Commissioned to paint two public art benches for the Olive Link in University City, MO
MAY 2018 Art vendor at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, St. Louis
MAY 2018 Pop Up Shop at Looking Glass Designs in Lafayette Square, St. Louis, MO
MAY 2018 Artwork on exhibit at Coma Coffee, through November, 2018. Brentwood, MO
MAR 2018 Juried Vendor at A Happy Little Craft Show, Grants Gym, Webster University, St. Louis
FEB 2018 Painted LIVE at Wall Ball, Third Degree Glass Factory, a fundraiser for ARTSCOPE, St. Louis
JAN 2018 Vendor at the Winter Farmers Market at Schlafly Bottleworks, Maplewood, MO
JAN 2018 Solo Exhibit of 19 Paintings & Multi-Media Pieces At Schlafly Branch Public Library, St. Louis
DEC 2017 Vendor at the 7th Annual Winter Farmers Market at Schlafly Bottleworks, Maplewood, MO
DEC 2017 Vendor at Tower Grove Farmers Market Artisan Holiday Market at City Garden, St. Louis
NOV 2017 Artwork: “Reflections On Color” selected for MetroScapes 2017, St. Louis
NOV 2017 Soulard Art Gallery 10 year reunion show, exhibited three pieces for show, Soulard
OCT 2017 Soiree For Strays Gallery & Art Opening. Donated 100% of dog painting to fundraiser, St. Louis
OCT 2017 Gallery Opening for the Olive Utility Boxes at Centennial Commons, U. City
OCT 2017 Participated as an artist at CAM Open Studios at The FocalPoint, Maplewood
SEP 2017 Art Vendor at the Manchester ArtsFest, Manchester, MO
SEP 2017 Art vendor at the Monarch Madness event at the Weldon Spring Site, St. Charles, MO
AUG 2017 Commissioned to paint two utility boxes for the Olive Link for University City, MO
JUL 2017 Artist at the 12th Amazing Spirit Art Festival at Schlafly Branch Library
JUL 2017 Painted LIVE at Let Them Eat Art at Sutton Loop Park, Maplewood, MO
JUL 2017 Art vendor at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, St. Louis
JUN 2017 Commissioned to paint Ameren MO utility box for the City Of
Manchester, MO
JUN 2017 Art vendor at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, St. Louis
MAY 2017 Solo show at Third Degree Glass Factory, Multimedia: the Diversity Of Trees, St. Louis
MAY 2017 Commissioned to paint a large painting for the Clayton Music & Wine Festival Event, Clayton, MO
MAY 2017 Art vendor at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, St. Louis
APR 2017 Artist showcase in magazine article: Missouri Meetings & Events Summer Edition for Art Of Renaissance, St. Louis
MAR 2017 Painted LIVE at Wall Ball, Majorette in Maplewood, a fundraiser for ARTSCOPE, St. Louis
FEB 2017 Exhibited artwork in “Art Of The Renaissance” at Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel.
FEB 2017 Exhibited artwork in the Steampunk Broken Hearts Ball at 1900 Park Place, Lafayette Square, St. Louis
FEB 2017 Exhibited artwork in the Steampunk Masquerade Art Show at 1900 Park Place, Lafayette Square, St. Louis
DEC 2016: Vendor at Stone Spiral Holiday Bazaar, Maplewood, MO
NOV 2016 Vendor at the St. Clement of Rome Ladies Society brunch at Ces & Judy’s at Plaza Frontenac
OCT 2016 Participated as an artist at CAM Open Studios at 1900 Park, Lafayette
OCT 2016 Two paintings juried into the Small Works III Opus 63119 art show for Webster Arts at Webster Groves Library
SEP 2016 Vendor at Webster University Alumni Rock & Glow Homecoming 2016
SEP 2016 Whimsical Motion Streetlight Banners are displayed on Olive Blvd. between Tempo and New Balls Rd through October
AUG 2016 Whimsical Motion Art Opening for Whimsical Motion Streetlight Banners for Olive Blvd., City Of Creve Coeur
JUL 2016 Art vendor at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, St. Louis
JUL 2016 Painted LIVE at Let Them Eat Art at the Boogaloo, Maplewood, MO
JUL 2016 Art vendor at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, St. Louis
MAY 2016 Final approval of 52 streetlight banners for the City Of Creve Coeur on Olive Blvd.
APR 2016 Solo art exhibit at the Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel, Art
Opening, April 20th, St. Louis
APR 2016 Painted LIVE at the LIVE ART PROJECT, Chesterfield, MO.
MAR 2016 Exhibited paintings at Urban Eats Café, “Koi Fish, Water Lilies & Dragonflies”, St. Louis
FEB 2016 Exhibited paintings at Urban Eats Café, “Faces In Art”, St. Louis
JAN 2016 Commissioned to design 52 streetlight banners for the City of Creve Coeur, on Olive Blvd., St. Louis
DEC 2015 Vendor at the 5th Annual Winter Farmers Market at Schlafly
Bottleworks, Maplewood, MO
DEC 2015 Vendor at the Stone Spiral Coffee House Annual Holiday Bazaar, Maplewood, MO
NOV 2015 Three paintings exhibited at the Small Works Invitational at the OA Gallery in Kirkwood, MO
NOV 2015 Donated a painting of “Blue”, a pit bull to Soirée For Strays, a
fundraiser fir Gateway Pet Guardians, St. Louis
OCT 2015 Volunteered at the Playhouses In The Park event at my playhouse for Raise The Roof STL at The Muny
OCT 2015 Open Studios STL, exhibited artworks for Contemporary Art Museum at The 1900 Park Creative Space, St. Louis
SEP 2015 Art vendor at the Monarch Madness event at the Weldon Spring Site, St. Charles, MO
SEP 2015 Commissioned to paint a large wall mural for the Martha E. Jones Center at Marygrove Social Services, Florissant,
MO
AUG 2015 Volunteered at the Playhouses In The Park event at my playhouse for Raise The Roof STL the Worlds Fair
Pavilion
AUG 2015 Art vendor at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, St. Louis
JUL 2015 Solo show at Maryland Heights Government Center, July 7 - September
6. St. Louis
JUL 2015 Art vendor at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, St. Louis
JUL 2015 Painted LIVE at Let Them Eat Art at the Sutton Loop. Maplewood, MO.
JUL 2015 Painted LIVE on Show Me St. Louis, same day of Let Them Eat Art. Maplewood, MO
JUN 2015 In a group show with Harry Weber and Rob Dreyer at Chesterfield City Hall,
June 26th - September 26th. Chesterfield, MO
JUN 2015 Commissioned to design a playhouse for Raise The Roof STL and Friends of Wings, St. Louis
JUN 2015 Art vendor at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, St. Louis
APR 2015 Painted LIVE at the Augusta Plein Air Festival
APR 2015 Commissioned to paint a Metro Bus Mural for St. Louis Earth Day and Project Clear STL
MAR 2015 Vendor at The Green with Indie Craft Show, Webster University, St. Louis
JAN 2015 Exhibited paintings and posters at Patti Anne’s Exchange, St. Louis, MO
DEC 2014 Vendor at the 4th Annual Winter Farmers Market at Schlafly
Bottleworks, Maplewood, MO
DEC 2014 Vendor at the Stone Spiral Coffee House Annual Holiday Bazaar,
Maplewood, MO
NOV 2014 Exhibited artwork at the Art Uncorked Event at Spencer Road
Library, St. Peters, MO
NOV 2014 Exhibited paintings at Lourdes Wellness Spa in Ballwin, MO
OCT 2014 Painted LIVE ar Grove Fest 2014 in The Grove, St. Louis, MO
SEP 2014 Painted a large wall mural for Sips Salon, Clayton, MO
SEP 2014 Taught a two day Stl250 Paint Your Favorite Cake event at the St. Louis Worlds Fare, Forest Park, St. Louis, MO
AUG 2014 Art vendor at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, St. Louis
AUG 2014 Taught a Stl250 Paint Your Favorite Cake event at the Stl250 Cakers Family Picnic, Vago Park, Maryland Heights,
MO
JUL 2014 Painted LIVE at Let Them Eat Art, Airedale Antics, Maplewood, MO
JUN 2014 Art vendor at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, St. Louis
JUN 2014 Taught a Stl250 Paint Your Favorite Cake event at the Creve Couer Lake House, Maryland Heights, MO.
JUN 2014 Open Studios STL, exhibited artworks for Contemporary Art Museum at The London Tea Room, Tower Grove
South, MO
JUN 2014 Commissioned to paint a hummingbird design on a Traffic Signal Box for the City Of Manchester, MO
MAY 2014 Art vendor at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, St. Louis
APR 2014 Painted LIVE on rain barrels at Earth Day 2014.
APR 2014 Vendor at the Unique Boutique, Syndicate Lofts, St. Louis, MO
FEB 2014 Painted LIVE at Wall Ball, Third Degree Glass Factory, a fundraiser for SCOSAG, St. Louis
JAN 2014 Painted 4 - 4 ft. tall cake statues for the STL250 Cakeway To The West, to celebrate the 250th birthday of St. Louis.
My cakes were placed at Missouri Botanical Garden, Lincoln Douglas debate statues in Alton, The Compton Hill Water
Tower, & the Payne Gentry House in Bridgeton. St. Louis, MO
DEC 2013 A vendor at the 3rd Annual Winter Farmers Market at Schlafly Bottleworks, Maplewood, MO
DEC 2013 A vendor at the Stone Spiral Coffee House Annual Holiday Bazaar, Maplewood, MO
DEC 2013 A vendor at the 3rd Annual Winter Farmers Market at Schlafly Bottleworks, Maplewood, MO
DEC 2013 A vendor at the Stone Spiral Coffee House Annual Holiday Bazaar, Maplewood, MO
DEC 2013 In a group show at Gallery 501 at Art Glass Array, St. Charles, MO
DEC 2013 Vendor at the Winter Warlock's Arty Party, Maya Café, Maplewood, MO
NOV 2013 Published my first art book, "Paintings By Genevieve", St. Louis, MO
OCT 2013 Painted LIVE at the Grove Fest. The Grove, MO
SEP 2013 Painted a shed mural for the Franz Park Community Garden, St. Louis
SEP 2013 Had a booth at the Dogtown Sustainability Expo At The Dogtown Street Musicians Festival. Dogtown, MO
SEP 2013 Completed a poster for the Sustainability Expo At The Dogtown Street Musicians Festival. Dogtown, MO
SEP 2013 Solo show at Soulard Coffee Garden, Soulard, MO
AUG 2013 Two paintings juried into the Blue Girls & Abstractions Art Show
AUG 2013 Displayed paintings at The Crafty Chameleon, Ellisville, MO.
AUG 2013 Art vendor at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, St. Louis
JULY 2013- SEP 2013 Painted dog statue for the Harry & Hanley Project put on display at Parkcrest Plastic Surgery, St. Louis
JULY 2013 Group show at the Revisionist Inn, St. Louis
JUL 2013 Painted LIVE at Let Them Eat Art, Water Street Café, Maplewood, MO
JUL 2013 Art vendor at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, St. Louis
JUN 2013 Open Studios STL, exhibited artworks for Contemporary Art Museum
of St. Louis at American Legion Post 103,
Maplewood, MO
JUN 2013 Painted LIVE for the ArtD Tour in front of the St. Louis Art Museum
JUN 2013 Art vendor at the Pagan Picnic in Tower Grove Park, St. Louis
MAY 2013 Painted LIVE at the Hill Wine Walk, St. Louis
MAY 2013 Art vendor at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, St. Louis
MAY 2013-AUG 2013 Exhibited artwork at Sunflower Massage Studio,
Maplewood, MO
APR 2013 Solo exhibit at MoKaBe’s, St. Louis
MAR 2013 Painted dog statue for the Harry & Hanley Project, a fundraiser for the Animal Protective Association, St. Louis
MAR 2013 Solo exhibit at Wired Coffee, St. Louis
MAR 2013 Exhibited in a group show, Modern Movement, a closer look at contemporary folk art at Chesterfield Arts, St.
Louis
MAR 2013 Art vendor at Green with Indie Craft Show, Webster University, St. Louis
FEB 2013 Solo exhibit at the Hartford Coffee House, St. Louis
FEB 2013 Painted LIVE at Wall Ball, Third Degree Glass Factory, a fundraiser for SCOSAG, St. Louis
DEC 2012 Artwork published on the December issue of Spirit Seeker magazine.
DEC 2012 Art vendor at the Schlafly Bottleworks Holiday Market, St. Louis
DEC 2012 Art vendor at the Stone Spiral Holiday Show, St. Louis
SEP 2012 Art vendor at Strange Folk Festival, O’Fallon, IL
AUG 2012 Art vendor at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, St. Louis
JUL 2011 Open Studio, exhibited artworks for Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis at Pace Framing
JUL 2012 Painted LIVE at Let Them Eat Art, Studio Forte Dance and Fine Arts, Maplewood, MO
JUL 2012 Art vendor at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, St. Louis
JUN 2012 Art vendor at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, St. Louis
JUN 2012 Art vendor at the Pagan Picnic in Tower Grove Park, St. Louis
APR 2012 Art vendor at Earth Day 2012, St. Louis
MAR 2012 Solo exhibit at Café Ventana, St. Louis
MAR 2012 Art vendor at Green with Indie Craft Show, Webster University, St.
Louis
FEB 2012 Painted LIVE at Wall Ball, Third Degree Glass Factory, a fundraiser for
SCOSAG, St. Louis
FEB 2012 Exhibited artwork at Schon on the Boulevard for Support Dog Charity,
St. Louis
DEC 2011 Art vendor at the Schlafly Bottleworks Holiday Market, St. Louis
DEC 2011 Art vendor at the Stone Spiral Holiday Show, St. Louis
OCT 2011 Solo exhibit at the Hartford Coffee House, St. Louis
Education
Webster University
1984 - 1986
B.A. in Painting
Talent scholarship in drawing, Spring 1984-Fall 1985, GPA 3.5/4.0