Victoria Veedell

Victoria Veedell was born in Texas and received her BFA from TAMUCC.  She continued her training at L’Ecole Albert Defois, Association D’Ateliers D’Art Internationaux, Les Cerquex, France and at graduate school at New York University.  She has been an artist in residence at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT in 2001 and 2008, Kamiyama Artist in Residence, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan in 2004, and the Chitraniketan Residency, Kovalam, Kerala, India in 2002.  Her paintings have been exhibited nationally and internationally in galleries and art centers.  Her work is in numerous corporate and private collections. She lives and works in San Francisco, CA.

AWARDS and RESIDENCIES

2009   Artspan Juror’s Choice Award, Jurors:  Diane Dunn, Marin Arts Council,Elizabeth Nicholaou,
           The Shooting Gallery, Jen Rogers, Varnish Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008   Artist Grant, Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2007   Printmaking Workshop, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA
2005    Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Aritst in Residence, Dawson City , Yukon , Canada (CANCELED)
2004    Kamiyama Artist-in-Residence, Kamiyama, Shikoku, Japan
2002    Chitraniketan Artist Residency, Kovalam, Kerala, India
2001    Artist Grant, Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009
"Art of Zen - Inspired by Japan", Elastic Creative, San Francisco, CA
"Travel Notes", White Lily, San Francisco, CA
2008
"Discovery Series", Chico Art Center, Chico, CA
2005
"Visions and Imaginings", The Gallery at Penn College of Technology, , Williamsport, PA
"Travel Notes ", Benicia Public Library Art Gallery , Benicia , CA
"Visions and Imaginings", Sylvia Winslow Gallery , Maturango Museum , Ridgecrest , CA
"Passages", Mill Valley Art Commission, Mill Valley, CA
2004
"Capturing Light", YWCA at the University of California, Berkeley, CA
2003
"Passages", Las Chicas, Tokyo, Japan
2002
"Visions & Imaginings", Chitraniketan Art Gallery, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
"Miles to Wander", Roti, Tokyo, Japan

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Summer Exhbition, Gallery 28, San Francisco, CA
Surface/Tension: h20 - Jurors: Donna Seagar and Jylian Gustlin, Gallery 111 and Bay Model Vistors Center, Sausalito, CA
"Nature's Treasures" Contemporary Landscape Painters of California- Juror: Richard Mayhew, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
The Passage of Time, Arata Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009
Serenity Spring 09, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
24th Annual Juried Exhibition - Juror: Jeremy Morgan, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA
2008
Reflections of the Bay, California Modern Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SF Open Studios Exhibition, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
2007
Postcards from the Edge, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
SF Open Studios Exhibition, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
Reflections, Stanford Art Space, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
2006
Alternative Landscapes, Sinclair College, Dayton, OH
Group Show, MobiTV, Emeryville, CA
2005
SF Open Studios Exhibtion, SOMArts, San Francisco , CA
After the Journey, Lincoln Center Galleries, Fort Collins, CO
Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR
Group Show, Mad River Post, Curated by William Torphy, San Francisco , CA
2004
SF Open Studios Exhibtion, SOMArts, San Francisco , CA
Open to Change, Whitney Young Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
Bay Area Emerging Artist, Juried Show, 710 Market Street, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibition, ArtShare Gallery 25, San Mateo, CA
Group Exhibition, Quarry Cove Gallery, Pacifica, CA
"SVOS Stars", San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
"Art Walk", ArtSpan, Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA
"We like it dirty", Heritage Square Building, Emeryville, CA
"Annual Members Showcase", Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2003
"Reconstructed Constructivism", CELLspace, San Francisco, CA
"Postcards from the edge" Benefit exhibition Visual Aids, New York, NY
"Night of 1000 drawings benefit", Artist Space, New York, NY
"Big Deal X" benefit exhibition Visual Aids, San Francisco, CA
2002
Design Festa, Tokyo Big Site, Tokyo, Japan   
"Transcultural Exchange, Coaster Project", Eyesaw, Tokyo, Japan
"The Phoenix Project", Redbud Gallery, Houston, TX
2001
"26th International Art Exhibition", Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
"Pier 9 Show", BWAC, Brooklyn, NY
"Small Works on Paper", Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
The Fifth Stop, Open Studio Tour, Brooklyn, New York
2000
"Nature, 3 Viewpoints", YWCA Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
"Bay One Small Works Exhibition", BWAC, Brooklyn, NY
"Perspectives", Brooklyn YWCA Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
"Summer Exhibition", Brooklyn YWCA Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
"The Fifth Stop", Open Studio Tour, Brooklyn, New York
1999
"Group Exhibition", Earl Gallery, New York, NY
"3 Views", YWCA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
"Summer Exhibition", YWCA Gallery, Brooklyn NY
"Alumni Exhibition", Texas A & M University, Corpus Christi, TX
"Community Exhibition", Lowe Art Gallery, Hudson Guild, New York, NY
1998
"Wall to Wall", Gallery 402, New York, NY
"Group Exhibition", Earl Gallery, New York, NY
"Ides of March", ABC No Rio, New York, NY
"Visual Pleasures", Fakiris Gallery, Greenport, NY
1997
"P.S. 122 Benefit Auction", New York, NY
"Group Exhibition", Earl Gallery, New York, NY
1996
"Group Exhibition", 14th Street Painters, New York, NY
1995
"Group Exhibition", Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston, TX
1994
"Visual Art Alliance National Juried Competition", Houston, TX
"Eco Feminisim, Crossing Boundries", Houston Women's Caucus for Art, Houston, TX
"Dia de los Muertas", Lawdale Art and Performance Center, Houston, TX
1993
"Dia de los Muertas", Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Houston, TX
"Aart/Art/Arte", Art League of Houston, Houston, TX
"Group Show", Harris Gallery, Houston, TX
"Erotic Art Show", Summer Street Studios, Houston, TX
"Spring Celebration", Summer Street Studios, Houston, TX
1992
"Sign of the Times", Summer Street Studios, Houston, TX
"Have a Heart", Art League of Houston, Houston, TX
"Sancuary for the Soul", Buteras, Houston, TX
"Landscapes, Buteras", Houston, TX
1990
B.F.A. Exhibition, Texas A & M
"Women and their Art", Galeria Chaparral, Corpus Christi, TX
"Artist's Invitational", Galeria Chaparral, Corpus Christi, TX

REVIEWS   archive
S.F. Artist brings her work to BPL gallery, by Jennifer Gentile, BENICIA HERALD, September 7, 2005
Nature on Canvas, by Hari Sundar, The Hindu, Thiruvananthapuram, August 25, 2002
Rebirth in Canvas For Colours of Memory, Deshabhimani, Thiruvananthapuram Edition, August 27, 2002

EDUCATION
2004 Taking the Leap, Emeryville, CA
1994 Graduate study, New York University
1990 B.F.A. Texas A & M University Corpus Christi, TX
1990 L'Ecole Albert Defois, Association D'Ateliers D'Art Internationaux, Les Cerquex, France