ARTIST STATEMENT
Currently my creative focus explores how the American culture has shifted over time to become a complex façade of manufactured visions. I am exploring how our self-image and goals for happiness have been sold to us for political and monetary reasons, and how this has formulated our understanding of the role of women, religion, and the general concept of paradise in America.
My inspiration comes from the realization our culture is often driven by the institutional promotion of fundamental stereotypes. Structured belief systems entice us to continually pursue specific roles in society, believing this will bring us happiness. My recent paintings explore images related to these topics.
BIOGRAPHY & CV
Lives and works in Southern California
info@JeanneCHolbrook.com
Artist and painter Jeanne Holbrook was raised in San Diego, CA. She grew up in suburbia, attending a religious girls’ school with the expectations of a traditional life. She learned to read from fairy tales and learned the rules of life through bible stories. She attended college USIU at the Ashdown Park campus in Sussex England. Jeanne then attended San Diego State University until her father suddenly died. She stopped school and went to work immediately. Her sheltered life gave way to 20-plus years of corporate work and the realities of life, good and bad.
During school, Jeanne became fascinated with the international cultural influences seen as throughout art history. This was the spark that led to a creative international career in sales promotion and store design. Her career allowed her to travel and develop her visual judgment capabilities.
Eventually, Jeanne returned to school and completed her formal education in studio art. She received her BA at California State University at San Bernardino. She finished her MFA at CSUSB in 2023.
Jeanne maintains a studio at home in the in the Temecula Valley of Southern California. Today she focuses on creating oversized canvases, painting in oil, and creating visual depth and texture with charcoal and oil pastels. Currently, Jeanne is exploring how the culture of myth, religion, and advertising have formed the stories of our daily lives, the role of women, and the concept of happily ever after. Jeanne is interested in how the pursuit of the American dream evolved to be a hegemonic influence transforming America into a consumer society through advertising images of happiness.
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Studio Art, California State University San Bernardino, San Bernardino,CA 2023
B.A. Studio Art, California State University San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA 2020
A.A. Studio Art, Norco College, Norco, CA 2017
A.S. Architecture, Norco College, Norco, CA 2018
Attended San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Attended USIU Ashdown Park, Sussex, England, U.K.
SOLO EXHIBITION
Stories We Are Told, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, San Bernardino, CA 2022
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Liminal Spaces, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, San Bernardino, CA 2022
Alumni Art Exhibition, Norco College Art Gallery, Norco, CA 2021
Frequency, curated by Ed Gomez, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum, San Bernardino, CA 2020
Students of Art & Design, Norco College Art Gallery, Norco, CA 2016
Students of Art & Design, Norco College Art Gallery, Norco, CA 2015
Students of Art & Design, Norco College Art Gallery, Norco, CA 2014
PUBLICATIONS
"Master of Fine Art Project, Jeanne Holbrook"
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/1839 2023
Dotphotozine 2021
Norco College Alumni Art Exhibition Catalog
https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/7705185/catalog 2021
COLLECTIONS
Norco College Art Collection, Norco, CA 2014
WORK EXPERIENCE
CREATIVE DIRECTION/DESIGN PROJECT MANAGER CONSULTANT
DFS North America/DFS Group Limited/LVMH, Los Angeles, CA 2 years
VISUAL MERCHANDISING/STORE DESIGN CONSULTANT
Brighton Collectibles City Of Industry, CA 1 year
DESIGNER
The Design Network Santa Barbara/Los Angeles, CA 8 years
CREATIVE DIRECTOR - NORTH AMERICA
DFS North America/DFS Group Limited/LVMH El Segundo, CA 5 years
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGER
Mervyn’s Hayward, CA 2 Years
WEST COAST DESIGN PROJECT MANAGER
HTI, Hambrecht Terrell International, Architects Los Angeles, CA, New York,NY 3 years
VISUAL MERCHANDISING DIRECTOR/MANAGER
Federated Department Stores, Bullock’s Los Angeles,CA 4 years