Vincent Fecteau (born 1969) is a sculptor based in
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...
. He graduated from
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University ( ) is a Private university, private liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a Men's colleges in the United States, men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Epis ...
in 1992.
He is known for working with ordinary materials such as foamcore, seashells, string, rubber bands, paper clips, walnut shells, and popsicle sticks, and transforming them into beautifully precise handcrafted sculptures. Constructed of
papier-mâché
upright=1.3, Mardi Gras papier-mâché masks, Haiti
upright=1.3, Papier-mâché Catrinas, traditional figures for day of the dead celebrations in Mexico
Papier-mâché (, ; , literally "chewed paper") is a composite material consisting of p ...
, Fecteau often works on several sculptures at a time, taking a year or longer to finish each work. He layers materials and textures, revealing a painstaking creative process that alters significantly the original spherical shapes.
Fecteau's art has been included in numerous exhibitions, including the 2002 and 2012
Whitney Biennials, the 2013
Carnegie International
The Carnegie International is a North American exhibition of contemporary art from around the globe. It was first organized at the behest of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie on November 5, 1896 in Pittsburgh. Carnegie established th ...
, and a 2008 solo exhibition at the
Art Institute of Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago's Grant Park, founded in 1879, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the world. Recognized for its curatorial efforts and popularity among visitors, the museum hosts approximately 1.5 mill ...
, Focus: Vincent Fecteau, New Work. In 2005, the
Guggenheim Foundation announced Vincent Fecteau as recipient of their fellowship. A
MacAuthur Foundation fellowship (commonly known as a "genius grant") followed in 2016. His work is held in the collections of the
Museum of Modern Art
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It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...
and the
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is a modern and contemporary art museum located in San Francisco, California. A nonprofit organization, SFMOMA holds an internationally recognized collection of modern and contemporary art, and was ...
.
References
External links
Vincent Fecteau at Galerie BuchholzVincent Fecteau at the Matthew Marks GalleryVincent Fecteau in Conversation with Constance Lewallen (9/2009)
Wesleyan University alumni
1969 births
Living people
Artists from the San Francisco Bay Area
MacArthur Fellows
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