LOUISE DESPONT

louise.despont@gmail.com
Currently lives and works in India.

EDUCATION

2006 - BA Art Semiotics, Brown University, Providence, RI

2002 - Studio Arts Center International, Florence, Italy

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2010 - Upcoming solo show, Septemeber, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, NY
2009 - House of Instruments, Sanskriti Kendra group show, Delhi
The Drawing Center, Benefit Auction
Works on Paper, Texas State University
'Cutters', Hunterdon Art Museum, NJ
2008 - The Plant Life of Saints, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, NY
Palm Beach Film Festival, Florida
NADA Art Fair, Miami, FL
2007 - Ann Arbor Film Festival, Michigan
Athens International Film and Video Festival
Cucalorus Film Festival
CON-CAN Film Festival
Black Maria Film Festival
2006 - Pixeleration, First Works Providence, Providence, RI
The Elm Tree Project, Tockwotten Street Warehouse, Providence, RI
2004 - Art Fiend Foundation, New York, NY
Juried Exhibition, List Art Gallery, Providence, RI
RESIDENCIES

2009 - Sanskriti Kendra, Artist in Residence, Delhi, India
2008 - The MacDowell Colony, Artist in Residence, Peterborough, NH
Polli Talu Arts Center, Artist in Residence, Estonia
BIBLIOGRAPHY

2010 - Modern Painters, Emerging Artist Feature, February
2009 - New Museum, 'Younger Than Jesus' Exhibition Catalogue
Open City Magazine
2008 - Smith, Roberta, New York Times, June 13, 2008
Tillotson, Donna, The Globe and Mail, May 10, 2008
Art In America, December 2008
AWARDS AND HONORS

2009-2010 - Fulbright Research Fellowship, India

2007 - Jury Citation, Black Maria Film Festival

2006 - Weston Price Film Award, Brown University

2005 - 2006 - Film Award and Grant, Princess Grace Foundation, New York, NY

2005 - 2004 - Creative Arts Council Grant, Brown University