ISABELLE TRUCHON CV
Education
2012
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting, Shepherd University WV., Summa Cum Laude, Joseph McMurran Scholar
2006-2009
Sierra College, Rocklin, CA.
Professional Experience
1996-Present
Owner, Artistic Director Contractor, Painter, Sculptor, Isabelle Truchon Concepts / The Art of Isabelle Truchon, Sacramento, CA. Washington D.C., Middleburg, VA., Petaluma, CA., Portland, OR.
Expertise Media
• oil based paints• charcoal • ink pen and brush • gilding gold, silver, copper, composite metals • plasters • fresco • concrete • organic materials • silk screening • block printing • sculpture • large scale • murals
Exhibitions
2021
NEW WORKS After a long hiatus in a Covid-safe exhibit in designer boutique, Outpost Home, Fairfax CA., curator Karin Young
2020
PAINTINGS FROM ROAM The Petaluma Hotel, Solo Exhibit, Petaluma, CA., Curator: Jerrie Morango, artist and gallery owner.
2019
PAINTINGS FROM ROAM The Barn at Salvage Europe, Solo Exhibit, Petaluma CA. Curator: Isabelle Truchon.
WILD•FREE The RiverFront Art Gallery, Featured Artist, Petaluma CA., Curator: Isabelle Truchon.
ROAM REVISITED, Art Sweet Art, Leesburg, VA. Curator: Lisa Capraro, artist, Artist Representative, Curator.
ROAM Long Branch Historic House and Farm, Solo Exhibit, Boyce VA, Curators: Isabelle Truchon and Lisa Capraro, artist, artist representative, and curator.
MEMBERS’ ART EXHIBIT The Petaluma Art Center, Group Exhibit, Petaluma CA.
2018
HERD THINK The Barns at Rose Hill, Solo Exhibit, Berryville, VA.
2017
Waterford Fair, Juried Group Exhibit, Waterford, VA.
CASABLANCA Tryst Art Gallery, Juried Group Exhibit, Leesburg, VA.
THE HORSE IN ART Artists in Middleburg, Jusried Group Exhibit, Middleburg, VA.
HORSES IN LINE Featured Artist, Tryst Art Gallery, Leesburg, VA., Curator: Lisa Capraro, artist, artist agent, gallery manager, curator.
Greenhill Winery and Vineyards Grand Opening, Featured Artist, Middleburg, VA.
ALL THE WHITE HORSES Solo Exhibit, barrel room at Greenhill Winery, Middleburg, VA.
ART AT THE MILL juried group exhibit, Burwell-Morgan Mill, Millwood, VA.
DIFFERENT STROKES; THE ART OF ABSTRACTION Juried Group Show, Artists in Middleburg 102 W. Washington St. Middleburg.
WINTER’S TALE Juried Group Show, TRYST Gallery, 312 East Market, Leesburg, VA.
LIBRARY SERIES February, Solo Exhibit, Salamander Resort, 500 North Pendleton Street Middleburg, VA.
LIBRARY SERIES January, Solo Exhibit, Salamander Resort, 500 North Pendleton Street Middleburg, VA.
PAINTINGS FROM BREAKING THROUGH Solo Exhibit, dinning room of L'Auberge Provencale Bed and Breakfast, 13630 Lord Fairfax HighwayBoyce, VA.
2016
SEPTEMBER SAMPLER Group Exhibit, The Gray Gallery, Winchester VA., Curator: Jaimianne Amicucci, gallery owner and curator.
THE PREMIER SHOW Group Exhibit, Tryst Gallery, Leesburg, VA., Curator: Jim Sisley, artist, owner of Tryst gallery, and curator.
WATER Juried Group Exhibit, Artists in Middleburg Gallery, Middleburg VA., Jurors: Jill Garity, Earl Tester, Sandy Danielson.
BREAKING THROUGH Solo Exhibit, The Duvall Designs Gallery, Millwood, VA., Curator: Peggy Duvall, Co-founder of The Duvall Designs Gallery.
2015
THE DAIRY BARN SHOW Group Exhibit, The Dairy Barn, Middleburg, VA.
SANCTUARY Juried Group Exhibit, The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington DC. Curator: Shanti Norris, co-founder and Executive Director of Smith Farm Center for Healing and the Arts in Washington, DC.
ART AT THE MILL Juried Group Exhibit, Burwell-Morgan Mill, Millwood, VA.
2013
CONTOURING EVE Solo Exhibit, The Fire House Gallery, Charles Town, WV. Curator: Cynthia Fraula-Hahn, artist, professor, art consultant.
PIECING IT ALL TOGETHER Artomatic Jefferson, Group Exhibit, Rock and Tile Warehouse. Charles Town, WV. Corcoran in D.C.
NATURE OF THIS Solo Exhibit, Bridge Gallery, Shepherdstown, WV. Curator: Kathryn Burns, owner of Bridge Gallery, artist, art consultant.
2012
SCULPTURE NOW Juried Group Exhibit, Pepco Edison Gallery Place, Washington D.C., Juror: Sarah Newman, Curator of Contemporary Art Gallery at The Corcoran, Washington D.C.
ART AT THE MILL Juried Group Exhibit, Burwell-Morgan Mill, Millwood, VA.
EQUUS, THE FINISHED WORKS Solo Exhibit, Scarborough Library Reading Room, Shepherdstown, WV. Curator: Isabelle Truchon.
EMERGING ARTISTS Selected Group Show, The Arts Center in Martinsburg, WV. Curator: Sonya Evanisko, Coordinator of the Painting and Drawing Program at Shepherd University.
2011
VISUAL LITERACY Group Exhibit, Shepherd University Bookstore, Shepherdstown, WV. Curator: Rhonda Smith, Professor of Art, Chair of Contemporary Art Department Chair at Shepherd University.
EQUUS IN PROGRESS Solo Exhibit, Doukénie Winery Gallery Purcellville, VA. Curator: Isabelle Truchon.
HONORS EXHIBIT Juried Group Exhibit, Shepherd University Frank Gallery, Shepherdstown, WV. Juror: Johan Lowie, practicing artist in Frederick, MD.
HIDDEN ALASKA Solo Exhibit in conjunction with book signing event for National Geographic’s photographer Michael Melford’s newly published book “Hidden Alaska”. Doukénie Winery, Purcellville, VA. Curator: Linda Meyerriecks former editor National Geographic Traveler.
ART AND EARTH Juried Group Exhibit, Berkeley Art Center, Martinsburg, WV. Juror: Susan Bloom, Professor and Chair of the Art Department at McDaniels College in Westminster, MD.
DOUKÉNIE WINERY 3RD ANNUAL ART FESTIVAL Group Exhibit, Doukénie Winery, Purcellville, VA, Curator: Isabelle Truchon.
2010
SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS Juried Group Exhibit, Shepherd University Scarbourgh Library, Shepherdstown, WV. Jurors: Richard Helldobler, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Shepherd University, and Victoria Buckbauer, counselor, Shenandoah Women’s Health Center, Martinsburg, WV.
2009
GRAPES AND VINES Solo Exhibit, Doukénie Winery Gallery, Purcellville, VA. Curator: Isabelle Truchon.
2008
TREE OF LIFE FRESCO AND PROSE Solo Exhibit, Quarry Ponds Center, Granite Bay, CA. Curator: Isabelle Truchon.
SPRING GROUP SHOW Juried Group Exhibit, Ridley Gallery, Rocklin, CA. Curator: Students of Art Department. Juror: Jim Devore, Professor of Art, Sierra College, Rocklin, CA.
2001
THE FIRST SHOW Solo Exhibit, Thomas Michael Gallery, Folsom, CA. Curator: Isabelle Truchon.
Commissions and Collections
Private Collection of Darrin Mollett and Bill Ballhaus, White Plains, VA. Into The Light, And Then
The Salamander Resort, Middleburg, VA. Into The Morning Light
Three Fires Lounge, Sacramento, CA. Wine Glass, State Capitol Cupola
Midi Restaurant, San Francisco, CA. Pearl
Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Purcellville, VA. Metamorphoses, Strawberry Pickers and GOLD, Standing Horse
Private Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Craig and Stassa Collins, Leesburg, VA. Cause Unknown, Forest Floor, Four
Private Collection of Mr. Scott Gregory, Sacramento, CA. Contemplation II, It’s All Very Delicate, and Conscious Mind
Private Collection of Mr. Len Short, Mill Valley, CA. Shakespeare in Love, Birth of Venus
Private Collection of Mr and Mrs. Pierce, Granite Bay, CA. Primavera
Private Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Hanna, El Dorado Hills, CA. Three Graces at Pompeii, Women at Bathhouse I, Woman at Bathhouse II, Women Stomping Grapes
Private Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, Granite Bay, CA. Egrets, Texture I, Texture II
Private Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Jeurge, Granite Bay, CA. Baobab, Place Setting
Private Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Smith, Winchester VA. Equus, and Then There Were Three
Private Collection of Mr. Peter Leonard-Morgan, Purcellville, VA. The Exchange
Private Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Schwarz, Lovettesville, VA, Bison Study
Private Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Dick and Cindy Landin, South Riding, VA. Milkweed Study
Private Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Galvez, Sacramento, CA. Horse Running Wild
Private Collection of Mrs. Sheree Johnson, NH. Whisper, Awakening
Private Collection of Ms.X, Kabul, Afganistan 2 from Nine Collection
Private Collection of Ms. Brooke Sampson, Denver, CO. Contrainte
Private Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon, Breaking Through/ Band of Five
PRESS
Forbes Magazine, Virginia Wine Country Spa Resort Sets The Example…, Katie Chang, March 2021
The Clarke Monthly, Isabelle Truchon Art Exhibit at Long Branch, Keith Patterson, May 2019
The Shepherdstown Chronicle, Seizing the Moment, by Tabitha Johnston, August, 2018
Loudoun Sketch Club, Her Own Path, Spring 2018
The Winchester Star, Artist Highlights the Beauty of Horses at Long Branch, May 2019
The Middleburg Eccentric, Art and Oysters, December 2017
The Chronicle of the Horse, June 2017
Country Spirit/ Fauquier Times, Notable Local Artists, July 2017
Elan Magazine, cover and article Being an Artist, by Sally Pfoutz, April 2017
Ask Artists, February 2017, Artist feature in online publication, “Being an Artist Is the Most Noble of Professions”
Middleburg Life, May 2016, Featured article.
Fluent Magazine, 2013, and Then and Now, 2015
The Shepherdstown Chronicle, Artists' Works Move the Soul and Lift the Spirit, March 2013
Shepherdstown Good Newspaper, Front and Back Cover, March 2013
The Shepherdstown Chronicle, SU to Host Painting, Sculpture Exhibition, April 2012
Washington Post, Washington Sculptors Group presents ‘Sculpture Now 2012’
The Shepherdstown Chronicle, County residents top SU Dean's List, July 2011
GALLERIES
Art Sweet Art, Leesburg, VA
Tryst Art Gallery, Leesburg, VA
Artists in Middleburg, Middleburg, VA
The Gallery at Hunt Country, Leesburg and Middleburg, VA
The Salamander Resort, Middleburg, VA
Middleburg Antique Emporium, Middleburg, VA
Riverfront Art Gallery, Petaluma CA