Water Paper Stone

A memoir that immerses the reader in life in the heartland of France

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Judy O’Shea is an installation artist and author based in Northern California who has built successful careers in both the corporate and art worlds. After working in the biotechnology industry for more than 25 years, O’Shea transformed from a corporate executive and investor to an installation artist after she and her husband bought an 18th-century water mill in Plaisance, France. She recently published Water Paper Stone: Letters from a Mill in France, a memoir of her personal and artistic journey during her time in the Aveyron department of that country.

 

After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts from Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Mich., O’Shea started her career at Dow Corning and 3M. She soon moved into an executive role at Collagen Corporation and became active in the early days of the San Francisco venture capital investment scene. In 1989, she helped found Cholestech, a worldwide leader in accessible diagnostic tools with successful products that are still on the market today.

 

O’Shea left the corporate world to study at the San Francisco Art Institute before moving to France with her husband, Mike. There, they revitalized a water mill in the Aveyron region and originated an artist-in-residence program, hosting more than 30 artists from France and the U.S. O’Shea’s large-scale installation art has been shown widely in both France and the U.S. In addition to publishing her memoir, she is currently working on Water Paper Stone: A Walk-Through Book, an art installation that will celebrate her experiences in Water Paper Stone and will be shown at the San Francisco Center for the Book, Sept. 4 – Dec. 5, 2014. The installation will include artworks by 18 of the French and American artists who participated in the artist-in-residence program.

 

INSTALLATIONS

2014                Water Paper Stone: A Walk-Through Book, San Francisco Center for the Book

                             Sept. 4 –Dec. 4, San Francisco, California

2013                Poet Boats, MOMA Artists’ Gallery, San Francisco, California

2013                Poet Boats, Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, California

2012                À lure, Canessa Gallery, San Francisco, California

2006                Ladies in Waiting, Musée de la Brebies, Saint-Affrique, France

2005                La Perspective, Galerie Sainte-Catherine, Rodez, France

2005                Passing Through, a collaboration, The Works, San Jose, California

2004                La Boussoule, Médiathèque, Albi, France

2004                Mes Secrets, Layrolle, Latour-sur-Sorgues, France

2004                Arthur Brut, in collaboration with Carole Beadle, Espace Brut, Martrin, France

2001                Cintres de ciel, Maison Fonpeyrouse, Cordes-sur-Ciel, France

2000                Seminar on contemporary art, Abbaye de Sylvanès, France

2000                Le Fond, Château de Coupiac, France

2000                Livraison, Galerie Calligramme, Cahors, France

1999                Château de cartes, Château de Coupiac, France

1999                Illumination, San Francisco Museum of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco,                             California

1998                Histoires d’eau, Caves de l’Évêché, Vabres-l’Abbaye, France

1998                Les Tresses, Château de Coupiac, Coupiac, France

1997                Le Réel et l’imaginaire, Musée du Rouergue, Salles-la-Source, France

1997                Rêves d’un meunier, Château de Coupiac, Coupiac, France

1997                Des outils du meunier, La Pilande Basse, Plaisance, France

1996                Les Nouveaux Troubadours, group show, Saint-Sever-du-Moustier, France

1995                Les Chaises, La Pilande Basse, Plaisance, France

1994                Des Oeufs de champignons, Shallow Beach Association, Inverness, California

1994                TELL-APPA-THEE, group show, 915 Battery, San Francisco, California

 

CURATED SHOWS

2001                Château de Coupiac, France

2000                Château de Coupiac, France

1999                TELL-APPA-THEE, group show, Wallace Allen Healey, 915 Battery Street,                             co-curator with Richard Berger, and with the cooperation of the                             San Francisco Art Institute

1999                Château de Coupiac, France

1998                Château de Coupiac, France

 

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