CRESSANDRA THIBODEAUX

Born in New York City, New York

EDUCATION

Brentwood Art Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2009
Columbia University, NYC, M.F.A., 1997
Glassell School of Art, Houston, Associate, 1990
University of Texas, Austin, B.F.A., 1989

Lives and works in Houston, Texas

PUBLICATIONS

Cressandra Thibodeaux has been published as a photojournalist in: LA Weekly, Houston Chronicle, Stance magazine, Creative Screenwriting magazine and Back Stage West.

BIO

Born in New York City, New York, Cressandra Thibodeaux received a B.F.A. from the University of Texas, Austin and her M.F.A. from Columbia University. In addition to photography, Thibodeaux has also directed; three award-winning commercials, several short films and was the camera-woman for two documentaries. Furthermore, Thibodeaux has received numerous awards and grants for her writing, one of the grants being a Rockefeller Travel Grant to attend the McDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Cressandra's exposure to art began at an early age when she was accepted into the Hunter College Elementary School for Gifted Children and had her first group show at age four.

Since then she has developed two artistic passions: dance and photography. In the 90s, she enjoyed shooting mostly portraits and nature. Most recently, her photographs have become abstract images inspired by nature, people and motion.

With a background as a film maker, Cressandra's fine art practice is naturally consumed with the effects of light and motion. My new series is appropriated images of the BP oil spills, which I manipulated in Photoshop and printed on canvas. Afterward, I painted on the canvas, poured resin over the images, then placed a photo transparency on top and then finished with a few more coats of resin.