Vincent Fecteau

{{Short description|American artist}}

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Vincent Fecteau (born 1969) is an American sculptor based in San Francisco.{{cite web|url=http://chancellor.ucsf.edu/MBA/fecteau.php |title=Vincent Fecteau | J. Michael Bishop Art Collection at Mission Bay |publisher=Chancellor.ucsf.edu |access-date=January 2, 2013}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XlHIfwow8U4C&q=vincent+fecteau+artist&pg=PT73 |title=Foundations of Art and Design [With Access Code] - Lois Fichner-Rathus - Google Books |date=February 16, 2007 |isbn=9780534613389 |access-date=January 2, 2013|last1=Fichner-Rathus |first1=Lois |publisher=Cengage Learning }} He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1992.{{Cite web |title=Vincent Fecteau · Studio Art Theses Archive |url=https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/arttheses/items/show/11191 |access-date=February 6, 2024 |website=wesomeka.wesleyan.edu}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.contemporaryartdaily.com/2010/03/vincent-fecteau-at-greengrassi/ |title=Vincent Fecteau at Greengrassi |publisher=Contemporary Art Daily |access-date=January 2, 2013}}{{Cite web |title=Vincent Fecteau {{!}} UCSF Art Collection |url=https://artcollection.ucsf.edu/artist/vincent-fecteau |access-date=February 6, 2024 |website=artcollection.ucsf.edu}} Constructed of papier-mâché, Fecteau often works on several sculptures at a time, taking a year or longer to finish each work.{{Cite web |title=Vincent Fecteau {{!}} UCSF Art Collection |url=https://artcollection.ucsf.edu/artist/vincent-fecteau |access-date=February 6, 2024 |website=artcollection.ucsf.edu}} He layers materials and textures, revealing a painstaking creative process that alters significantly the original spherical shapes.[http://www.rbge.org.uk/the-gardens/edinburgh/inverleith-house/current-exhibitions/victoria-morton] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404115049/http://www.rbge.org.uk/the-gardens/edinburgh/inverleith-house/current-exhibitions/victoria-morton|date=April 4, 2010}}{{cite web|last=Lewallen |first=Constance |url=http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/09/art/vincent-fecteau |title=VINCENT FECTEAU with Constance Lewallen |publisher=The Brooklyn Rail |date=October 24, 2009 |access-date=January 2, 2013}}

Fecteau's art has been included in numerous exhibitions, including the 2002 and 2012 Whitney Biennial, the 2013 Carnegie International, and a 2008 solo exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, Focus: Vincent Fecteau, New Work.[http://www.artic.edu/aic/aboutus/press/Fecteau.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528111230/http://www.artic.edu/aic/aboutus/press/Fecteau.pdf|date=May 28, 2010}}[http://www.artic.edu/aic/calendar/event?EventID=5131] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521204520/http://www.artic.edu/aic/calendar/event?EventID=5131|date=May 21, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://nbc5streetteam.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/review-vincent-fecteau-at-the-art-institute/ |title=Review: Vincent Fecteau at the Art Institute « NBC Chicago Street Team |publisher=Nbc5streetteam.wordpress.com |date=December 1, 2008 |access-date=January 2, 2013}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/957/ |title=Vincent Fecteau — MacArthur Foundation |publisher=macfound.org |date=September 21, 2016 |access-date=September 23, 2016}} His work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.{{Cite web|url=http://www.moma.org/search?query=Vincent+Fecteau|title=Vincent Fecteau | Search | MoMA}}{{Cite web |title=Vincent Fecteau {{!}} UCSF Art Collection |url=https://artcollection.ucsf.edu/artist/vincent-fecteau |access-date=February 6, 2024 |website=artcollection.ucsf.edu}}

Vincent Fecteau is represented by Matthew Marks{{Cite web |title=Vincent Fecteau {{!}} Matthew Marks Gallery |url=https://matthewmarks.com/artists/vincent-fecteau |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=Vincent Fecteau {{!}} Matthew Marks Gallery}} and Galerie Buchholz.{{Cite web |last=Buchholz |first=Galerie |title=Vincent Fecteau — Galerie Buchholz |url=https://www.galeriebuchholz.de/artists/vincent-fecteau |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=www.galeriebuchholz.de |language=de}}