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Gesso Cocteau Sculptures in Bronze

Born in Los Angeles California, Gesso Cocteau has been creating art since the age of eight. Motivated by an Aunt who was a medical illustrator and painter, Gesso was taught, at an early age, the rules of draftsmanship and anatomy which, to this day, are evident in her figurative bronze sculptures. In high school, Gesso won a Rotary scholarship for a book she illustrated. At the age of nineteen, she was exhibiting her work in Denver, Colorado, and two years later in Washington. After high school, her education continued in various artist studio and workshop environments. Gesso relocated to Hawaii after being accepted to work in the studio of Bill Hilbert, a one-time special effects/ animation artist with Disney Studios. At the age of twenty-eight, she moved back to Los Angeles and began showing in select galleries. Her art was purchased for personal collections, as well as corporate collections. In 1993 and 1994, Gesso was featured in the Annual Sculpture Exhibits at College of the Desert in Palm Desert, California. Additionally in 1993, Gesso was commissioned to sculpt a fourteen foot bronze dragon that took three years to complete before it was installed at Brownstein Manor, a medieval castle in Los Angeles, California. It was featured in the March 1996 release of Architectural Arts and Sculpture: The Architect’s Source book. In 1994 Gesso’s work was placed in the sculpture garden of the Westin Mission Hills Resort in Rancho Mirage, and in the notable Venice Show House alongside well known California artist like Laddie John Dill, Billy Al Bengston, and Frank Romero. In December of 1995, the Civic Arts Committee unanimously voted to place one of Gesso’s sculptures in permanent placement for Art in Public Places in the Palm Desert City Hall. Gesso has been concentrating on her life-sized peices and is now giving full attention to ‘Endless Celebration’ a 51-ft.(5-Story) bronze sculpture commissioned by a major Seattle developer to be placed at the exteror entry of Bellevue Place, a major shopping/retail /office compled in Bellevue, Washington.