Marie-Josèphe Bourron was born in 1931 in Grenoble, France.
In 1966 she began studying sculpting at the École de la Ville de Paris. In 1972, she enters L'école des BEAUX-ARTS de Paris with ÉTIENNE MARTIN, works with CARDOT in stone and marble, and with PERRIN with metal.
Marie-Jo Bourron's nudes, usually executed in bronze, and on occasion in marble or aluminum, are provocative, yet tender, whether she depicts a single figure or a duo. Her understanding and sensitivity to form and materials are evident in each of her sculptures, and her use of polished and unfinished bronze or aluminum in one sculpture. Her idiom is both modern and traditional.
Marie-Jo Bourron travels frequently to Carrare, Italy for her marble, in Provence where she has a studio and in Germany to various quarries.

REPRESENTATION:
Alexandre, rue de Seine, Paris
Galerie Petrignet, Paris
Galerie BOLAG, Zurich
Galerie 41, Hanover (Germany)
Ivánffy-Uhler Gallery, Dallas
Kunst Publik Monika Linbacher, Munich
Galerie Walter, St. Paul de Vence (France)
Naturstein Billen, Wolsburg (Germany)
Galerie Petrignet, Lausanne (Switzerland)
Galerie de la Palette, Villefranche Sur Mer (France)
Galerie Jouvenne, Marseille

EXHIBITIONS:
1974 Salon des Indépendants, Paris
1974 Galerie ROR-VOLMAR, solo exhibition, Paris
1975 Salon des Indépendants, Paris
1975 Étienne Martin studio (École des Beaux Arts), Paris
1976 Salon de Mai, Paris
1976 Salon d'Automne, Paris
1977 Salon des Femmes peintres et sculpteurs, Paris
1977 ESPACE CARDIN, Paris
1978 Galerie BLAISE SAINT MAURICE, Paris
1979 Salon des Artistes Français, Paris
1981 Looks and Portraits, Galerie Atelier 24, Paris
1982 Galerie MADELEINE, solo exhibition, Grenoble (France)
1983 LES MONDES DU JAZZ, solo exhibition, Paris
1983 Issy les Moulineaux (Salon)
1983 Cultural Center Jazz au Hot Club, solo exhibition, Limoges (France)
1984 Cultural Center, solo exhibition, Chalon sur Marne (France)
1984 Cultural Center, solo exhibition, Nogent sur Oise (France)
1984 Galerie de l'impartial, solo exhibition, Romans (France)
1984 Galerie Valloton, Lausanne (Switzerland)
1984 Galerie du Perron, Geneva (Switzerland)
1985 Galerie BERNA, Antibes (France)
1985 Jazz Festival, solo exhibition, Boulogne (France)
1985 Salon de Marine, Marine (France)
1985 Le Lavoir, solo exhibition, Mougins (France)
1986 Portrait competition Paul Louis Weiller, Paris
1986 Académie des Beaux-Arts, Institut de France, Paris
1986 International New Art Forms Exhibition, Chicago (U.S.A.)
1986 Palais des Congres, Dijon (France)
1986 Salon International de Sculpture, Collioure (France)
1986 NEOCOM, Chicago (U.S.A.)
1986 Galerie 41, solo exhibition, Hannover (Germany)
1987 Hôtel Adagio, solo exhibition, Boulogne (France)
1987 Abbaye de Coulommiers (France)
1987 Grand Salon de Vittel, Vittel (France)
1987 Chatellerault (France)
1987 Grand Prix of Sculpture, finals participant, Paris
1987 Sculpture and Esthestics, Troye (France)
1987 Hôtel Westminster, solo exhibition, Le Touquet (France)
1987 Noraby Galerie, Paris
1987 solo exhibition, Rignac (France)
1989 James Wilber Johnston Competition, Baltimore (U.S.A.)
1990 Salon Comparaison, Paris
1991 Hôtel Mercure, solo exhibition, Paris
1991 Portraits of Jazz Artists, Trouville Museum, Trouville (France)
1991 Museum Centre Bernard Crous, Deauville (France)

PRIZES AND AWARDS:
Concours de Sculpture de la Ville de Paris, Silver Medal
Salon des Artistes Français, Honorable Mention
Prix de la Samothrace, Grand prix of sculpture
1985, 1987 Salon de Marine, 1st Prize
Salon de Gisor, 1st Prize
Salon de Soisy, 1st Prize
Chatellerault, 1st Prize
Grand Vittelius d'Or
Trouville, Grand Prize

WORKS IN PUBLIC PLACES:
Montparnasse Towers - Five Monumental Sculptures
Meridien Hôtel, Lionel Hampton, Paris
City of Penne d'Agenais (France) Paul Froment, the poet
Charenton City Hall, Toffoli
Sculpture for the official poster of the Jazz Festival TBB Finals
Monumental Bronze (12ft.) lobby of a Paris development in Honour of Baron Haussamn