Josephine Tournier Ingram is an American-French artist based in Santa Barbara, California.

Born in the U.S. to French and German parents, she was raised in the Rocky Mountains of

Colorado. At 18, she earned an art scholarship to Westmont College in Santa Barbara, where

she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Art in 2000.

 

After graduation, Josephine became a full-time artist and graphic designer for Powell-Peralta

Skateboards, leaving a lasting mark — redesigning the company’s logo, creating hundreds of skateboard graphics, and launching their first female skateboard line featuring athletes like Bethany Hamilton in People Magazine. She later founded the clothing brand Ecozuzu in 2008 featured on HBO’s Entourage, Planet Green, and sold at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art store.

 

Josephine has also served as an adjunct professor of graphic design and art at academic institutions, including Westmont College and Santa Barbara City College. She has been actively involved in her community — serving on the Art Council at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art member, and Calm at Heart planning committee.

 

For the past decade, Josephine has focused on creating acrylic paintings on large gallery-

wrapped canvases and Japanese watercolors with graphite on paper. Her works have been

exhibited in galleries and private collections worldwide, including a feature at Neue Galerie

NYC’s Celebration of Friends dinner menus in the fall 2024. Deeply inspired by the vivid colors and textures of Santa Barbara’s nature and landscapes, Josephine continues to create art that

expresses Joie de vivre.