Origins

After a first cycle at the Beaux-Arts, I started to exhibit collectively in 1991 during my studies in Paris at ESAG Penninghen.

We formed a group of three young visual artists who shared a common sensibility to drawing and matter, each with our own particular expression. An auctioneer friend of ours received us in her Paris apartment at various times in the course of private exhibitions.

One of my Penninghen professors, Roland Guillaumel (1950 First Second Grand Prix of Rome in Sculpture) has been one of the most important influences both from an academic point of view and as regards rigor of composition.

My early research was systematically conducted with gouache, hard Conté chalk on raw materials, especially wrapping paper wrinkled, marouflaged onto recycled wooden panels.

The use of such raw, extremely simple materials was reflected in my minimalist drawings or those permeated with nervous energy.

In the mid-90s, I focused on a professional career as an art director then a design consultant before resuming my quest for artistic expression in 2014. During a visit to the Tangent gallery in San Francisco in the spring of 2015, I discovered the work of Antonio Marra which had a trigger effect helping me to continue my quest.

Bio

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I live between west of France and Lisbon (Portugal).

Graduate in Fine Arts then Paris Penninghen

Art Director, teacher and Designer since 1999

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In Gallery

For any information related to the purchase of my drawings and paintings, please contact Mirko Calderone by e-mail or call +33 (0)6 13 18 19 34 — Instagram feed: galeriecalderone

Main Exhibitions & Fairs

2018

AAF | London Battersea, UK

Equafortis + Vegetafracta | Galerie Calderone, France

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2019

Context Art Miami | Florida, USA

Gwegan + Charbonnel + Mallart | Galerie Calderone, France

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2020

LAF | London Art Fair, Islington, UK

AAF | Brussels, Belgium ^{(postponed due to COVID events)}

Jasper: Solid & Memories | Galerie Calderone, France

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2021

Women | Galerie Calderone, France

Stellans | Paris Design Week Factory, France

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2022

May, 5-8

Affordable Art Fair | Hampstead, London

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May, 13  | July, 6

Galerie Calderone | Dinard, France

Exhibition in collaboration with french designer Jean-Luc Le Mounier

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October, 20-23

Autumn Affordable Art Fair | Battersea, London

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…Others events to be scheduled… keep tuned.

Contact

Feel free to send me —> a personal message.

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