Vincent Gontier
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Vincent Gontier is a exceptionnal visual artist.
Lives and works in Voiron near Grenoble.
Born in 1962, in Fourmies in the North of France, he is a graduate of Fine Arts in Rouen and Cherbourg in 1987, he moved to Grenoble that year.
From 1991 to 1997 he is represented by Antoine de Galbert gallery with which he participates in various exhibitions collective and solo.
Since 1990, he exhibited his artworks in France and abroad, including the United States, during a workshop led by Anthony Caro, Britain, Poland, Finland in Kuopio Museum, Switzerland, Belgium and New Zealand.
Beginning 2016 he has presented, the "Sunshine Days" exhibition, to the Museum Hebert La Tronche
"Fascinated by the secrets and mysteries of our daily lives, our sheked existence, the jolts of the world ...
I chose the paper of newspaper that compiles all the signs of life, the metal who structure and the associations who bring together. " (V. Gontier)
Michelle Wilson
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Michelle Wilson : "My art finds synchronicity between personal narrative and contemplative activism.
My work takes the form of paper, installations, sculptures, prints, artist books, collages, and social practice interventions, all based on handmade paper I make myself. This paper is typically from plants I grow myself, or invasive plants I harvest, for which my studio practice becomes a means of clearing habitat space for native ecology.
Paper is traditionally considered a substrate; however in my work the very fibers of it’s making transcend this to become signifier, content, documentation of history and place, and embodiments of site-specificity.
The plants I gather manifest records of seed migrations, weather patterns, soil conditions, climate change and other intersections between humanity and the natural world. These manifestations in paper become a lens to view the greater world, and serve as an impetus to storytelling.
Jun Mitani
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Jun Mitani is an associate professor at the Tsukuba University in Japan; his favourite areas are the geometry, computers and infographics. Its artistic spirit led him to produce very original origami using his computer knowledge."I am specialized in the field of computer graphics and geometric modelling, once the geometric principles of origami are defined, it is so easy for me to develop computer programs to make origami"
Since childhood, he is a fan of origami (artistic object obtained by folding a single sheet of paper without cutting or gluing) and origata (traditional Japanese gift wrapping). During this period he produced many paper objects by folding, by cutting and gluing. Then he discovered the computer with enthusiasm, and finally at the university he married his two passions paper and computer.
Eric Standley
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Eric Standley is associate professor at the School of Visual Arts in Architecture and Urbanism College at Virginia Tech.His work is amazing. His drawings are first made vectorially and are inspired by Gothic monuments of Oriental ornamentation. He is a pioneer in this technique: drawing and cutting layer by layer. The superposition of these layers allows to play with colors and shapes, giving in addition a more interesting slight 3D effect.
Yuken Teruya
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Yuken TERUYA transforms everyday life objects into artworks by diverting them from their primary purpose. He wants to participate in promoting a sustainable economy, respectful of nature and fight the weight that represents the globalization on the traditions and identities.Yuken Teruya was born in Okinawa and graduated in Fine Arts in New York in 2001.
Pierre Riba
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Pierre RIBA, sculptor, artist, painter. He was born in 1934 in Ardèche at the foot of a volcano and make references to the peasants of this region, for their love of well done work, their reserve and conciseness in expression.Say a lot with few resources is his motto. Make complicated it is simple, but keep it simple it's complicated and laborious. This is a long-term research work that Pierre Riba performs masterfully.
Karton Art Design Studio
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Karton Art Design Studio is a green design studio of a two member team.
Edit Szilvasy is an installation artist who creates artworks made of salvaged materials, value out of valueless waste, bringing the nearly dead into new life.
Andras Balogh is a furniture designer who has devised an eco-friendly cardboard furniture system, which is now patented worldwide. The patent, a storage system with high level of freedom, refers to the technology of folding and assembling the cardboard into durable, lightweight furniture for multiple functions.
Ars poetica
Cardboard is mysterious, magical, exciting, just like a woman.
The surface touches warm and smooth, hiding secret waves.
Take a careless move, you tear it apart and humiliate it.
Turn towards it with sensitive attention, you find a giving, gentle and flexible partner, who inspires and supports you.
Recognize and respect its hidden strength, you find a tough, strong and durable material. You can create and build a world with it. You can entrust it with your objects, your valuables, your secrets, yourself
