Biography

1962
Birth in Saint-Denis, near Paris, France.
I soon appreciated practicing drawing and painting. Two of my uncles were very talented painters. When I was a child, I sometimes stayed for hours nearby them while they worked. They certainly helped to put the art virus into me.

1981 – 1987
I studied economics and finance in Paris University.

In 1985 I spent my military service within the cinematographic services of the french army where I met several young artists.

1984
First oil on canvas paintings.

1987
I was interested on cubist and post-cubist paintings that influenced my first personnal works.

In Montmartre, encounter with the painter Henri Landier : the starting point of a long frienship which have never ceased.

1991
My first group shows.

1992 à 1994
Various group shows in Paris and its suburbs.

1994
My first solo show.

2000 – 2001
I focused my interest on contemporary abstract painting. Deep questioning phasis : should I abandon my figurative work for the benefit of abstract painting ?

2003
Exhibition of my first abstract works.

2005
Working on abstract vocabulary with the french painter Thibaut de Reimpré.

2007
Deciding encounter with the french abstract painter Michèle Destarac.

2009
First invitation to attend to the french well known Salon Comparaisons ( “lyric abstract” group).

2010
Encounter with the catalan painter Antoni Ros-Blasco. I moved from Paris to set up the family in Bordeaux.

2011
First invitation to attend to the french well known and focused on abstract art Salon des Réalités Nouvelles.