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With the support of
John & Jenny Paulson
ART SCHOOLS:
A FRENCH–
AMERICAN
EXCHANGE
PROGRAM
2011–2012
INTRO DUCTION
For almost two years now, thanks to the contribution of John &
Jenny Paulson, the Foundation Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has been
facilitating access for highly motivated and talented people to the
best art, fashion and craft schools, and especially to exchange
programs with the United States.
Each top art school on both sides suggested a shortlist of three
to five candidates.
A dedicated commission with a board including well-known art
school directors and professionals selected the beneficiaries. They
were chosen on their merit, potential, and English Skills.
For the 2011 Fall semester, nineteen students benefitted from the
exchange program.
The exchanges between the partnering schools took part as
follows:
– University of Paris la Sorbonne with New York University of Steinhardt
* Eight students (five French, three American)
– National Higher School for Music and Dance with Juilliard School of Music
* Four students (two French, two American)
– National Higher School for photography with International Center for Photography
* Two students (two French)
– National Higher School of Decorative Arts with School of Visual Arts
* Five students (four French, one American)
– National Higher School for Industrial Design with Fashion Institute of Technology
* One student (one American)
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PARTNER
SCHOOLS
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SCHOLARSHIP
HOLDERS
Andy Slemenda
Antoine Lefebvre
Aurélie Arqué
Axelle Hajduk
Carlos Reyes
Elodie Lombarde
Etienne Laurent
Ferdinand Dervieux
Jeannie Abert
Jo-Ey Tang
Julie Corsin
Julie-Sevilla Fraysse
Kristen Wojcik
Lisa Zordan
Lucie Rocher
Mohammed Megdoul
Olivier Sola
Sujin Lee
Vassilena Serafimova
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« YOUNG TALENT »
EVENT, 12 SEPTEMBER 2011
On 12 September 2011, the Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Foundation brought together the first
classes of scholarship students at the Nikki Diana Marquardt Gallery in Paris the occasion
being an exhibition of the work of the students in the French American exchange program.
The event was attended by Mrs. Bruni-Sarkozy and also by the members of the Foundation’s
executive committee, Marie-Thérèse Geffroy, Patrice Corre, Jean-Paul Gaultier and
Jean‑Paul Scarpitta, as well as all the Foundation’s cultural and institutional partners.
The « Young Talent » exhibition was a tribute to the eclecticism and creativity of the work
of these nineteen French and American artists, after the exchange semester between
prestigious art colleges on both sides of the Atlantic.
The meeting also featured a piano recital by Nathanaël Gouin (Paris Conservatoire Supérieur
de Musique et de Danse / Juilliard School) who gave a magnificent performance of Gavotte
Variée in A minor by Rameau and Scherzo N°4 in E major, Op.54 by Chopin.
Participants at the event at the Nikki Diana Marquardt Gallery
Scholarship students in the French American exchange program
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Students who exchanged with the NYU Steinhardt college, with Yann Toma (La Sorbonne, centre) and Caroline Montel (NYU, centre).
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy surrounded by some of the Foundation’s scholarship students.
Overview of the Nikki Diana Marquardt Gallery
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Andy
Slemenda
2005-2007
Gallery Assistant
Bowman, Megahan, & Penelec Galleries, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
- Allegheny art department and gallery receptionist responsible for sorting faculty mail,
hosting special event, running departmental errands, answering phone calls, filing
slides, and handing inquiries about the art program
- Installing and deinstalling gallery lectures, performances, and exhibitions
- Assisting the gallery director in recataloguing Allegheny’s permanent collection:
transporting works, repackaging/refraiming of damaged pieces, and reassessing each
work’s archival record
Exhibition Experience
Dec. 2007
Apr. 2007 & Apr. 2008
Aug. 2008
Oct. 2008
Dec. 2008
Nov. 2009
Jan. 2010
March 2010
Sept. 2010
Oct. 2010
Action in Action, VAV Gallery, Montreal, QC, Performance Group Show
Allegheny College Juried Student Show, Bowman, Megahan, and Penelec Gallery,
Meadville, PA, 2008 Recipient of Purchase Award
Emerging Photographers of Pennsylvania & Maryland, Art House Lounge, Harrisburg,
PA, Recipient of Best in Show Award
Council of the Arts Annual Juried Show, Meadville Council of the Arts, Meadville, PA
Allegheny College Thesis Exhibition, Bowman, Megahan, and Penelec Gallery,
Meadville, PA
NYU Open Studios, 34 Stuyvesant St. New, NY
NeveroddoreveN, Commons Gallery, NYU Steinhardt, New York, NY, MFA Group Show
Mother, Commons Gallery, NYU Steinhardt, New York, NY, Collaborative Installation with
Jessica Gispert
Our Kind, Rosenberg Gallery, NYU Steinhardt, New York, NY, MFA Solo Project
Eden, Commons Gallery, NYU Steinhardt, New York, NY, Co-curated with Jessica Gispert
Praxis Group Show
Kimmerich Gallery, 50 White St. New York, NY
- Orchestrated by Carol Bove and Paul Pfeiffer
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«
Within my work, I intertwine religion and psychoanalysis to invoke the human attraction to order and categorization. By overwhelming such systems of logic, I strive toward
a dialogue of chaos, where nothing is limited by its definition. My intension to continue
studies at the Sorbonne and Paris was to further incorporate French literature and Esotericism into my practice. During my year here, I hope to develop my work with the texts
of Joris-Karl Huysmans and Eliphas Levi to gain new insights into the binary of good
and evil, both the typified and the atypical.
«
File thesis 2 : With Her One Hundred Locks and One Hundred Ears, gouache,
graphite, medium, oil pastel, abalone veneer, gesso, snake sheddings, and shower cap
on handmade paper, 51 46 cm
File thesis1: Mrs. Snookes of Tufmutton, blue foam, spray-paint, molasses, plastic,
fondant, finger sponges, gourds, corn cob, metal, antique plaster statue of Joan of Arc,
glue, marzipan, acrylic, glitter, light gels, clip lamps, wax, raffia, kitty litter, crow wings,
sun palms, back scratcher, paper towel roll, snake eggs, planters, dimensions variable
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Antoine
Lefebvre
Education/Qualifications
2008-2011
2006-2008
2005-2006
2002-2005
2002
Doctorate in plastic arts from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne,
Master’s degree summa cum laude in plastic arts research
from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne,
Preparatory year at Esag penninghen, Julian academy
Degree cum laude in plastic arts from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
French Baccalaureate cum laude with Science specialty
Professional experience
2007-2008
2007-2008
2006-2007
SUMMER 2003
Sales person in the Black Block store in the Palais de Tokyo
Receptionist at the Opéra Garnier.
Waiter at the Tokyo restaurant in the Palais de Tokyo
phone operator/receptionist for Janvier
(digital photo retouching laboratory)
Languages
English: good skills
Spanish: average
Some Japanese spoken
Other activities
Member of the Reading Committee for the Réel Virtuel magazine
In charge of communications on the research line Art&Flux for Cerap
Exhibition steward in the Black Block store in the Palais de Tokyo
2010
Les mots et les choses
Palais de tokyo
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Born 14/12/1984
20 rue Cuvier 75005 Paris
01 45 87 88 94
«
The very first class I had when I arrived at the Sorbonne University was an initiation in creating artist’s books, and I haven’t stopped since. My final project for my undergraduate
diploma was an installation, which plunged the viewer inside of a room-sized book. The
objective of my research for my PhD is to show how my artistic expression is being a publisher. I have found that being a publisher is the best way to make copious amounts of books
while simultaneously exploring publishing as a medium. The project I initiated two years ago
to do this is called La Bibliothèque Fantastique (LBF).
LBF is a virtual publishing structure for artist’s books. All the books are free and downloadable from the website www.labibliothequefantastique.net, so they can be printed anywhere.
Most of our books are unique productions. La Bibliothèque Fantastique is a minimalist publisher in the sense that all the superfluous have been removed. Indeed, the books of LBF
have no predetermined physical existence, they exist in a state of potentiality on the web,
waiting to become. They cost nothing. They have no ISBN either, because they are works
of art. They have no colours, so that they can be printed in any printer. The idea is to show
various poetic singularities as opposed to the flashy commodities that our society feeds us.
What the LBF books do have is above all a great freedom of content, revealing a very large
and global conception of art. They contain all forms of expression usually found in print, i.e.,
drawing and photographs, as well as essays, novels, journalistic investigations etc.
LBF shows in both the art and editorial worlds, more specifically internet, art exhibition and
book fairs throughout Europe. My goal is to bring quality art to everyone for free, because to
me, art shouldn’t be a luxury but a right.
«
2007-2011 (7 numéros)
Journal Le carré
entre 250 et 2000 exemplaires
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Aurélie
Arqué
ARTISTIC PRACTICES
Dabber (The Flies and Made in France)
Photography (series “I am on a sports team” and “Faceless Intimacy”)
Video (“Forbidden to under 18’s” and director of the short film “Les Fatals Frétard”)
Screen printing; engraving
Sound and visual installations
Drawing (an animated film is currently in progress)
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
2010-2011
2007-2008
2003-2005
Master’s 2 degree in plastic arts research (summa cum lade);
Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne
Degree in plastic arts (cum laude); Paris 1 Panthéon – Sorbonne
Degree in Art esthetics; Paris 1 Panthéon – Sorbonne
Ecole Supérieure des Beaux Arts (art option); CEAP Toulon
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2009-2011
2007-2008
2006-2007
Service in a Cafe-expo Sésame (Paris 10th)
Service for a caterer (Stade de France)
Jewelry Salesperson (Paris 14th)
OTHER SKILLS
Linguistics
English (advanced)
Spanish (fluent)
8 month trip travelling around South America (2008 - 2009)
Software skills
Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Première, Illustrator, InDesign), Office suite.
Analyse statistique de données pornographiques,
2011, impression couleur sur papier, 19 28 cm.
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Born 31/01/1985
27 rue Eugène Varlin
75010 Paris, France
[email protected]
06 28 02 18 64
Inspired by reading Louis Marin, Michel Foucault, Marie-José Mondzain and Jacques
Rancière, I reflect on the diverse representations of the power of imagery. Contrary to the
majority of students that I met during my university career, I don’t have a predefined medium
before I start to research a subject. I reverse the process. Readings, meetings, news items
and current events attract my attention to a certain subject. I analyze and reveal its particularity then translate this creatively. In general, it’s the subject that leads me decide the way
in which I create my work, be it by photo, painting or an installation, and not the other way
round. My political opinions are not at the centre of my oeuvres. It’s not so much the subject
that’s important, but the way in which we are used to seeing it portrayed in society. Taking
the subject out of its habitual context, I attempt to give it a certain neutrality. Several of my
creations exacerbate with irony the functioning of an excessive media. However when the
image gains its autonomy, it can become a power against authority. The subversive character of pornographic imagery has the capacity to trouble public order. The different visual
codes used make us consider our own sexual practices. Because pornography touches the
intimate domain it escapes public authority. By wishing to control pornography, authority
persecutes pornographic imagery, and through this censoring penetrates into each individuals intimacy. Fearing the consequences of a sexually emancipated society, the authorities
ban pornographic institutions as well as certain artistic works. Using the terms obscene and
outrage against public morality (notions that are vague and evolve based on the sensibility
of each individual and the time in which it is set) authority has taken control of these powerful images and has immersed itself, without our knowing, into our private lives. By playing with the norms by which pornography is portrayed, I try to reveal through my artwork the
inherent artistic power of the pornographic image. My approach consists of restoring, in the
same creation, sexual and aesthetic pleasure whilst ensuring that the art work does not fall
into the category of obscene.
«
«
Je pratique-Je ne pratique pas (série),
2011, impression couleur, 40 50 cm.
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Axelle
Hajduk
Born 12/08/1990
8 rue Rollin
75005 Paris, France
French nationality
Studies
Currently
October 2009
June 2008
Sept.2005–
June 2008
senior at ENSAD and exchange student in Parsons New York, NY10024
sophomore at ENSAD, illustration
freshman at the National School of Applied Arts (ENSAD), 75005 Paris
High school Charles Augustin Coulomb 16000 Angoulême
Degree
June 2008
Baccalauréat STI (applied arts)
Experience
Sept. 2007
August 2008
March 2010
March 2010
April 2010
flyer and poster for the association : Contes au jardin (France)
Land art exibition (organization), 17240 St Dizant du Gua (France)
collective exhibition in Bologna (theme of the fire)
poster for the conference of Jean Claude Carrière in Paris
collective exibition in Tel Aviv (theme of the portrait)
Interests
Sewing and construction classes, toy design, screen-printing, music, child book
illustration
Languages
French (native), English, Spanish
Gravure
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«
I’m a third year student in the illustration department at ENSAD (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs), in Paris. I started studying applied arts and design in high
school, then when I was 17, I passed the ENSAD first year entrance examination and
moved from the provinces to Paris. I have always been inspired by images and more
recently by childhood illustration. This is why I wish to be part of the fall semester class
of Parsons, the New School for Design. I am also really interested in the toy concept
development course offered by this program. I think that it would be a very good way to
develop my work giving me the occasion to broaden my approach to design. The ever
changing dynamism of New-York is also a major draw, as there are few places with such
cosmopolitan riches and intense history. My artistic sensibilities could only be awakened
by such overwhelming stimulus. I believe that studying abroad is a very rewarding experience and to my mind I couldn’t learn from a better place than New York City.
«
Bouches
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Carlos
Reyes
Born Chicago, Lives and works
in Paris and New York.
[email protected]
EDUCATION
2011
Master of Fine Arts, Visual Arts
NYU, Steinhardt, New York
EXHIBITIONS/PERFORMANCES/SCREENINGS
2011. July
June
May
May
March
February
2011. December
October
September
September
June
May
Yin Yang Music
Non-Objectif Sud, Group Show, Tulette, France (Curated by Amy Granat)
Entanglement
Regina Rex, Group Show, New York, NY
Hakka, Transitive Artist Projects
The Notary Public, Group Show, New York, New York (Curated by Paul Pescador & Jo-ey Tang) Communities of Sense
Denniston Hill, Group Show, Woodridge, New York
NYU MFA Thesis Exhibition
80 WSE Gallery, Group Show, New York, NY
St. Lawrence Ice
Wolfe Island, Group Show, Kingston Ontario (Curated by Ben Schumacher)
I Like to Relate… But Not to Everyone
50 White, Group Show, New York, NY
Hallowing
Infernoesque, Berlin, Germany, Group Show,
Lefty’s
The Commons Gallery, Group Show, New York, NY
About Me
Bronx River Arts Center, Bronx, NY (Curated by Nora Lawrence) S(l)umm(er)ing on Madison Ave.
The Notary Public, New York, NY (Curated by Jo-ey Tang)
Whatever You Want to Call It
Barney Building, Group Show/Performance, New York, NY
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2011. Sept.
Trout Spots
John Andrew, Colby Bird, Shane Campbell, Sonja Engelhardy, Joe Graham Felsen, Amy Granat, Ethan
Greenbaum, Jennie C. Jones, G.William Webb, Jo-ey Tang, Elaine Cameron Weir
2010. Sept.
Lefty’s, Co-organized (w/ Ben Schumacher)
Jennie, Bringaker, Mike Caputo, Lauren Christiansen, Joe Graham Felsen, Dominic Nurre, Carlos Reyes, Ben
Schumacher, Brad Troemel
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, RESIDENCIES
2012-2011
2011-2010
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Foundation Sorbonne Fellow
Denniston Hill Artist In Residence
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As part of my thesis exhibition, at NYU, I considered the exhibition as a decentralized
event that takes place in multiple spaces (physical, temporal, etc) over the course of an
indeterminate amount of time. This challenges the idea an exhibition as an apotheosis and distributes the event and it’s receptivity. How do art objects shift in meaning
through the changing context of their conditions? With this in mind, I hope to transition into life in Paris with the production of new work and new curatorial engagements.
Paris and my studies at the Sorbonne would be an ideal situation to test and play with
the ideas that have gathered momentum during my studies at NYU as it is saturated with
a certain pedagogical history and beauty which informs the way I make work. This presents many opportunities to play with these constructs. Different methods of accessing
meaning are important to the way I situate my objects. In some instances the objects
themselves are secondary to the subject. In other instances the object is the subject. I
think of grammar and the construction of a sentence here. The work created in France
would investigate the physical and cultural spaces of contemporary consciousness, as a
site of fluidity and resistance.
«
«
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Elodie
Lombarde
Born 06/09/1983
39 avenue Mathurin Moreau
75019 PARIS
06 99 36 78 94
[email protected]
Training and Qualifications
2007-2011
2005-2007
2003-2004
Doctorate student in Plastic arts, Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne,
Master’s degree in Plastic arts Research, Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne,
Double degree in Plastic Arts and Esthetics, Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne,
Baccalaureate in literature
English: read, spoken, written.
Artistic experience
Personal plastic practice, exhibition in various events and places: Here and Tomorrow
Festival, Crous Gallery Pont des arts, Dialogos Gallery, House of Student Initiatives.
Member of the Curry Vavart association (Artists Group): organization and management
of exhibitions, cinema and theatre events (cabaret, street arts, dance).
Professional experience
Aug. 2010/Oct. 2010
Feb. 2010/Aug. 2010
Nov. 2004/Jan. 2010
Jul./Aug./Sept. 2005
June/Jul. 2003
Feb./May 2002
Aug./Sept. 2003-2002
Since 2005
Managing and updating the database of La Maison Rouge, the Antoine de Galbert
Foundation,
Reception and ticket booth at La Maison Rouge, the Antoine de Galbert Foundation,
Administrative Agent at the Retirement Fund for Paris National Opera staff,
Surveillance Officer at the Louvre Museum,
Temporary working missions at the Flammarion bookstore (Beaubourg centre),
Cash desk hostess,
Summer job at the Hôtel-Dieu Hospital Paris,
Occasional replacements for a plastic arts teacher.
IT skills
Windows and Mac OS X environment,
Pack Office, Publisher, Photoshop, Acrobat Reader, Filezilla, Joomla, 4D Organon.
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«
As a fine arts PhD, the exchange student course offered by the Fondation de France at
NYU motivate me into starting new researches and developing older ones.
I’ve been indeed working on both an artistic work and a theoretical study. These past
years, I had the occasion to lead deeper conceptual studies and set the main lines to
my researches. My art work deals with a range of plastic elements that lead me to considering the role of embroidery and craftworks considered as feminine in contemporary
art. By assembling objects and sewing, the string ties up to the definition of drawing
whereas the materials sculpt spaces of transition and memory.
It is capital for my researches to have a dialogue with another culture. An academic term
in a New York university is a step forward for me and being confronted to new teaching
methods would allow me to set the basis to further steps in my research. That’s why I
choose a sculpture class and book making. Moreover, I focused on many artists established in New York City like Louise Bourgeois. This scholarship gives me the opportunity
to grow my knowledge close to the source.
During my high school years, I’ve always felt the need to confront theory and practice.
Working under your authority on your side of the ocean will improve my perception and
my experience abroad.
«
Hommage 1,
2009
fils de coton et motif en crochet tendus dans une structure faite à partir
d’un cadre. (crédit photographique : Pierre-Alain Marassé)
Nid,
2010
Assemblage d’épingles, 5 8 cm
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Etienne
Laurent
Born 10/01/1980
1A rue de la Valleuse, Rétival
76490 Caudebec-En-Caux
06 33 16 43 46
[email protected]
TRAINING
Since Nov. 2010
2008-2010
2007-2008
1999-2002
1998
Doctorate student in Arts and Art Sciences, UMR CERAP, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Master’s degree in Plastic Arts Research, University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
Degree in Plastic Arts, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
National Diploma in Plastic Arts, Ecole Supérieure d’Arts et Médias in Caen
Scientific Baccalaureate with Biology major and Plastic arts option
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
July-Aug. 2010
Sept. 2006 - June 2008
April 2008 - June 2009
Aug.- Sept. 2008
Photographer “The impact of climate change on the Parang and Fagaras pastoral
communities in Rumania”, UNESCO
Teacher of Applied Arts, Professional Lycée Formapro Alternance, Clichy
School support at home, Cours Plus, Paris
Recruiter of donors for the Charities Action Contre la Faim and ONG Conseil
EXHIBITIONS
2010-2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2003
2002
2002
“Dispersion”, Iulius Mall Shopping Centre, Timisoara, Rumania
“Juste Avant”, Michel Journiac Gallery, Paris
“No Future ?”, Bierman-Lapôtre Foundation, Cité Internationale Universitaire in Paris
Salon des Créations, Hénouville
“Patchwork” day, Manéga Association, Caudebec-en-Caux
“L’Impératif Extraterrestre”, Art’s Café, Cherbourg
“Base Materials, Lino-cuts & Clay Sculptures”, with Mary Stewart, Polish Cultural Institute, London
“Le Chien Léopard” Le Vert Galant Gallery, with Thomas Hanff, Quillebeuf
“Le Traité de la Saucisse”, with Joël Hubaut, Museum of Modern Art, Strasbourg
CONCERTS
Roland Hayes Duo: Telethon, Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Duclair, 2010; Eight concerts in
Seine-Maritime, October-November 2010; Concert in The residence for the Elderly Korian
Champ-de-Mars, Paris, 2010; The Music Festival, Bichat Hospital, Paris, 2009; Zorba,
Paris, 2008; Au Chat Noir, Paris, 2008; Youmbi, Paris, 2008; Vendanges Café, Clichy,
2008; Café Lapon, Paris, 2008
APTITUDES AND SKILLS
since 2006
2006-2007
since 2008
since 1992
Languages
French: mother tongue
English: fluent
German: notions
Artistic skills
Singing classes, Conservatoire Léo Delibes, Clichy,
Theatre classes, Conservatoire Léo Delibes, Clichy,
Work
“Proliferating Installations, under and beyond placing a work in situation” Master 2 Thesis,
University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
IT skills
Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop
Member of Action Contre la Faim
Member of the Caudebecquais Sailing Club
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Within the framework of my doctoral thesis, entitled “Proliferative Installations, the Individual
and Collective Existence of an Art Work”, I wish to deepen the study of art object metamorphosis by means of its installation in what I call Proliferative Installations. The Proliferative Installations are assemblies of various works of art such as paintings, drawings, photographs and
sculptures. Can a nondescript object of art, when installed amidst others, acquire a form of individual and collective existence?
My doctoral research and in particular my work on the concepts of growth, ownership and existence of the individual work of art leads me naturally to achieve a period of study at NYU Steinhardt to take advantage of the education provided here and of the various creative workshops
offered by this institution.
I also want to deepen my knowledge on the work of American artists, notably New York artists,
such as Sarah Sze, Mark Dion, Allan McCollum, Barry McGee and Jim Shaw, artists and researchers with whom I would be in direct contact.
I’ve chosen to take the following courses at New York University:
Advanced Projects Printmaking. Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupations
or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in contemporary printmaking.
Graduate Studio Critique. M.F.A. Graduate Studio Critique is an intensely focused forum for critical dialogue & group discussion around each student’s work & ideas. Historical precedents &
research into conceptual practices & working methods contextualize discussion. The number of
students enrolled in each team-taught section is limited to 10 to ensure adequate time for the
exploration of each student’s ideas, as well as faculty presentations.
Critique and Review. Students meet each week by advance appointment with faculty, visiting artists,
& critics for individual critique & in-depth discussion of their work & the visual, technical, & theoretical issues that inform their practice. Students must present a body of work, or work in progress, to
studio faculty for assessment at the end of each semester.
Vocal Training (Private Lessons). Open to department graduate students majoring in music. Private voice lessons covering repertoire from all styles and forms, supplemented by extra assingnements. Attendance at recitals and master classes required.
«
«
La Réalité en face,
2010, 5 7 1 m
Installation n°7,
2010, 500 850 cm
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Ferdinand
Dervieux
15 rue des petits hotels
75010, Paris, France
06 32 06 81 75
[email protected]
Studies
2004-2007
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2011
Lycée Hélène Boucher, Literature, Plastic Art and History of Arts section
Prep’art.
First preparatory year at ENSAD.
Printed image section in ENSAD
Diplomas and awards
2007
Feb. 2010
Baccalaureate L Plastic Arts and History of Arts.
Honours of the jury for the DA Silva award at ENSAD for the Magnetic Landscape project.
Professional experience
2009-2010
June 2009
June 2009
Oct. 2010
2010-2011
June 2011
June 2011
External leader of a plastic arts and multimedia workshop at the Gabriel Fauré college. 2 hours a
week for one year.
installation and dismantling of the EMMAUS Show.
Hired by the Ministry of Culture to help in running the competitive examinations for teachers wishing
to teach Fine Arts.
installation and dismantling of stands for fashion week.
Course as assistant to the artist Jeanne Susplugas.
installation and dismantling of EMMAUS Show.
Production of t-shirts for the Italian brand NICO
Exhibitions
May 2009
March 2010
March 2010
Street graphics in Fontenay Sous Bois. Exhibition of an installation, series of photos and sound
show on the night of the opening.
Coming soon, Exhibition in Bologne.
Coming soon, Exhibition in Paris and Tel Aviv in the framework of the exchange project with Iran.
Publications
October 2009
March 2010
April 2010
May 2010
Jan. 2011
April 2011
June 2011
Illustrations for two editions of the Amphitamine journal for University Paris 1.
Presentation of the Magnetic Landscape project in an international conference in Australia.
Visual identity of the Bellastock festival (Annual architecture festival bringing together 1,000 students
from 10 art and architecture colleges for a temporary city project).
Production of a series of books for and with the painter Jean-François Maurige.
Production of a screen printed poster for Paul Ardenne’s conference at ENSAD.
Production of a screen printed poster for Hervé Perdriolle’s conference at ENSAD.
Collective project for publication of a review of illustrated texts. It is planned to present the finished
work to publishers.
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I am currently in fourth year at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs
(ENSAD-National School of Decorative Arts) studying in the image department. During
my fourth year, I obtained for my first semester to participate in the international
exchange program proposed by the school. Since my first year, I’ve always been very
invested in my work and the school. I know that my studies will be determinative for my
career and future life. That’s why it’s important for me to make my degree course interesting and complete. The international Exchange Program is an opportunity to take and
I was particularly interested in attending the SVA of New York during the next semester.
The New York SVA has a department of Graphic Design whose specific programme and
teaching methods are of particular interest for me. Even if I chose the Image department at ENSAD, graphic design is everywhere in my projects: my drawings and the way
I present them.
Indeed, this department offers a good formation to the software and new medias thatis
really enriching my artistic practices. I’m also increasingly very motivated by learning page
setting and typography, two essential skills for our future work in books and images.
The school is an open laboratory where I can experiment with different techniques and
acquire new skills to improve my work. I believe that studying abroad is a very rewarding
experience that can give me more maturity, autonomy, and the ability to be confronted
with new pedagogical ideas in a different language.
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Jeannie
Abert
4 rue de l’Hôtel de ville,
13200 Arles, France
06 74 67 19 35
[email protected]
Formation
Sept-Dec 2011:
2010-13
2009
2005
International Center of Photography, New York MASTER II photography; National Superior School of Photography, Arles BACHELOR of Art; School of Art and Design, St Etienne
with distinction(www.esadse.fr/sites/Actualites/)
LITERARY HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, College Lumière, Lyon with distinction
Workshops
2011
2011
2011
2010
PICTORING STORIES, managed by ROBERT BLAKE, ICP New York
EVIDENCE OF THINGS PARTIALLY TRUE, managed by MARK ALICE DURANT, ICP New York
ARC Writing, Letter to Robert Kramer, with EMMANUEL FAVRE
VOLUME/SPACE, managed by BORIS ACHOUR
Participations
April 2011
Theater of Arles, The SYSIPHES
Training course of dance followed by a Performance The Sysiphes Choreography de JULIE NIOCHE
2009
ART-O-RAMA, International Show of Contemporary Art, Marseille
Participation of implementation of the exhibition, reception and guided tours, surveillance
of rooms.
2008
International Biennal event of Design, St-Étienne (www.biennale2010.citedudesign.com/) Participation of implementation of the exhibition: collision of the works, signalling system
Exhibitions
July 2011
Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Church St-Julien, Arles,
Collective exhibition «RIP» managed by OLIVIER BARDIN
April 2011
Gallery LA VITRINE, Arles Collective exhibition, April 2011
Febuary 2011
The small biennal event of the possible, Lyon (www.petitebiennale.com/)
Spring of the poets
Skills
ARGENTIC and DIGITAL recording any sizes
POST PRODUCTION Photoshop, InDesign, LightRoom, OpenOffice, Word - argentic Laboratory
DAMAGED MEDIUMS Drawing, painting, collage, photomontage
LANGUAGES Spanish English / read, spoken and written
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International Center of Photography is a pole of study and research dedicated to the
photography recognized all over the world. It presents a real interest of movement and
investment and establishes a direct continuation of the education dispensed in the ENSP
of Arles. I chose to attend class in the suggestive name such as Picturing stories, Postcards from real world, Evidence of things partially true or still Transcending the gaze for
example. A lot of energy, dialogue and discussions are brought by fascinating teachers who ask us to experiment our own limits.I have the project to register this New York
experience by realizing a daily newspaper made of immediate images and words while
continuing my work of collage undertook for several years. The ICP brings me another
glance and helps me to investigate various directions while specifying my approach.
This experience is a real luck.
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Jo-ey
Tang
Born in Hong Kong.
[email protected]
EDUCATION
2011
2001
MFA, Studio Art, New York University Steinhardt School
BFA, Interdisciplinary Major (photo, video, critical theory), San Francisco Art Institute
EXILE EXHIBITIONS
2011
Like An Intruder, Exile, Berlin, Germany (solo)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
Mel, How’ Bout Doing A Show At Suburban?, organized by The Suburban, Yale University
School of Art Gallery, New Heaven, CT
View of Outer Space from an Aquarium, curated by Billy Miller, Famous Accountants, Brooklyn, NY
Trout Spots, curated by Carlos Reyes, Denniston Hill, Woodridge, NY
Perfectly Damaged, organized by Isaac Lyles, Derek Eller Gallery, NY
Two Fold, curated by Colleen Asper and Ethan Greenbaum, The Suburban, Oak Park, IL
MFA Thesis Exhibition, 80WSE Gallery, New York University, NY
Saint Lawrence Ice, curated by Ben Schumacher, Wolfe Island, Ontario, Canada
UCLA New Wight Biennial: Another Romance, curated by Laeh Glenn, Sanya Kantarovsky,
and Rebecca Kolsrud, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (cat.)
Anti Horror Vacui, Rosenberg Gallery, New York University, NY (solo)
One and Three Quarters of an Inch, curated by Peter Clough, The Former Convent of St.
Cecilia’s Parish, Brooklyn, NY
Parts and Labor, Soloway, Brooklyn, NY
The Atlas of Gifted Ideas, curated by Shaw Osha and Heide Hinrichs, Henry Art Gallery,
University of Washington, Seattle
Young Curators, New Ideas: Graphics Interchange Format, curated by Laurel Ptak, Bond
Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Dulcet Clime of the Bedchamber, curated by Nicholas Weist, Goff+Rosenthal, Berlin,
Germany
The Rainbow Goblins, curated by Darin Klein, Advocate & Gochis Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
The Beginnings, Why+Wherefore, curated by Summer Guthery, Lumi Tan and Nicholas
Weist, whyandwherefore.com (online)
Artist’s Project, The Highlights, Sept 07 edition, curated by Lumi Tan, thehightlights.org (online)
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2011
2010
2009
Leverage, a two-part exhibition, The Notary Public, New York and Workspace, Los Angeles
Hakka, The Notary Public, NY
The Potential of Twist Ties Remains Elusive, Paper Monument Web Project,
Culturehall, Featured Issue 61,
Windblown Jackie Anniversary Central Park Stroll, with reading by Wayne Koestenbaum,
The Notary Public and Central Park, New York, NY
S(l)umm(er)ing on Madison Avenue, The Notary Public, NY
present, Picture Editor, n+1
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AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2011-12
2010
2010-11
2000
1998-2000
Université Paris 1, Panthéon – Sorbonne Fellowship, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Foundation
Edward F. Albee Foundation Fellowship / Residency
May and Samuel Rudin Foundation Multimedia Technology Scholarship, New York University
Osher Scholar Summer Study/Travel Grant to Hong Kong, San Francisco Art Institute
Osher Memorial Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010
«
Jo-ey Tang, Le Précipice, Je Suis Une Bande Des Jeunes BlueZines series “Ghosts in the
Lens”, Art Asia Pacific Magazine, July/Aug 2011, p.49-50
«The Tangible Delivering the Intangible», curated by Matt Olson, Culturehall, Feature
Issue 63, www.culturehall.org
«Young Curators To Watch», by T.J. Carlin, Time Out New York, Sept 30-Oct 6, 2010, p.45
Bruit de fond / Background Noise, publication by Je Suis Une Bande Des Jeunes
As an emerging artist who just had a first solo gallery exhibition in Berlin, Germany, in
September 2011, I hope to use both the cultural and physical positions of Paris as a base
to connect with both the French and European contemporary art scenes. French literature and philosophy, such as Jacques Diderot, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Georges Bataille,
and Alain Robbe-Grillet, among others, figure largely in my work. In my year in Paris,
I hope to continue my curatorial project The Notary Public, as well as develop a project
around Nicephore Nièpece and one of the first photographs ever made.
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2011
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Julie
Corsin
born 04/26/88
37 rue des cascades
75020 Paris, France
06 73 27 63 75
[email protected]
Studies
July 2006
2006-2007
2007-2009
2009-2012
Fall 2011
Science A Level, Option Biology and Plastic Arts.
Received with a distinction - « Bien » (overall mark higher than 14/20) at the High School
Claude Monet 75013 PARIS
Foundation Course in Applied Arts at Duperré 75003 PARIS
Higher National Diploma in Fashion Design and Environment, Option Textile and Surface
Design at Duperré 75003 PARIS
Master of Textile Design at the ENSCI Les Ateliers (National Superior School of Industrial
Creation), also known as the ANAT (National Workshop of Textile Craft), 75011 PARIS
Exchange with the FIT (Fashio Institute of Technology) in New York City, for one semester
Foreign Languages
English: very good comprehension, written and spoken fluently
Spanish: good comprehension, written and spoken
Work Experience
Aug. 2005-2006
2007-2011
05/19/08 to 07/25/08
October 2008
March to April 2009
July to Sept. 2009
Dec. to Feb.2011-10-24
Sept. 2011-10-24
Saleswoman in a decoration shop in Greece. Contact with the foreign clientele.
Numerous punctual missions as temporary worker at the post of saleswoman in stores
Zara, H&M and Bershka.
Trainee Assistant Stylist at John Galliano.
Participation in the design of collections and particularly in the creation of the embroideries
and the textile samples.
Design and realization of embrodried clothes for Ikones for the Wedding Trade Show in Paris.
Participation in the competition Dim Arty, design and realisation of a mini collection of
tights inspired by the multimedia artist John Maeda
Artistic Director of a collection of lamps and pillows for Neo-Design, on the occasion of the
Trade Show Maison et Objet in Paris
Display of a project on the theme of the Wonderful Architecture in the Museum of
Architecture and Heritage of Chaillot, in Paris, during the exhibition Minimaousse 4
Display of 48h bag project, in partnership with the brand Aridza Bross, at the Trade Show
Première Classe/Who’s Next, in Paris
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I’m a textile design student in my school in Paris, and I would like in my future to work
for a fashion company as a textile designer. When I learnt that an exchange was possible for one semester between my school and the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)
in New York, I instantly knew that this was what I wanted to do. Actually, two years ago I
went to New York for one week with my other school, and I visited the FIT museum with
a friend. When I saw the campus, the students,… I told her that I would like to come
back one day and study here, for some time. And now here I am ! I also chose New York
because I have already visited the City as a tourist but I wanted to know how it would be
to live here, in the city that never sleep.
The FIT is, according to me, a perfect way to complete my studies. I wanted to learn
more about fashion, to be able in my future to discuss and understand better the fashion
designers, I am going to work with. But also because I want to work on a fashion textile design project for my final exam in Paris, and in my school I don’t have any fashion
classes to help me with this project. So I took different classes here both in textile design
(Painting on fabrics, Screen printing) and fashion design (Draping, Sewing techniques,
Accessorizes design).
I am very pleased with my life here,and the school is amazing. If I can, I would like to
come back after my exam and continue to study at the FIT which offers so many different and interesting classes.
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Julie
SEVILLAFRAYSSE
Musical studies
2011
Since 2007
2006
1995-2005
2003-2005
1995-2003
exchange program with Carla Bruni’s foundation in Juilliard School in New York
the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris (Roland Pidoux’s and Xavier
Philips’s class)
Academy Rainier III of Monaco: Prix de perfectionnement
Nice Conservatory
DEM-High school musical (Frédéric Audibert’s and Guillermo Lefever’s class)
Roland Audibert’s class
Master-classes
2011
2010
2009
2008
Marc Drobinsky (Monaco Rainier III Academy)
Natalia Gutmann (Academy of Santander)
Peter Wispelwey and Marc Coppey (Printemps des Arts, Monaco)
Truls Mork (Academy Rainier III, Monaco)
Competition and prizes
2011
2010
2009
2007
2004
2003
2002
Press price in Trio competition in Lyon with trio Werther
Gets a Scholarship Fund Kriegelstein
4Th prize in Brahms competition in Austria
Best Actor of the trio of Mantovani with his trio at Werther Charles Hennen Competition
Medal Concours Maria Canals (Barcelona) (with Trio Werther)
Award of Excellence in the contest of the founding Leopold Bellan
Young Talent Award and grant from the General Council of the City of Nice
Muses Award Revelations of the Opera de Nice and stock
First prize in the Mouans Sartoux (Middle Class 2)
First prize at the Vatelot Rampal (Middle Class 1)
Musical experience
2012
2011
2010
Orchestre de Paris’s Academy
(august) play during “Rencontre de violoncelles de Belaye” festival
(june) ECMA Chamber Music Session in Paris
(february) Tour in Israel with the trio Werther with the association «Friends of the concert»
and its program «Music for Israel»
(august) participates in the festival «Music in the cloister» of Nimes parainnée by Pasquier
Regis and plays Chopin’s trio along with him and pianist Abdel Rahman El Bacha
(august) International Festival of La Roque d’Antheron with Trio Werther
(july) is involved in the Academy of Santander (Spain) with a professor Natalia Gutmann
(april) wins the prize for interpretation of the trio of Mantovani with his trio Werther at
Charles Hennen Competition
(february) plays the Brahms Double Concerto with the orchestra of the OCUP, direction
Carlos Dourthe in the amphitheater of the Sorbonne in Paris
Being in residence at the Juilliard School represent the most appropriate opportunity
for me to add new vistas to my training: a new perspective to my musical research, the
discovery of new approaches as regards work and technique, meeting other cultures in the
field of art and music.
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23 years
3 rue de l’Eglise
16600 Touvre
06 42 44 81 59
Being in residence at the Juilliard School represent the most appropriate opportunity
for me to add new vistas to my training: a new perspective to my musical research, the
discovery of new approaches as regards work and technique, meeting other cultures in
the field of art and music.
The Juilliard School is a prestigious institution that either as students or pedagogues
has welcomed renowned artists such as Yo-Yo MA, Itzhak PERLMAN, Gil SHAHAM…
Because of the world-famous influence of this institution studying at the Juilliard School
represents a key and even crucial stage in the progression of a performer in search of
contacts with internationally famous music personalities and teachers. In my opinion
open-mindedness ( which for me is an essential human and artistic notion) fully defines
the Juilliard School since it attracts artists from all over the world and is equipped with
material aids of an exceptional quality that provide performers with infinite possibilities
for their practice.
So it is in this best place that I prepare a cello competition . I get the teaching of Darrett
Adkins and I participate each week to class organized that can play in front of other
students; In addition I have already booked a date for a concert in the Juilliard. I also
recorded chamber music, the orchestra, as well as courses in English composition. Also
In my view, New York City is one of the most culturally attractive places in the world. I am
keen and eager to discover NYC culture and to meet music people there.
I am convinced that a few months spent at the Juilliard School have a determining influence on the course of my life as a cello player.
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Kristen
Wojcik
160 Claremont Avenue New York, NY 10027
Phone: 413-687-3932
E-Mail: [email protected]
[email protected]
EDUCATION
2012
2010
The Juilliard School, Master of Music, 2012 (anticipated)
The Juilliard School, Bachelor of Music, 2010
PRINCIPAL TEACHERS
Private Instructors: Darrett Adkins and Joel Krosnick (Previous Instructors include Fred
Sherry, Carol or Pam Devenport, Roman Placek)
Chamber Coaches: Lewis Kaplan, Seymour Lipkin, Curtis Macomber, Toby Appel
Masterclasses: Godfried Hoogeveen, William Christie, Norman Fischer, Tanya Remenikova,
Jordi Savall, Joel Krosnick
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE, violoncello
ORCHESTRAL
The Juilliard School, Principal Pool 2008 & Tour to China (2008) – worked with renowned
conductors such as James Conlon, Xian Zhang, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Alan Gilbert, William
Christie and Nicholas McGegan
Fundraiser, Collaborated with members of the New York Philharmonic in a performance of
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Aspen Music Festival and School, Aspen, CO
SOLO ORCHESTRA
Holyoke Civic Symphony, Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme
SOLO RECITAL
Solo Recital at The Juilliard School, New York (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
CHAMBER MUSIC
The Juilliard School (2006 to present); Chamberfest, The Juilliard School, 2007/2008;
Taos School of Music, Taos, NM; Kneisel Hall Chamber Music School and Festival, Blue Hill,
ME; Aspen Music Festival and School, Aspen, CO; Beethoven Institute at Mannes College
RADIO BROADCASTS & RECORDINGS
Featured on MPBN radio program «Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival», 2009
COMPETITIONS
First Prize, Holyoke Civic Symphony Concerto Competition
Semi-finalist, 2006 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition (Junior Division)
First Prize, 2006 New England Chamber Music Competition
SUMMER FESTIVALS
Kneisel Hall Chamber Music School and Festival
Taos School of Music
Aspen Music Festival and School
Coaches/Private Instructors: Matt Haimovitz, Richard Aaron, Robert McDonald, Bonnie
Hampton, Joel Krosnick, Mark Sokol, Laurie Smukler, Brentano Quartet, St. Lawrence
Quartet, Borromeo Quartet, Ron Copes
SPECIAL SKILLS
Piano, Baroque Cello
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It is my intent to better understand the European music scene by studying with a French
cellist in Paris this semester. In terms of my future career, I am extremely interested in
pursuing orchestral career options more specifically in France and Germany. By studying at the Paris Conservatoire I hope to gain a more intimate knowledge of the European
style of playing thereby facilitating this goal. By studying at the Conservatoire, I will
also hopefully gain the connections and experience needed to get my foothold in the
European music scene. My assigned teacher, Mr. Roland Pidoux, is an ideal mentor in
this pursuit. He has limitless experience as both a chamber and orchestral musician in
some of the most prestigious ensembles in France and his guidance has so far been
invaluable to my education.
I have also never had a chance to be in Europe for any extended period of time and am
excited to be experiencing life in one of the most vibrant cities in Europe and the world
during these three months. Although I do not speak French fluently, I am extremely
grateful for the opportunity to fully immerse myself in the language and complement my
study with French lessons.
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Lisa
Zordan
Training
2008-2011
2007-2008
2005-2007
2003-2005
student at the Decorative Arts college of Paris in the Printed Image section.
Lycée Corvisart, Illustration Section after the baccalaureate.
Professional Baccalaureate section “Execution Designer
in graphic communication, with honours.”
CAP
Professional experience
June 2011
Feb.-March 2007
May-June 2006
Aug. 2005/2006
March-April 2005
Nov.-Dec. 2005
June 2004
MORET Workshop copper-plate engraving
> Printing and engraving with a variety of techniques and tools.
Meura Agency
> Computer graphics, logotype
Lycée Corvisart with Mr. Corvaisier
> Illustration
Sub-prefecture of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
> Classification, archives, official documents
MDB
> Webdesign / Photo retouching
Maryne
> Photo retouching
Art’mony Graphique
> Desktop publishing
Software skills
Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator / Indesign.
Qualities
Imagination, discipline and perseverance.
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Born 01/05/87
6, rue Cannebière
75012 Paris
I chose to go on exchange in New York because it seemed relevant to my job to turn to
areas that would give me more versatility. I think New York is a rich place and a source
of inspiration in many domains, it is a city on top in the fields of graphic design and
illustration.
In graphic design, in photography, in drawing and in architecture, the School of VISUAL
ARTS will bring me a lot in my work, in terms of variety and graphic inspiration.
I have chosen different classes to help my work mature. A class of pop-up which began
last year, opened the opportunity for me to work with a new medium. Pop-up books for
children are starting to be recognized as books and part of graphic design. I sincerely
hope to use the knowledge I’m gaining here to create plastic creative books and innovate. A class of drawing a naked model will reinforce my knowledge in realistic drawing.
I also chose a class of screen-printed book, which will teach me to manage my time,
be independent, find ideas quickly. The creativity matters more and more in the field of
publishing.
About my project I would really enjoy to be here to strengthen my painting skills, and
being inspired inspire by naturalist painters and the American melancholy movement,
as Peter Doig and Edward Hopper.
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Lucie
ROCHER
71/73 Avenue d’Italie
75013, Paris, France
06 23 26 55 49
[email protected]
Training
2010-2011
2006-2009
2005-2006
Master 2 in Plastic arts and Art Sciences
Specialty Image of the living - image of the body
Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne – Centre Saint-Charles
Degree in Plastic arts and Art Sciences, (Option: Plastic arts photography)
Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne – Centre Saint-Charles
Scientific Baccalaureate; Lycée Claude Monet – Paris 13th
Additional Training
Sept.-June 2011
Feb.-June 2010
2009-10
Student at the City of Paris’ Fine Art workshops, engraving workshop
Live model classes, private workshop, Paris 14th
Attended classes of Jean-François Chevrier as an auditor. The body in photography and
the cinema, ENSBA of Paris
Professional Achievements
Nov.-March 2011
Since Sept. 2010
Aug. 2005/2006
Feb.-June 2008
June 2009
Nov.-Dec 2009
Feb. 2010
Sept. 2010
March 2008
Feb.-Sept. 2007
Intervention as an artist in the elementary schools of Chilly-Mazarin (95)
(photography / painting workshops)
- Student manager at the Michel Journiac Gallery, Paris 15th
- Leader of workshops for the youth in the Centre Georges Pompidou
- Exhibition L’oeil sur l’Echelle by Edouard Sautai
- FI’ART International Festival of Art in the Family: Collective Performance with the artist
Speedy Graphito, Centre Pompidou Piazza
- CNIT Centre of New Industries and Technologies: exhibition Quel Cirque! with Alexander
Calder, Paris La défense
- Vélizy 2: Quel cirque ! with Alexander Calder
- Parly 2: Quel cirque ! with Alexander Calder
- Installation and surveillance of the exhibition by Marc Dion, Michel Journiac Gallery,
Paris 15th
- Leader of plastic expression workshops for children from 6 to 12, Beaux B’arts workshop;
Paris 14th
Languages and Computer skills
Languages: English and Spanish: intermediate level
IT skills: Word, Excel, OpenOffice, Adobe Photoshop, Indesign, Adobe Première, Outlook
and Internet
Centres of interest
Cultural activities: museums, exhibitions, photography, engraving, reading, cinema, travel
Sports: table tennis, swimming, basketball
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I am currently attending New York University’s Steinhardt as a part of a one-year
exchange between the Sorbonne University in Paris where I am regularly enrolled and
have begun my first year of doctoral study.
I chose to take advantage of this opportunity abroad because it is an exceptional occasion for me not only to advance my personal practice in an academic setting rich with
international diversity that only New York can offer and top-rate courses, but also I was
interested in acquiring the skills and knowledge necessary to be apart of the American
art scene.
My course schedule for this semester is structured around four courses which include:
video art, digital printing, art criticism and a course that matches students with visiting
artists well-known in their work.
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Mohammed
Megdoul
Born 09/23/1985
2 allée Réjane
92000 Nanterre
06 17 99 66 55
[email protected]
PHOTOGRAPHY
May 2011
April 2011
Nov 2010
June 2010
Jean-Michel, Report in the intimacy of a French policeman, documentary
Jerusalem is a beautiful city… she said, Work on the topography of the city of Jerusalem,
documentary
Mourad et Ouali, Architectural evolution of a Parisian suburb (Nanterre), documentary
Where are they ?, « I looked for Indians », 4 weeks in the deserts of western and central
United States, documentary
VIDEO ARTS
(Fiction et documentary)
May 2011
April 2011
Dec. 2010
May 2010
Geek, fiction, Runtime: 18 minutes
Directing: For the love of Go, documentary; Runtime: 12 minutes
Writing, directing, editing and post production: The door and the way, fiction; Runtime:
45 minutes
Writing, directing, editing and post production: Trap, fiction; Runtime: 22 minutes
EDUCATION
The School of Visual Arts – SVA, NEW YORK
Currently in 4th year – photography section
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs – Ensad, PARIS Currently in 4th year – Photography/Video section,
Preparatory school Prep’Art, PARIS
LANGUAGE
French: Native.
English: Fluent.
Amazigh: Fluent.
Arabic: Medium.
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When the opportunity to participate to the exchange program came to me I did not need
to think very long about the destination.
Since the first time I set foot in New York, 6 years ago now, I always wanted to return. But
not just as a tourist, I wanted to enjoy the dynamism of the city from the inside.
By learning about the proposed school, it turned out that only the School of Visual Arts
offered courses that would increase my skills acquired at Ecole Nationale Supérieur des
Arts Décoratifs: advanced lightning studio, photography in an editorial context, contemporary history of photography...
My works are oriented mostly around the concept of territory, geographical areas inhabited by human populations. As well as issues related to immigration, exile. Therefore
New York is for me, because of its history, the ideal place to continue my work.
I am currently conducting two separate projects. One about the Muslim community in
New York and more precisely on what the media called the “Ground Zero Mosque” - the
cultural center Park51-. And another on mutations of urban spaces within the context of
the ongoing financial crisis.
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Navajo
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Olivier
Sola
STUDIES
2 years of paramedical studies at CHU Rennes
3 years of Biologic studies at University Rennes1
2 years of fine arts studies at University Rennes2
Currently studying at the French National School of Photography
PROFESSIONNAL EXPERIENCE
2007
2007, August 2008
2009
July-Aug. 2009
2009
2009
2009
Aug. 2007
July 2008
Paramedic
Housing Homes
Surgery
Adaptation and recovery care
Home hospitalization
Long term care
Adaptation and recovery care
Retirement homes
Temporary work
Handling
Removal
Internship
Commercial photography (Entreprise de Vues - Acigné )
Saint-Julien, 2010
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Born 04/04/1985
1, rue Danton
22000 - Saint Brieuc, France
[email protected]
Why did I choose to participate to that exchange program with SVA ? Why New York ? There
are many answers to those questions. First of all I wanted do widen my artistic and photographic horizon by being in contact with a culture, with peoples, with a knowledge, with
pedagogical methods, with contexts very different from what I know in France. I wanted to
go in the United States and in New York in particular because a lot of artists and photographers whom I admire and whom inspire me are American and I wanted to experience that
physical and sensible space in which they built themselves, that space which they both criticized and glorified. I wanted to go to SVA because it’s a school in which many discipline
are taught (design, fine arts, illustration, ...) and according to me being in contact with many
people using different art medium is very rewarding for my own use of photography.
New York and the United States are also interesting for me because for now my work and my
projects are essentially focused on urban concerns (What are the entity which composed a
city ? how do those entity interact with themselves ? ...) and on the question of time ( effects
of time on how does urban landscape evolve, difference of temporality according to the different urban spaces and their function, ... ). So to develop my thoughts and my theoretical
approach to those concerns i choose three different classes in SVA, one is about the future
of documentary, one is about art in the first half (and a little bit after) of the twentieth century, and one about the relation between the past and the present in art.
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Arles, 2011
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Sujin
Lee
Education
Fall 2009
Spring 2011
Fall 2010
Spring 2010
Fall 2009
1996-2009
2002-2009
1996-2003
Juilliard School
Cello studies with Joel Krosnick
Chamber music
Piano trio with coach Sylvia Rosenberg
String quartet with coach Earl Carlyss
Piano trio with coach Martin Canon
Columbia University
Majors: English and Psychology
New England Conservatory Preparatory Division
Studies with Paul Katz
Studies with Laura Blustein
Recitals
Feb.-Mar. 2011
Oct. 2010
Apr.2008-Oct. 2011
Oct. 2007
Mozart Divertimento K. 563 with Itzhak Perlman at Princeton University, Metropolitan
Museum of Art, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Debut recital at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France
Kodaly Duo, Ravel Sonata for Violin and Cello, Handel-Halverson Passacaglia with
SuYeon Lee
Neue Galerie in New York, NY
Corcoran Art Gallery in Washington D.C.
Performances with Orchestra
Jan. 2011
Apr. 2010
Jan.-Feb. 2008
Boca Symphonia Philharmonic
Haydn Concerto in D Major at St. Andrews School in Boca Raton, FL
Haffner Sinfonietta
Dvorak Cello Concerto at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA
Youth Philharmonic Orchestra
Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante at Jordan Hall and Mechanics Hall in Boston, MA
Competitions
2007
2007
2006
2005
2000
1998
2007-2010
Youngest participant at the International Paulo Cello Competition
Winner of the Boston Trio Competition 3rd prize winner at Johansen International String Competition Winner of the New England Conservatory Senior Competition Winner of the New England String Ensemble Competition
Winner of New England Conservatory Junior Division Competition
Summer/Winter Programs
Perlman Music Program
Studies with Ronald Leonard, Merry Peckham, and Itzhak Perlman
Sarasota Winter Residency-Perlman Music Program
Studies with Paul Katz, Merry Peckham, and Itzhak Perlman
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2005
2000-2003
2007-2010
2005-2009
2007-2009
2006
2003
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Encore School for Strings
Studies with Richard Aaron and Zvi Plesser
Heifetz Institute of Music
Studies with Uri Vardi and Timothy Eddy
Aspen Music Festival & School
Studies with Richard Aaron, William Grubb, and Darrett Adkins
Orchestral Experience
String orchestra at Perlman Music Program under Itzhak Perlman
Youth Philharmonic Orchestra under Benjamin Zander
Cello principal of YPO Tour to Caracas, Venezuela and seven cities in Brazil Concerts with Gustavo Dudamel’s Simon Bolivar Orchestra
Tour with the Starling Chamber Orchestra under Kurt Sassmannshaus
To Austria, Germany, and Russia as soloist and orchestra member
To study at Paris Conservatoire for a semester is the opportunity of a lifetime for me. I have
always been interested in pursuing my musical studies in Europe, particularly in France,
as I have studied and been intrigued by French language and culture since I was in junior
high school. Last year, I gave my debut recital at the Louvre with my sister and was incredibly inspired by all that Paris had to offer. For my artistic development, I have always tried
to expose myself to myriad influences, styles, and approaches to the arts, and I knew that
studying in Paris would give me a rare opportunity to garner new perspectives. Specifically,
I was very interested in studying with Philippe Muller and playing chamber music with new
friends and colleagues at the Conservatoire. This exchange program has provided with a
golden period for me to fully immerse myself in my musical studies.
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2006
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Vassilena
Serafimova
Born 09/09/1985
8, rue d’Aumale
75009 Paris, France
06 23 32 53 46
[email protected]
www.vassilenaserafimova.com
International qualifications
2010
2009
2009
2009
2008
2007
2007
2006
2003
First Prize, the Paul Neu Prize for the best interpretation of the contemporary work
imposed, as well as the Pierre Salvi Prize at the Autumn Festival of Young Musicians
Young Musician of the Year in Bulgaria, organized by National Bulgarian Radio
Musical Critics Prize at the XIX Central European Music Festival, Zilina, Slovakia
First Prize at the “Musiques d’Ensemble” competition, organized by FNAPEC with the
Argillos Percussion ensemble
First Prize at the 5th World International Marimba Competition, Stuttgart
Second Prize at the ARD International Competition, Munich
Selected by the Group Banque Populaire Enterprise Foundation
Second Prize as well as the special prize at the SPEDIDAM in the International Marimba
Competition, Paris
Grand Prix at the “Music and Earth” International Competition, Sofia
Professional experience
Additional Musician for: Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra; Ile de France National
Orchestra; Lauréats du Conservatoire Orchestra; Pasdeloup Orchestra; OstinatO
Orchestra; National Orchestra of Sofia for international tours with Harlem Théâtre
Production (USA)
Solo Concerts
“Classique au vert” Festival at the Parc floral, Paris; “Young Talent” European Festival,
Paris; Festival “Generations... Young Musicians” at Radio France; “Polignac” Festival,
Guidel – Morbihan; Festival of Contemporary Music “TransArt”, Sofia; Autumn
Music Festival of young musicians; Music Festival of Central Europe, Zilina, Slovakia;
“Pianoscope” Festival, Beauvais; “Encounter the Bulgarian Soul” Concert in Salle
Gaveau, Paris.
Training
2007-2011
2004
1992-2004
Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (Michel Cerutti’s class)
Diploma from the Ministry of Education and Sciences of the Bulgarian Republic
End of studies Diploma from the “Panayot Pipkov” Arts School, Pleven (Siméon
Serafimov’s class).
Languages
French, English, Bulgarian
Master - classes
2008
2007
2005
2004
2002
International Nebojsa Zivkovic Marimba Academy - Allemagne
International Academy of Marimba avec Keiko Abe et Ludwig Albert - Belgique
International Academy of Marimba avec Momoko Kamiya (Japon), Bogdan Bacanu
(Autriche), Katarzyna Mycka (Allemagne - Pologne) - Pologne
International Festival “March Musical Days” avec Ron Kolbers (Hollande) et Tatiana
Koleva (Bulgarie - Hollande)
International Festival “March Musical Days” avec Wim Vos et Ensemble de Percussion
Anumadutchi (Hollande)
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The possibilities that the International exchange gives to young people are very useful for
their development. It gives us the great experience to study in different country, meet new
people, live in multinational environment and work with internationally recognized teachers. I
have applied for this International exchange in The Juilliard School in New York City because
this university is one of the best all over the world and its long history and incredible faculty
members are impressive.
During my exchange program, I am taking several classes including Percussions instruments in the class of Mr. Gordon Gottlieb, Percussion ensemble with Mr. Daniel Druckman,
Performer’s Problems of 20 & 21 Century with Mr. Joe Sachs, The Modernist Era with Mr.
Joe Sachs and English and Composition II with Mr. Solarz.
I would like to realise several different projects to improve my artistic skills like taking part of
the concert of The Juilliard Percussion Ensemble on November 30th, performing in a special
project between the music and dance department on December 5th, realising a solo recital
in January 28th, performing in the second concert of The Juilliard Percussion Ensemble
during the John Cage Festival.
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