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STUDIES:

Europe: Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy Uffizzi Museum, Florence, Italy Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Holland Academy of Fine Arts, Venice, Italy Pietra Santa bronze foundries.
	U.S.A. : Arts Students League, N.Y. Anatomy, Dr. Beverly Hale, N.Y. Spring Nagy Art Foundry, N.Y. Molding and casting, Johnson & Johnson Atelier, N.J. Marjak Studios, N.Y. (restauration of oil paintings) Vincent Capraro, painting & drawing

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Sculptor for MosaïCultures International, Old Port Montreal (Large Scale Garden Sculptures)
• Co-sculptor for Detroit Tigers Stadium 7 monumental tigers.
• Founded & operated bronze art foundry & ceramic studio
• Fabrication of kilns, furnaces & smelters.
• Tig Welding (bronze, aluminium, steel) molding&casting:wax, bronze, aluminium, silver, resins, rubbers, plaster and concrete aggregates.
• Founded Institut des Beaux Arts Montreal (fine arts school)
• Teaching : drawing, anatomy, sculpture, oil painting, molding and casting.
• International teaching workshops: U.S.A., France, South America, Canada.
• Patination : bronze, brass, copper, resins, faux fini, iron and air -brush.
• Air-canada, 747 jet , sculpt, mold, cast bronze miniatures.
• Architectural interiors : arches, columns, capitals, simulated stone and marble.
• Invited as guest sculpture teacher, Loveland Academy,Co.
• Sculpture workshop : University Quebec, Montreal, Canada

COMMISSIONS:

• Domaine Chandon, NapaValley CA. Concept and realization, 125ft handwrought iron grapvine sculpture.
• Bronze Buddha (life size) Neve Cambell Hollywood CA.
• Polar Bear (life size) Ottawa City Hall Ottawa, Canada (in collaboration with Catherine Widgery).
• City of Montreal, restauration bronze monument, Ile Ste.Helene.
• C.H.Jewish Reabilitation center Laval, Quebec.10ft 6" bronze abstract casting (in collaboration with Pierre Desrosiers)
• Provence of Quebec, 7 large scale bronze sand castings (in collaboration with Catherine Widgery).
• Deux-Montagnes School Commission, bronze boy and fox 8ft (in collaboration with Pierre Desrosiers)
• HEC University, Montreal, 10ft copper lily (in collaboration with Francine Larrivée & Pierre Barret)
• Cinar TV. 3 life size sculptures for TV series (dark)

EXHIBITIONS:

• Represented in private collections U.S.A., Canada, Europe, South America and Japan.

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