Bernard Dumaine (born August 20, 1953, in

Angoulême Angoulême (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Engoulaeme''; oc, Engoleime) is a communes of France, commune, the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Charente Departments of France, department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern Franc ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

) is a French artist best known for his work in

photorealism Photorealism is a genre of art that encompasses painting, drawing and other graphic media, in which an artist studies a photograph and then attempts to reproduce the image as realistically as possible in another medium. Although the term can be ...

and

surrealism Surrealism is a cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists depicted unnerving, illogical scenes and developed techniques to allow the unconscious mind to express itself. Its aim was, according to l ...

styles and for his background designs for television

cartoons A cartoon is a type of visual art that is typically drawn, frequently animated, in an unrealistic or semi-realistic style. The specific meaning has evolved over time, but the modern usage usually refers to either: an image or series of images ...

. He works in a variety of media, including oil paints, acrylic paints, graphite pencil, digital painting, digital collage, and video.

Life and work

He graduated in

sculpture Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

with a mention for

drawing Drawing is a form of visual art in which an artist uses instruments to mark paper or other two-dimensional surface. Drawing instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, various kinds of paints, inked brushes, colored pencils, crayons, ...

in 1977 in Angers ( Maine et Loire, France ). Many single and group exhibitions followed, both locally and internationally. His early works included drawings and oil paintings in the hyperrealist and surrealist styles. He is currently working mostly in digital media, oil paints, and pencil. He is also doing

Exquisite corpse Exquisite corpse (from the original French term ', literally exquisite cadaver), is a method by which a collection of words or images is collectively assembled. Each collaborator adds to a composition in sequence, either by following a rule (e.g. ...

works in collaboration with many artists internationally, and these collaborative works have recently been exhibited in galleries across France. 70 of these collaborations, drawings and paintings, were part of his personal exhibition "Dreaming Deep" in Healdsburg, California, in 2019. Since of 2019, he uses artificial intelligence to create models which are then produced very faithfully in a traditional way in drawing or painting.

Group exhibitions

"Painting with pixels" - Cork Gallery, New York City, USA (2004) "32 bit Connection" - Museumsquartier (MQ), Vienna - Austria (2004) International Surrealist Show 2006 - Spencer, Iowa "Chimeria" - Sedan, France 2009 Energy Art Salon 2010 - Chicago, USA Museu Brasileiro da Escultura - São Paulo, Brazil "Toyart" (2011) Collettiva Surrealista "Linguaggi d'Arte" (2011) - Floridia, Italy "Imagining science" - University of Reading (UK) (2013) - Exquisite corpses with Sally Hunter and Immy Smith "Symbols and archetypes" - Dedalus Studi, Teramo, Italy (2013) "Luci e Ombre, Tribute to H.R. Giger" Teramo, Italy (2015) "Book Launch and Psychedelic Art Gallery" The Bently Reserve, San Francisco, CA (2015) "The resurrection of the Exquisite Corpse" Artworks, Richmond, VA, United States (2015) "Metamorphosis", Ripattoni in Arte, Palazzo Saliceti, Teramo, Italy (2016) "Grand Opening", Phaneros Gallery, Nevada City, CA, USA (2017) "Phaneros Family Campout", Nevada City, CA, USA (2017) " Mainstreet Art Gallery" Dordrecht, The Netherlands (2019) "Surreal Salon 14" Baton Rouge Gallery, LA, USA (2022) "Surreal Salon 15" Baton Rouge Gallery, LA, USA (2023)

Personal exhibitions

"Séries" - Galerie Rivaud, Poitiers, France (2014) "Dreaming Deep" - Healdsburg, CA, USA ( March 2019 ) "Un autre monde" Galerie Art en Valois, Angoulême, France ( November 2021 ) "I get high with a little help from..AI" La grange aux arts, Champniers, France (April 2023)

Publications

* selected works in ''Renderosity: Digital Art for the 21st Century'' (2004, Collins Design) by John Grant and Audre Vysniauskas * ''Search 02'' in ''Issue #1, Dark Recesses Press'' (Dark Recesses Press, 2005) * selected works in ''Metamorphosis'' (2006, Jon Beinart) * selected work in ''Imagine The Imagination'' : new visions of Surrealism (2009, nEgoist Sp.z.o.o.) * selected work in ''Visionary Art Yearbook '' (2010, edited by Otto Rapp) * " Miximages " 80 Exquisite corpses in pencils (Blurb, 2010, ) * selected works in ''Anarchy Mag, Issue #70/71'',#72/73,#74 (Freedom press, 2011–2013) * selected works in ''Rebirth of the exquisite corpse'' (2011, ) by Anthony Mason * selected works in ''Collaborative Corpse Yearbook 2010-2011'' (2011, Blurb) by George Teseleanu * selected works in ''Eco-Ar-Te para o reencantamento do mundo'' by SATO, Michèle (Org.) São Carlos: RiMa & Cuiabá: FAPEMAT, 2011 * selected works in ''Artelibre - arte y libertad VI'' (Editorial Comuniter, S.L.,, 2012) * selected works in ''Biomech Art'' by Martin de Diego Sádaba (Graffito books) , 2013 * selected works in ''Lithaire'' by Pierre Petiot (La Belle Inutile Editions) , 2013 * selected work in ''The Horror Magazine'' by Jeani Rector (Horror Zine, The /2013) * selected work in ''The spindle's arc'' by J. Karl Bogartte (La Belle Inutile Éditions /2014) * selected work in ''Insidieux'' by Pierre Petiot (La Belle Inutile Editions) , 2014 * selected work in ''Mona Lisa Reimagined'' by Erik Maell (Goff Books) , 2015 * selected works in ''Masters of Contemporary Art - Vol 2'' (Art Galaxie) , 2016

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