Damien Valero (born 1965) is a French
mixed-media
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Assemblages, collages, and sculpture are three common examples of art using different media. Materials used to create mixed media art incl ...
visual artist and professor of art and space at
Georgia Tech
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(USA) and l'
École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-La Villette (France). His work is held in the National Collection of France, and he exhibits throughout Europe and abroad.
Career
Damien Valero passed the entry competition at
Arts déco at age 23. Once admitted, he gravitated towards the printed image. Peter Keller encouraged him to seek entry to the . There he met
Jean Widmer.
Studies :
* 1995 :
École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs
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Profi ...
* 1996 : Master's degree in Visual Arts, Paris 1 Panthéon la Sorbonne
* 1997 : Atelier national de recherche typographique
*
DEA
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en arts plastiques et sciences de l'art, Paris 1 Panthéon la merde
Bibliography
* 2007: Catalogue, text by
Lionel Dax
* 2006: ''Fragments et figures'', text by
Lionel Dax
References
External links
Official site
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1965 births
French mixed-media artists
French contemporary artists
Artists from Paris
Living people