Bernard Dumaine
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Bernard Dumaine (born August 20, 1953 in Angoulême
, France
) is a French artist best known for his work in photorealism
styles and for his background designs for television
cartoons. He works in a variety of media, including oil paints, acrylic paints, graphite pencil, digital painting, digital collage, and video.
with a mention for drawing
in 1977. Many single and group exhibitions followed, both locally and internationally. His early work included drawings in the style of photorealist and surrealist oil paintings.
He is currently working mostly in digital media, oil paints, and pencil. He is also doing Exquisite corpse
works in collaboration with many artists internationally, and these collaborative works have recently been exhibited in galleries across France.
From Bernard Dumaine's feature in Future Art Magazine:
"Imagination and chance have a large place in the creation of my pictures, which are also works of experimentation and research. My favorite part of creating art is the 'stream-of-consciousness' and the discovery of each image as I am working-- I do not know exactly what would appear until I have finished it."
-Bernard Dumaine
Participation in "I am abnormal 1" (2009) exhibition - Berlin
Participation in "I am abnormal 2" exhibition (2010) as a part of Abnormal Festival - Berlin and Poznan
Energy Art Salon 2010 - Chicago, USA
"Troyart" - Museu Brasileiro da Escultura - Sao Paulo (2011)
Collettiva Surrealista "Linguaggi d'Arte" (2011) - Floridia, Italy
Bernard Dumaine (born August 20, 1953 in Angoulême
Angoulême
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, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) is a French artist best known for his work in photorealism
Photorealism
Photorealism is the genre of painting based on using the camera and photographs to gather information and then from this information creating a painting that appears photographic...
styles and for his background designs for television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
cartoons. He works in a variety of media, including oil paints, acrylic paints, graphite pencil, digital painting, digital collage, and video.
Life and work
He got his National Fine Arts diploma in sculptureSculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
with a mention for drawing
Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
in 1977. Many single and group exhibitions followed, both locally and internationally. His early work included drawings in the style of photorealist and surrealist oil paintings.
Exquisite corpse
Exquisite corpse, also known as exquisite cadaver or rotating corpse, 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 Exquisite corpse, also known as exquisite cadaver (from the original...
works in collaboration with many artists internationally, and these collaborative works have recently been exhibited in galleries across France.
"Imagination and chance have a large place in the creation of my pictures, which are also works of experimentation and research. My favorite part of creating art is the 'stream-of-consciousness' and the discovery of each image as I am working-- I do not know exactly what would appear until I have finished it."
-Bernard Dumaine
Exhibitions
International Surrealist Show 2006 - Spencer , IowaParticipation in "I am abnormal 1" (2009) exhibition - Berlin
Participation in "I am abnormal 2" exhibition (2010) as a part of Abnormal Festival - Berlin and Poznan
Energy Art Salon 2010 - Chicago, USA
"Troyart" - Museu Brasileiro da Escultura - Sao Paulo (2011)
Collettiva Surrealista "Linguaggi d'Arte" (2011) - Floridia, Italy
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, ISBN 978-2-9538353-0-4 )
- selected works in Anarchy Mag, Issue #70/71 (Freedom press, 2011)
- selected works in Rebirth of the exquisite corpse (2011, ISBN 978-1-4476-6398-0) by Anthony Mason
- selected works in Collaborative Corpse Yearbook 2010-2011 (2011, Blurb) by George Teseleanu