Luc Bihan
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Luc Bihan is a sculptor, artist
, graphic artist and animation director
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at San Francisco Art institute, he went back to France, looking for work. He traveled around the world showcasing his talent. He arrived in Toronto in 1999, where he became an animation director for Nelvana
, Canada's most prestigious Animation Institute for developing Television programs aimed at children and youth.
Besides his unique sculptures, he accomplished to become the director for the TV Series Babar and two of Brian Jacques
popular Redwall
novels: in 2000 and 2001.
He is very active in the art community and has worked at several art schools. He also taught at a French secondary school Le Collège français
for a short while. Bihan's clay sculptures are unique and different, his style brings intrigue to the art lover with his various uses of complexity
, and motion in many of his works.
In 2005, Luc Bihan started working on concepts and philosophies of LucSculpture School and Studios and established LucSculpture on the Danforth, in Toronto East end. The school offers painting, figure drawing and the all palette of clay sculpture courses, and also welcomes artists in residence, studios for artist, and a prime Gallery to honor the arts. The two key philosophies of LucSculpture are to focus on personal creativity and to be ecologically friendly.
Luc Bihan currently resides in Toronto, Canada.
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, graphic artist and animation director
Animation director
An animation director is the director in charge of all aspects of the animation process during the production of an animated film or animated segment for a live-action film...
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Biography
At age 16, Luc Bihan decided to leave his parents to pursue his passion: art. He traveled around Europe until he arrived in San Francisco in 1980. After winning a scholarship for best paintingPainting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
at San Francisco Art institute, he went back to France, looking for work. He traveled around the world showcasing his talent. He arrived in Toronto in 1999, where he became an animation director for Nelvana
Nelvana
Nelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment company founded in 1971 known for its work in children's animation. It was named by founders Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert and Clive A. Smith after a Canadian comic book superheroine created by Adrian Dingle in the 1940s...
, Canada's most prestigious Animation Institute for developing Television programs aimed at children and youth.
Besides his unique sculptures, he accomplished to become the director for the TV Series Babar and two of Brian Jacques
Brian Jacques
James Brian Jacques was an English author best known for his Redwall series of novels and Castaways of the Flying Dutchman series. He also completed two collections of short stories entitled The Ribbajack & Other Curious Yarns and Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales.-Biography:Brian Jacques was born...
popular Redwall
Redwall
Redwall, by Brian Jacques, is a series of fantasy novels. It is the title of the first book of the series, published in 1986, the name of the Abbey featured in the book, and the name of an animated TV series based on three of the novels , which first aired in 1999...
novels: in 2000 and 2001.
He is very active in the art community and has worked at several art schools. He also taught at a French secondary school Le Collège français
Le Collège français
Le Collège français is a French-language high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-General information:Le Collège français is part of Conseil scolaire Viamonde and had 283 students enrolled. It is located in downtown Toronto near the intersection of Carlton Street and Jarvis Street, near the TTC...
for a short while. Bihan's clay sculptures are unique and different, his style brings intrigue to the art lover with his various uses of complexity
Complexity
In general usage, complexity tends to be used to characterize something with many parts in intricate arrangement. The study of these complex linkages is the main goal of complex systems theory. In science there are at this time a number of approaches to characterizing complexity, many of which are...
, and motion in many of his works.
In 2005, Luc Bihan started working on concepts and philosophies of LucSculpture School and Studios and established LucSculpture on the Danforth, in Toronto East end. The school offers painting, figure drawing and the all palette of clay sculpture courses, and also welcomes artists in residence, studios for artist, and a prime Gallery to honor the arts. The two key philosophies of LucSculpture are to focus on personal creativity and to be ecologically friendly.
Luc Bihan currently resides in Toronto, Canada.