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Julien Porisse, Glossop 4th April 1962 Studied fine art at Leicester Polytechnic from 1981 to 1983. He entered the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts de Paris in September 1983 in the Atelier of Pierre Caron at the Beaux Arts. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/École_nationale_supérieure_des_Beaux-Arts

Early life : His father Julien Jules Porisse (1927-2013) was a French painter from the "École de Paris" and his mother Anne Corcoran Porisse (1929-1990) was an Irish watercolourist. They lived at 53-55 Rue du Chevalier de la Barre, Paris, where Julien's father had his atelier Gallery (1966-1995). Julien and his twin brother Liam were sent to Grace Dieu Manor and later to Ratcliffe College in Leicestershire, England from 1971-1980. John Satterswaithe was Julien's first art teacher.

Art College : Studying Fine Art at Leicester Polytechnic (De Montford University) from 1981-1983 doing a foundation year followed by a BA course. In September 1983 he passed the famously difficult entry examination to the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts de Paris. Pierre Caron was his alledged tutor and head of the atelier.

Montmartre : Julien Porisse painted in Montmartre for two years 1984-86, to eventually abandon the artist life and begin a carreer in business ownership and sports. He considers himself a Montmartrois, because he spent 35 years living on the Butte Montmartre. He was a Rugby player at Ratcliffe College, Leicester Polytechnic, Leicester Tigers in 1983, PUC Paris, Puteaux, and Racing CF. He also was an American Football player from 1985-1994 (Anges Bleus de Joinville le pont, Spartacus de Paris, Iroquois de Rouen, Sphinx du Plessis Robinson, Castor Sphinx) He represented France in 1987 in American Football. http://www.elitefoot.com/france/edf/senior/Euro1987.htm

Art : In 2008 Julien Porisse started to paint after a 20 year period where he had decided to 'live' and experience many things (business, sports, travel) Having a strong figurative background in drawing and painting he decided to change his artistic line and began painting large format abstracts. Early success in São Paulo (Brazil) allowed him some good opportunities. In May 2009 he was shown at the SP-Arte art fair with Parisian Gallery "Sycomore Art". He also took part in the 2009 Florence Biennal. http://www.florencebiennale.org/e_ritorno.php#porisse

Group Exhibitions :

1982 Kimberlin Library "Foundation Course" - Leicester, England