User:Fred Gracia

BIOGRAPHIE

Frederic Gracia is a french atist painter. He was born at Paris on 8th of April 1959.

After studies in Decorative arts and short time in design studio graphic as illustrator, Frédéric Gracia begins his painter's life in the circles tourist as decorator-scenographer for the Club Méditerranée.

In 1986, during a journey in Asia he realizes in Hong-Kong a decoration fluorescent scénographique for a concert of the jazzman Chick Corea. In 1990, he works on Mermoz, passenger ship of the Cruises Paquet as decorator-scenographer of the shows given on board.

He participates in 1991 with eight climbers guides of high mountain in the realization of the Aquarius a huge fresco conceived by jeans-Marie Pierret, on one of four cooling towers of the power plant of Cruas ( Ardèche-France).

Frédéric Gracia collaborates in 1995 with the workshop Catherine Feff and the Bouygues company to realize the indoor design of the mosque of Guek-dépé in Turkmanistan, Central Asia, then goes towards the monumental paint, at the same time as its works painting inside his studio.

Painter-climber, he conceives and realizes frescoes in big dimensions size on water towers or on industrial chimneys. We can notice the peculiarity of its methods of execution: the artist uses alpine techniques for the most part of his realizations, painting himself his works, suspended on ropes.

In 2000, a competition of paint The Winsor and Newton Worldwide Millenium Painting Competition, organized by Winsor and Newton, makes participate 51 countries, 22 000 artists. Frédéric Gracia will be selected as one of five prize-winners representing France. During year, the selected works are revealed to the public during an itinerant exhibition which begins to the Palace St James and to Galleries Mall in London, to the World Trade Center of Stockholm and ends in the United Nations building

EXIBITIONS :

-Institut océanographique de Paris -Exposition Saphir. -Le Manège, Saint-Germain-en-Laye -Japan Air Lines Champs-Élysées, Paris -Galerie d'Orly Aéroports de Paris -Salon des artistes français -Salon d'Igny (invité d'honneur) -Galeries Artitude. Paris -Galerie Paradis. Paris -Mairies de Paris : 9e, 13e, 3e -Mairie de Châtillon (92) -Espace Maison Blanche. Châtillon (92) -Centre Jacques Prévert. Châtillon (92) -Mairie du Plessis-Robinson (exposition permanente du tableau "D'Artagnan". Salle du Conseil) -Le Moulin Fidel. Robinson -FNAC Les Halles - Paris -New York at the United Nations -St James Palace London -Galeries Mall London -World Trade Center of Stockholm -Salons Vianey. Paris (exposition permanente) -Galerie du Château. Pau (64) -Galerie Leitner. Paris -Cineaqua. aquarium du Trocadero -invité d'honneur au château de Ferrière (77) -Mairie de Tulle (19) -invité d'honneur au 46e Salon de Châtillon (92) -Dans le cadre Arts et Sciences en Limousin: Hôtel de Ville d'Aubusson

official website:www.art-gracia.com