Cyril Verdavainne

Cyril Verdavainne is a New York based painter and sculptor.

Born in 1978 in Casablanca, Morocco, Mr. Verdavainne attended the Centre International De Valbonne as well as Blake College and Central Saint Martins in London. He graduated from Parsons School of Design in 2001.

Cyril Verdavainne is an expressionist and a story teller. Born a talented illustrator and watercolor artist, he made a living as a commercial illustrator and fashion designer. In 2000, Mr. Verdavainne started experimenting with 2-dimensional works in metal.

On paper and canvas, he slowly became more interested in the emotional meaning of the trace rather than its esthetic quality. Soon, his work stopped being inspired by the physical world and became a pictural translation of a feeling, an ideological concept.

In 2010, the artist discovered the use of color pigments and experimented with texture, applying it to metal and stone. He produced his first 3-dimensional sculptures in 2012.

Today, Cyril Verdavainne focuses exclusively on his conceptual work.

For his latest exhibit in New York last year, Cyril Verdavainne decided to show the very progression of his career. Starting with his figurative pencil studies of the human body, the artist the...

BA 2001 Parsons school of Design
Central St martins London
Blakes College London
Centre International de Valbonne

-2013-
Galerie Moulot
December 5th- December 30th.
16 East 79th Street
New York NY 10075