Bourdon Brindille

Bourdon has suffered from Art ever since he was a small child.

He has pursued a cure for this malady ever since through many different types of media—yet unfortunately relying on heavier and heavier doses of Art each day just to get by.

Despite this infliction (or perhaps because of it) Bourdon has travelled extensively seeking out others who have suffered the same fate, visiting their works in the great galleries and asylums of the world… seeking and hoping to find the answer, all the time learning from these maverick, ill, geniuses.

Having suffered terribly for years with a compulsive urge to draw, he was lured to University where professionals taught him how to live with this condition more wholesomely. Through various treatments, seminars and instructions he gained a broad knowledge of his infliction, himself and an abundance of art techniques.
Bourdon Brindille was later released from Falmouth University with a First Class Honours Degree in Illustration and has since been able to enjoy something of a normal life.

Despite attempts to rein in his Art use, he has developed an insatiable love for sculpting over the years, using predominately wood, which is carved, turned and cut to nail down his imagination. His pass...

1st Class BA (Hons) Illustration.
Falmouth University.

2016: Swansea Open at Glynn Vivian Art Gallery: 2nd prize
2017: Art the arms fair
2017: Solo Show in Langland golf club
2018: Three pieces in Shelter Auction raising money for Shelter Cymru
2019: Solo show in Volcano theatre
2019: Collaborative artist in a participative project entitled ‘What Makes a Home’
2019: Art the arms fair.
2019: Design deputy on Volcano theatres production of Hamletmachine
2019: Josef Herman Foundation Auction
2019: Exhibition in Tides Gallery
2019: Swansea Open at Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
2019: 9-90 GS artists
2020: Breakage and Repair: Solo show: Elysium Gallery
2020: Ways of Protest: Group show: Elysium Gallery
2019-21: Currently working with Volcano theatre as Head Designer