Laurent Davidson

Laurent Davidson was born in New York City and at the age of four he moved with his family to the Loire Valley in France. Sculpture and the arts are in his blood. He is the grandson of internationally distinguished portrait sculptor Jo Davidson, the great grandson of 19th-century French sculptor and medalist Francis de Saint-Vidal and the great grandson of French art historian and curator of the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris, Léonce Bénédite.

Laurent attended the Beaux Arts school in Tours, France. Before formally studying art, he first experimented with “Mobiles” at the age of thirteen when living in Saché, France. He was inspired by his family friend and neighbor Alexander Calder, the artist who developed and popularized the unique art of Mobile making. Alexander Calder’s daughter Sandra married Laurent’s Uncle, Jean Davidson. Laurent’s family, the Calders and his uncle’s family all lived close to each other in the village of Saché.

It was the study of music and chromatic harmony in 1992 that spurred a renewed interest in Laurent’s Mobile-making. He felt that Mobiles floating in space and time can be interpreted as “harmonic progressions” and their movement as “variations.” Mobiles are made of elemental shapes composed i...

1975 One man show "Landscapes" French Library Boston, MA

1976 One man show "Landscapes" Galerie Jacques Davidson Tours, France

1977 Private one man show "Landscapes" Richard Criley Carmel Highlands, CA

1977 Group show "Landscapes" FIAC International Art Fair Paris, France

1978 One man show "Landscapes and Monotypes" Galerie Jacques Davidson Tours, France

1983 Group show "Aspects of Painting in France" Atlanta, GA

1987 One man show “Legal Aliens” Discovery Travel Pacific Grove, CA

1989 Group show “3D” Espace André Malraux Gallery Joué-les-Tours, France

1989 One man show "Monotypes" Henry Miller Library Big Sur, CA

1992 One man show "Sculptures Spatiales" Galerie Carré Davidson Tours, France

1996 One man show "Mobiles and StabiloMobiles" FACT Gallery Laguna Beach, CA

1996 One man show Manville Gallery Santa Fe, NM

1997 Group show "Mobiles and StabiloMobiles" Gallery Mack Seattle, WA

1997 Group show James Gallery Pittsburg, PA

1999 One man show "Mobiles and StabiloMobiles" Ventana Gallery Big Sur, CA

2003 One man show Highlands Sculpture Gallery Carmel, CA

2007 Two man show Hernandez Contemporary Fine Art Scottsdale, AZ

2006 One man show Highlands Sculpture Gallery C...