Vincent Champion-Ercoli

Vincent Champion-Ercoli
Franco-Canadian sculptor, born in Maubeuge, France in 1974.
Lives and works in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada.

All of my sculptures are designed to one day be carried out on a large scale, in either a natural or urban environment. The small sculptures that are developed during the creative process, like models, continue to live on in private spaces on around me, within reach. On a daily basis, they remind me of the emotion or feeling at the origin of each sculpture.

Almost all my works are made up of several elements. Sometimes free and independent, they come together to give birth to the sculpture. Others can be moveable, rocking back and forth in a slow, continuous rhythm or capable of assuming different positions and/or having different ways that they can be assembled, like L'Oxalis IV.
The base – most often a natural element, like a rock found randomly during a walk – is an integral part of the work. It is at the center of the various elements of the sculpture, which can be quite different depending on the chosen angle of view.
Another recurring element in my work is what I call the "plane." From my first drawings until today, it appears in various forms: sometimes...

He studied at the Fine Arts school in Maubeuge, France from 1994 to 1997, as a student of sculptor and visual artist Grégori Anatchkov.
Vincent continued his studies at the University at Valenciennes between 1995 and 2000, first in liberal arts, visual arts and performing arts, then in art and communications, obtaining his masters' degree.
In 2002-2003, he was in a DESS: Diplôme d'Études Supérieures Spécialisées (French University Graduation: Bac + 5 Years) degree program in communications management.

PERMANENTS EXHIBITIONS
2017 La Constance IV, Monumental sculpture, in bronze. First North American Factory of Soprema, Haggerty Street, Drummondville, Qc (Canada).
2011 The Mammouth Spirit IV, Monumental sculpture/fountain in bronze, Corporate headquarters of Soprema, Drummondville, QC (Canada) High way 20, between Montréal and Québec.

TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS
2018 Scvlptvre III - Symposium, Convention Center, Saint Hyacinthe Qc (Canada)
2016 Scvlptvre III - Symposium, Convention Center, Montréal, Qc (Canada)
2015 Solo. Retrospective Vincent Champion-Ercoli, Salle Alphonse-Desjardins, Mont Tremblant, Qc (Canada)
2015 Frieze Week, Select Fair, New York, NYC (USA) Bruno Massa Gallery
2014 Context Art, Miami, FL (E.U) Bruno Massa Gallery
2014 Hiver 2014, Lausanne (Switzerland)
2014 Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY (USA) Bruno Massa Gallery
2014 Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY (USA) Bruno Massa Gallery
2014 Toronto Art Expo, Toronto, ON (Canada) Bruno Massa Gallery
2014 Select Fair, New York, NY (USA) Bruno Massa Gallery
2014 Art Osaka, Osaka (Japan) Bruno Massa Gallery
2014 Scvlptvre - Symposium, Convention Center, Montréal, Qc (Canada)
2013 Solo. Corporate headquarters of Soprema, Drummondville, QC (Canada)
2013 Art en Capital, Grand ...