Eric Saint Georges

ARTIST STATEMENT

Creating art is my meditation—a moment of peace where I am free from all other obligations.
My best work happens when I work fast and loose, trusting my inner core rather than my analytical mind.
My current focus is on the abstracted human figure.
In both my drawings and sculptures, I strive to simplify until only a movement, an emotion, a presence is left.
I embrace randomness, yet I wonder—is it truly random, or is it actually the unfiltered expression of my inner self?
My goal is to invite viewers to connect with my work, while offering space for their imagination to complete the story.

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Paris, France, I moved to the US in 1994.

As far as I can remember I have always been drawing and building things, but it is a workshop with the sculptor Petrus () in 1978, which triggered my passion for sculpture. At that time, I had just completed my education in electrical engineering. Rather than going right away to work, I applied to the “Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts” in Paris, and studied drawing and sculpture there for a year, before spending several months with Petrus, from whom I learned the foundation of my clay technique.
However, at the time, a career in art was not really an...

Tutor at the Sculpture lab at SB City College 2023-Present
Sculpture at Santa Barbara City College 2021-2023
Printmaking at Santa Barbara City College Fall 2021
Teaching assistant (Sculpture) at West Valley College (Saratoga, CA) 2017
Instructor (Figure drawing, Sculpture) at Pacific Art League (Palo Alto, CA) 2017
Metal Sculpture at West Valley college (Saratoga, CA) 2015-2016
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii (Manoa) 2005-2010
Resident with sculptor Petrus, France 11/1980 to 2/1981
Ecole Natonale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Paris, France. 1979-1980
Master in Electrical Engineering, Ecole Supérieure d’Electricité (ESE), Paris, France 1974-1978

• "Surviving to Thriving", Voice Gallery, Santa Barbara, May 2024 (Juried)
• 10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, May-June 2023
• "Material Matters", Seager-Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, March 2023
• Superfine Artfair, Los Angeles Oct 13-16, 2022
• 10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, April-May 2022
• "Life Live 2022", Arc Gallery, San Francisco, March 19 2022, (Juried)
• "FourSquared 2021", Arc Gallery, San Francisco, August 2021, (Juried),
• Santa Clara Indoor Sculpture Exhibition 2020 (Juried)
• "Life Live 2020", Arc Gallery, San Francisco, September 19 2020, (Juried),Postponed
• Superfine Artfair, San Francisco, Feb 28 - March 1 2020
• Pacific Art League, Watercolor show, Palo Alto, June 2019, (Juried)
• “Abstraction”, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, June 2019, (Juried)
• Member show, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, March 2019, (Juried)
• stARTup Artfair, San Francisco, April 26-28, 2019
• San Mateo Library, May 1 – June 30, 2019
• San Mateo City Hall, March 1 – April 24, 2019
• "Life Live 2019", Arc Gallery, San Francisco, March 2 - April 6, 2019, (Juried)
• "Sculpture Now", Peninsula Museum, Burlingame, November 2018, (Juried)
• Ruth Bancroft Sculpture Garden, Walnut Creek, Summer 2018, (Juried)
• "Human Form", Pacific Art League, Pa...