Michel Sarda

Born in 1942
Double citizenship French/US
Architect DPLG (Paris, France)
Moved to Phoenix, AZ in 1984
Monograph on California artist Marion Pike (1990)
Established the Art Renaissance Foundation in 1992
Commissioned An American Requiem in 1993
Monograph on Arizona sculptor John Henry Waddell (1996)
The Millennium Trilogy (3 books of portraits, 1999-2005)
The Mind Garden - conversations with Paolo Soleri, 2007
Pathways to the arts, 2008
Believing in Beauty - conversations woth Vernon D. Swaback, 2009

Trained as an architect with 20 years of professional experience, I am attracted by structured forms, dynamics and textures.
Besides portraits, my interest goes to the human form, either in motion (dancers) or still (nudes)

French baccalaureates in Science and Maths, Paris, 1959-60.
Architecture Degree from Ecole Nationale Suprieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris 1967
Service in French Navy (1964-65)
First show at Caf Procope, Paris 1968.
Shows at West Valley Art Museum (Arizona), 2000 to 2006.
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Works currently exhibited in the group show "Sacred Messages" at HTC, Phoenix.