Frederic Asse

As a young child I became fascinated with local prehistoric cave paintings. I was most fascinated by the mystery surrounding these images.
Drawing was my first attempt to express my artistic side as a child and it has subsequently served as a mean to communicate and explore different ways to represent reality.
Drawing is the essence of my art. I work with paper and black ink, by using only black and white allows the viewer to appreciate the real essence of drawing. I also enjoy making digital drawings which open creative ways to represent our world.

My drawings are a celebration of the hopeful and cheerful aspects of human life. The image is not the elaboration of a pre-thought idea, but is largely determined by the process of drawing itself. The end result shows a world in which unexpected interactions between different elements confront the viewer with certain confusion. The subjects, whether human or animal, are enigmatic, elusive and absorbed in their own world.

MA History of Arts, Université Michel de Montaigne, Bordeaux 3, France
MA French literature, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada

2014: 10ème Salon Européen, Beffroi de Bruges, Belgium
2013: Salon du Dessin et de la Peinture à l’eau, Paris, Grand Palais, France
2011: Salon d’été, galerie Art Présent, Paris, France
2007: Port Moody art centre, Port Moody, Canada
2007: Alliance française, Vancouver, Canada
2004: Electronic Avenue Gallery, Port Moody, Canada
2003: Centre culturel francophone, Vancouver, Canada