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Gérard Economos was born in Paris in 1935. He studied architecture for a few years and devoted himself to painting in 1958. His meeting with Jean Cocteau was decisive. He illustrated many works by writers such as Jean Cocteau, Jean Giono, Yves Navarre, Henry Queffelec, Lawrence Durrell, Roger Peyrefitte as well as Nobel prize-winners. In…

Chang Jiahuang is a contemporary Chinese artist who inherited a family artistic tradition. He is the son of Chang Shuhong, a Chinese painter and protector of the Mogao Caves, and Li Chenxian, an artist in Dunhuang.  He taught art in Tokyo and at the Hangzhou Conservatory of Music. His art is influenced by other Chinese…

Francis GUERRIER is a contemporary artist with multiple talents. Son of artist Raymond Guerrier and sculptor and ceramist Francesca Guerrier, art has been present in his daily life since childhood in a profusion of forms. Several experiences in the fields of theatre and dance have provided him with a training in scenography, another creative environment…

Deanna Gao is a contemporary artist who devotes herself to transmitting the heritage of Chinese Art to the West. Deanna Gao was born in Shanghai to a Chinese industrialist father and an English mother. She grew up in a family of renowned artists, which allowed her to learn traditional Chinese painting (flowers, birds, mountains and…

Heidi Melano was an unassuming woman and a talented artist who dedicated her life to an ancient art form – mosaics. From the 1970s, after having produced several artworks in her youth, Heidi worked for years alongside her husband Lino and devoted herself to great artists such as Fernand Leger and Marc Chagall. Heidi also…

Passionate about live art, this puppeteer, director and poet has created new puppets inspired by the dreamlike world of Heidi Melano. His first puppet show was in 1987. He creates visual and poetic shows, for all audiences, with string puppets from 30 cm to 2 metres, costumes and masks. Self-taught, Loïc Bettini fashions all of…