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ArtSlant Profile
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Philippe Sokazo
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Philippe Sokazo, In good Spirits, Acrylic on canvas, 36" x 48" © Philippe Sokazo Philippe Sokazo, Pacific Spirits in Motion, Acrylic on canvas, 64" x 52" © Philippe Sokazo Philippe Sokazo, Tales of the Rainforest, Acrylic on canvas, 46" x 59" © Philippe Sokazo Philippe Sokazo, Soulshine Spray, Acrylic on canvas, 39" x 39" © Philippe Sokazo Philippe Sokazo, Starland passage, Acrylic on canvas, 36" x 48" © Philippe Sokazo Philippe Sokazo, Secret conversation in a garden, 2009, Acrylic on canvas, 36X36 inches © Philippe Sokazo Philippe Sokazo, Mankind Landing, 2009, Acrylic on canvas, 36X48 Inches © Philippe Sokazo Philippe Sokazo, Virtuland, 2009, 36X48 Inches © Philippe Sokazo Philippe Sokazo, Space garden, 2009, Acrylic on canvas, 36X48 Inches © Philippe Sokazo Philippe Sokazo, Angel gesture, 2009, Acrylic on canvas, 36X48 Inches © Philippe Sokazo Philippe Sokazo, Mankind Passage, 2009, Acrylic on canvas, 36X36 inches © Philippe Sokazo Philippe Sokazo, Rainbow Birds, 2009, Acrylic on canvas, 36X48 Inches © Philippe Sokazo
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> QUICK FACTS
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LIVES IN:
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Vancouver (BC) Canada
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WORKS IN:
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Vancouver (BC) Canada
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abstract, painting, pop, Vancouver, WestCoast, canada, tales, yellow, composition, pop-art, contemporary, lowbrow/urban, abstraction
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> STATEMENT
statement
Since the past few years, I worked in Europe to create and showcase an original and personal aesthetic universe.
My juxtaposed multicoloured shapes are privileged vehicles in this quest, especially when industrials use them to embellish everyday objects: a way for me to penetrate and hopefully positively alter the lives of a greater number…
My paintings are all hand-made using acrylic and a technique called ‘Hard-Edge’.
In their unique language, they narrate stories, encounters between probable beings from unconscious universes, sensations like love, melancholy, appetite, or display landscapes that can be alternatively aquatic, aerial or virtual.
Humour and poetry play an important role in the composition, enhanced by the savoir-faire of colours.
Immerged in Sokazo’s world, the spectator lets his imagination roam through fantastic circumstances. He’ll discover a part of himself by accepting the concept of the two infinites, visible and invisible, and may even find himself content with his condition in a universe bound by endless questioning.
The West Coast is a new source of inspiration for me. Magnificent icons spur from its foundations, half-divinities, half-spirits, like memoirs of the Rain Forest and its thousand mysteries.
This is the work I want to share with the public, the opportunity for them to realize the incredible richness and potential for dreams and inspiration that this unique place shelters.
The public is invited to discover a world populated by Pacific creatures and landscapes. They’ll be able to witness contemporary picturesque poems, rich with the dreams and hopes that characterize the West Coast.
bio
1960
Born in Toulouse in 1962, raised in a family of musicians and art collectors between Paris and the Côte d’Azur.
1980
After University studies in ethnology, he’s accepted into the National Beaux-Arts School in Paris. He graduates in 1989 and soon decides to seize an opportunity to live in Miami where he works as Art Director for Teen Magazine.
1990
Before returning to Europe, he travels the world for inspiration: New York, London, Prague, Madrid, Bombay... His work is presented in various galleries and museums along side world-renowned artists like Alechinsky, Chilida, Riopelle and Matsutani of the Japanese Gutai Movement, who endorse Philippe Sokazo’s style and professionalism.
2000
Appointed member of honor by the city of Toulouse, France. The industry challenges him to apply his Art to manufactured luxury objects, such as jewellery, sculpted rugs, cement tiles, cigar humidors, wine bottles, fashion apparels and cars. These objects become part of the Sokazo World and are shown together with paintings in museums and galleries.
Settles in BC in 2005 where he discovered a new dimension of inspiration, light and energy.
Philippe Sokazo’s Art can be found in private and public collections in France, Spain, Andorra, the UK, the USA, Canada and Japan, and is current presented in Vancouver at the SNAP Contemporary Art Gallery.
what they say about Sokazo...
"Philippe Sokazo’s paintings use recurring pattern and color to weave stories which embody both real and imagined landscapes. The works in this exhibition are at times whimsical and amusing but also engaging and thought provoking."
Carie Helm
Curator, Richmond Art Gallery
“Explosive paintings!”
Robert Villenave
Mayor of Anglet, France
“Generous artworks, saturated with overpowering colors where grow geometric forms, waves, circles and ethnic signs. Abstraction that hits the retina. Seduction is immediate.”
Anne Tautou
Atlantica, Art Critic
“Philippe Sokazo’s work particularly strikes me by the opulence of multiple effects opposed to a remarkable apparent simplicity in the making and in the iconic organization of forms.”
Denis Milhau
Chief-Curator of the French Patrimony and Professor of Art History at Ecole du Louvre in Paris
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