Biography:
The multi faceted French artist DRAN has been painting since 1995, using a variety of media to convey his cynically corrosive viewpoint. His dark yet comical sculptural installations depict a cynical way of commenting on our capitalist culture; he explores a variety of media including working extensively with taxidermy animals and intricate pencil drawings.
Dran's sculptural installations include works such as Free Party - a congregation of taxidermy chick-lets captured frozen in time, in an eternal dance in the midst of a rave, positioned next to a huge sound system and booming speakers, captivated by the music played to them by the DJ - a taxidermy weasel, on the decks. Empty beer cans surround them, along with cigarette butts and crushed half consumed disco biscuits. Said to create a little sculptural world around his artworks, he succeeds in drawing the viewer in to his own warped reality.
Dran's page
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Exhibitions:
2010 - September, Solo, Gallery Nosco, London
2009 - November, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, Gallery Nosco, London
2009 - September, Shunk Museum, Holland
2009 - September, Musee d’Art Contemporain, Lyon
2009 - July, The Summer Exhibition, Gallery Nosco/Blakemore, Cork St, London
2009 - June,/July Solo, Gallerie Bailly, Paris
2009 - June, Harrods Charity Event, Live Painting, London
2009 - June, Je t’aime, Gallery Nosco @ PE Gallery London
2009 - June/May, Gallery Nosco @ Apart London
2009 - Group show Open 13, Marseille
2009 - April, TV show Tandem, Fance 2
2009 - April, April Fools, Gallery Nosco, London
2008 - Vapeurs urbaine, St Etienne
2008 - 2008 Maison Leclere
2008 - Solo, Montana Gallery, Barcelona
2007 - Solo @ Mauvaise Réputation, Bordeaux
2007 - Group show, galerie GHP, Toulouse
2007 - Goup Show Casa de Cultura de Girona, Spain
2007 - « Humaniad Estafa » Solo GHP, galerie Toulouse
2006 - Group Show « Reflex », Nantes
2005 - Solo « Kraspek Misyk », Lyon
2005 - Solo « le Tryptique », Paris
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