Sylvaine Sancton
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| Industry | Arts |
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| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Introduction | Sylvaine Sancton studied painting, sculpture, and mosaics at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Named assistant to the artistic director of the Comédie Française in 1973, she worked at the prestigious national theater until 1979. During this time, she also did projects for the Opéra de Paris, French television, and Paramount Pictures, among others. Moving to the U.S. in the early 1980s, she taught theatrical costume design at Sarah Lawrence College. Since the 1990s, she has concentrated on sculpture. After moving to New Orleans in 2007, she has pursued a parallel path as an art photographer. Solo shows of her sculpture were presented at the Cole Pratt Gallery in 2007 and 2010. In 2009, the Maison Henri IV, a French national museum, held a restrospective of her sculpture. In 2012, her work was featured at the NOLA NOW show at the Contemporary Art Center in New Orleans and the SCOPE show in Miami. In 2013, the Georges Art Gallery in New Orleans presented an exhibition of her sculpture and photography. Her works have also been shown at the New Orleans Museum of Art and are part of the permanent collection of Tulane University. Website: sylvainesancton.com |