Artist Biography

SOPHIE TEDESCHI : Born February 13, 1966, Paris, France.

Education

 

  • 1988 L’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Undergraduate
  •         degree (BA) in Painting
  • 1990 Paris I University, Panthéon-Sorbonne. Masters degree (MA) in Visual Arts,
  • 2002 Invited painter at The ShenZhen Fine Art Institute, Shenzhen, China
  • 2003 Invited painter at The Qingdao Fine Art Institute, Qingdao, China
  • 2004 Invited painter at The Shaanxi Institute of Chinese ink, Xian, China
  • 2005 Professor, invited at The Xian Fine Art School, Xian, China
  • 2005 Professor, invited at The China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
  • 2010 Invited painter at The Yantai institute of modern painting, Yantai, China

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

  • 1991 THE WORDLESS COLLECTION, Clermont Château Gallery, France
  • 1992 Clermont Château Gallery, France
  • 1993 DRAWINGS, Dreamland Gallery, Houston, USA
  • 1994 The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
  • 1994 MODERNIST MAGIC, Dreamland Gallery, Houston, USA
  • 1995 Clermont Château Gallery, France
  • 1996 Bellefroid Gallery, Paris, France
  • 1996 PAINTING INSPIRES PAINTING, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing,         China
  • 1998 The Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
  • 1998  DISCOVERY, The Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville,         Florida, USA
  • 2001 The He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
  • 2001 Ke Yuan Museum, Dongguan, China
  • 2002 Zhuhai International Art Exposition, Zhuhai, China
  • 2003 Bihai Gallery, Yantai, China
  • 2003 The Publishing Art of Qingdao, Qingdao, China
  • 2003 The Shenzhen Fine Art Institute, Shenzhen, China
  • 2003 The Shunde Tian Ren Art Museum, Shunde, China
  • 2004 ENCOUNTER, Landowski Center, Boulogne-Billancourt (Paris), France
  • 2004 The Shaanxi Institute of Chinese Ink, Xian, China
  • 2005 The Hubei Fine Art School, Wuhan, China
  • 2005 The Lai Yang Art Museum, Lai Yang, China
  • 2009 FROM THE INK TO THE PAINTING: AN INNATE WORLD, Blancs Manteaux         Center, Paris, France.
  • 2010  ART BY SOPHIE, Gu Yuan Museum of Art, Zhuhai, China
  • 2010  Art Museum of the Yellow Sea, Yantai, China

 

 

Group exhibitions

 

  • 1987 «  AUX ARTISTES FRANÇAIS  », Grand Palais, Paris, France
  • 1987 «  SALON DES REALITES NOUVELLES  », Grand Palais, Paris, France
  • 1987 Hôtel des Monnaies, Paris, France
  • 1988 Cultural Reunion Center, Reunion
  • 1989   2nd Biennial Exhibition in Visual Arts, Paris University Bernanos Gallery, Paris, France, Santiago University, Chili
  • 1995  WHITE CARD, Cultural Boulogne-Billancourt Center, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
  • 1999 The Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, China
  • 2002 3rd International Ink Painting Biennial of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
  • 2004 4th International Ink Painting Biennial of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
  • 2006 Art center of Shanxi Province, Taiyuan, China

 

Permanent Collections

 

  • 1987         3rd Prize E.N.S.B.A / MacDonald’s arts competition, Paris, France: Mac         Donald’s Superman
  • 1996 The National Art Museum of China, Beijing China: Hand Taking a Sunbath
  • 1998 The Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China: The Dream of the Birds
  • 2001 The He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China: The Cat Dreams Birds
  • 2003         The Shenzhen Fine Art Institute, Shenzhen, China: The Noise, The Night,         The Dawn
  • 2003 The Publishing House of Fine Art, Qingdao, China: Blossoming
  • 2003 The Museum of Tian Ren, Shunde, China: Butterfly III, The Man and his      Bird
  • 2004         The Pôle Landowski Center, Boulogne-Billancourt, France: VIDEO: Celestial         Mountain
  • 2004 The Shaanxi institute of Chinese Ink, Xian, China: The Goose
  • 2005 The Hubei Fine Art School, Wuhan, China: The Machine
  • 2005         The China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China: Landscape Which         Attracts You
  • 2005 The Lai Yang Art Museum, Lai Yang, China: Surprising Landscape
  • 2006         Academy of Chinese Traditional Opera, Beijing, China: They Play with their         Souls
  • 2010         Gu Yuan Museum of Art, Zhuhai, China: Eagle, The Human Being of Earth
  • 2010         Art Museum of the Yellow Sea, Yantai, China : Puzzle Acid I, Puzzle Acid II
  • 2010 The Yantai Institute of Modern Painting, Yantai, China : The Bird Masked

 

Lectures

 

1998 University of North Florida, Jacksonville USA  Sophie Tedeschi Painting’s

2003 Yantai University, Yantai, China: The Western Modern Art/ The Artistic Way of Sophie Tedeschi

2005 Institute of Arts & Design Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China: Sophie Tedeschi Painting’s

2005 Hubei Fine Art School, Wuhan, China: The Art History of French Oil Painting 1434 – 1945 /  Sophie  Tedeschi Painting’s

2005 School Art Huang Gang Normal College, Huang Gang, China: Sophie Tedeschi Painting’s

2005 The China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China: Sophie Tedeschi Painting’s

2005 Art Design School Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, China: Abstract and Soul Expression painting.

2006 International Institute of Fine Arts Research, Beijing, China: The French soul: My Painting and French Contemporary Art in France

2006 Academy of Chinese Traditional Opera, Beijing, China: Sophie Tedeschi Painting’s

2008 L’école Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris, France: Sophie Tedeschi Painting’s and Chinese Painters’ Painting’s

2008 China Cultural Center, Paris, France:   « Wide Angle on the Chinese Contemporary Art»

2009 Ecole Centrale de Paris, Châtenay-Malabry, France:

The Ecole Centrale Celebrates the Chinese New Year: The Chinese Ink: an Eternal Painting.

2009 Confucius Institute, Liège, Belgium: « Wide Angle on Chinese Contemporary Art »

2010 Yantai University, Yantai, China: Art by Sophie

 

Events

 

1989  FLOWERS FOR THE DEAD, Spectacle, Eastern Phonographic Institute, Paris,         France

1989  THE END,  Mural, West Berlin, Germany

1995 «SALON DES ARTISTES», Performance, Jardin des Tuilleries, Paris, France

2004         «ARTS FROM OUR LAND», Performance Multimedia Art (painting, dance, fashion design), Beijing Television 1, China

 

Videos

 

1992         CAT IN TOWN, A painting conceives itself in a scenery of magic and beauty,         16 minutes, HI8

1993         WHO ARE YOU, The artist builds a picture to elaborate a clear and         permanent message : support painting, 16 minutes, HI8

1996         PAINTING INSPIRES PAINTING, Sophie Tedeschi combines dance with the         creation of a painting under a black light, 16 minutes, HI8

2004         CELESTIAL MOUNTAIN, animate painting, Sophie Tedeschi uses the movie   as a paint brush to describe the construction and the movement during the         intimately painting creation, 3 minutes 25:DVD

2006 Projection videos of Sophie Tedeschi, FNAC Digitale, Paris, France

 

Novels

 

2008 Yuan Fen Unfathomable Submission (Yuan Fen Insondable Soumission), Editions    You Feng

2010 You Play With Fire (Tu Joues Avec le Feu), Editions You-Feng

 

Languages Spoken

 

French, English, Mandarin