Didier Tisseyre

Born in Dakar, Senegal, in 1958

After studying at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Toulouse and Aix en Provence, he obtained the National Diploma of Plastic Expression in 1986.
Invited by Cirva - Centre international de recherche sur le verre et les artes plastiques from Marseilles at the same year, he made his first experiments in the form of cold-cut and painted glass plates.

Since 1989, it is part of the exhibition in Paris "Double Transparency. 30 vases for Cirva " alongside Erik Dietman. Marie Ducate, Lino Tagliapietra, Olivier Gagnère, Garouste and Bonetti ...
There are other exhibitions in Spain. Italy, Germany.
He becomes a professor in Marseilles and continues his research based on his personal reflections, in search of his own truth.
His thoughtful, often symbolic works are in large private collections. He is also present at the Museum of Decorative Arts of Paris.

Selected Exhibitions:

1989 “la notte in cui tutti suonarono i violini”, Institut francais, Naples,- “La double transparence, trent vases pour la Cirva , Paris

1990 “Sommeratelier”, Hannovre Allemagne - Galerie Athanor, Marseille

1991 Galerie de l’école d’art , Marseille (one – man) – “Configura”, Erfurt, Allemagne

1993 Galerie 3bis f, Aix en Provence (one man) – Braggiotty Gallery, Amsterdam (one man) – “le verre, maniere de faire”, Musee du Luxembourg, Paris, ( Cirva )

1994 “World Glass Now” Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Japon

1995 Arthotèque Antonin Artaud, Marseille (one man) – “Verre de recherche et création en France”, Centre d’art Séoul, Corée; Meguro Museum Tokyo () – Musée d’Art Contemporain, Olinda, Brésil, (one man and Maracatus)

1996 Galerie athanor, Marseille

1997 Musée Kombol, Villemur sur Tarn

1999 “Matiére à Poesie”, Musée National de Varsovie, Pologne

2000 Galerie Patrick Fourtin, Paris (one man)

2003 Pavillon des Antiquaires et des Beaux-Art, Galerie Yves Gastou, Paris

2004 “Design en stock”, Palais del la Porte Dorée, Paris

Public collections:

Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris – Cirva . Marseille

Ernsting Foundation, Allemagne

Musée atelier de Sars-Poteries

Ville de Marseille – Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris

Byogrphy and pictures from:

“Vetri nel Mondo Oggi” Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti

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