Your online Art gallery
Rodolphe Cosimi
 Rodolphe COSIMI Born 1975. Cannes Currently living & working in Contes (French Rivera hinterland) A piano player since age 5, attended Paris, Vence & Nice Conservatoire (School of Music)High-School studies : Arts, Latin & Greek, 1994 : graduated from Nice University in Music Studies. Met painter Yves Bady & photographer Bob Willoughby while doing modelling jobs in Paris; Studied music at the National Music & Performing Arts Conservatoire in Toulon. 1995 : artist’s career seriously jeopardized by near-fatal accident. Met artist / sculptor Jean-Claude Fahri. Resumed art-oriented activities after intensive, strenuous physiotherapy.1996 : piano instructor at Mstislav Rostropovitch School of Music in St. Tropez. 1997 : moved to Paris, working with various special events corporations & thus gaining stage- management skills ;Travelled extensively throughout Europe (Milan, Madrid, Stuttgart, Leipzig, …)Gained insight into the world of painting via the Louvre Museum & Beaubourg Cultural Center, and painting frequently in-between business trips. 1999 : returned to Cannes, resumed Higher Education studies & graduated in Corporate Communication, Nice-Sophia Antipolis University. Resumed regular mountain sports activities, venturing into high rock climbing in the Verdon Gorges (Alpes de Haute Provence) Met painter Gérald Thupinier. Gained in-depth painting technique through duplicating masterpieces by Picasso, Lempicka, Hélion, Raphaël… Gained insight into the world of painting via the Louvre Museum & Beaubourg Cultural Center, and painting frequently in-between business trips. 1999 : returned to Cannes, resumed Higher Education studies & graduated in Corporate Communication, Nice-Sophia Antipolis University. Met painter Gérald Thupinier. Gained in-depth painting technique through duplicating masterpieces by Picasso, Lempicka, Hélion, Raphaël…Directed several shows including a 2001 International Tap Dance Festival in Valbonne (French Riviera), featuring brother Alexandre, 3 times French Tap Dance Champion. Joined Cannes Vocal Band as leading tenor singer. Several concerts. After a short break, has now resumed piano playing (pieces by Bach, Prokofiev). 2002 : continued painting while working as a communication manager with local weekly paper. Also a regular columnist with various print media & national magazines, & manager of local mountaineering monthly journal : Artif Session. Met painter / sculptor Edmond Vernassa. 2004 : settled down in Contes, renovated premises into artist’s studio, hence painting with greater commitment. In the footsteps of Soulage, Hartung & Pollock, Rodolphe Cosimi launched into deeper personal.quest, as exemplified in “Coulures” (Colourmarks). These mineral-like colourmarks are now part & parcel of artistic self-expression. His experimenting with motion, fluidity, combinations resulting from a specific technique now impulses progressive knowledge of self, the others, time & space. This is what Rodolphe COSIMI’s work hinges on. “In our ever changing world, art & mankind feed on novelty of experimentation, taking them to places they wouldn’t venture to before & penetrating further each time into daunting strangeness. “Coulures” (Colourmarks) can be equated with man’s own confrontation with the world he belongs to, experiencing rejection, attraction, bewilderment… 2007 (Feb) : wrote & published Coulures (Colourmarks), (Aria’s Publishing House) Rodolphe COSIMI now devotes his time to painting, writing, all of those passions remaining closely-knit in his dedicated quest for self-fulfillment. | |
| © All of the images on this website are copyrighted original artworks by their author and are protected by international copyright law. No materials in this gallery may be reproduced, copied, downloaded, or used in any form without written permission of the contemporary artist Rodolphe Cosimi.
| |