DIDIER ST. MELIN

COSMIC SUMO

THE BROTHERHOOD

DIDIER ST. MELIN

An Artist of the world Didier was trained in Paris as a fashion designer working directly with the house, Pierre Cardin and eventually his own fashion house. He studied art at the national school of art in florence His impressive works attract the viewer and create a feeling of inquisitiveness as to their message and origin. The magic of creating for him is to work intuitively letting that which is unknown come to the surface. Saint Melin finds that the use of automatism sometimes lets him enter his works and keeps him painting until he merges with the process often in a state of ecstasy and bliss.

Saint Melin states, “ There is that which is in-between the realm of the seen and the unseen, known and unknown, sound and silence, existence and potential, image and creation, thought and counter thought. It is that from which the seed of all potentiality emanates. It is the space between.” A quest for spiritual transcendence exists in Saint Melin’s paintings, transcendence grafted with the concept of individual vision that affects one’s perception of the world. A combination of Eastern and Western philosophies in contemporary terms pervades his work.

Born in Paris, France, Saint Melin came to Los Angeles in 1983. His studio was located in the downtown Traction Ave. art district where he painted and showed his work for many years. This world traveler presently maintains a studio in Durango, Mexico.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1976 ARTYTECH. Espace Pierre Cardin. Paris, France
1991 SALANDER O’REILLY GALLERY. Beverlly Hills, Ca. USA.
1992 TAH GALLERY. Pasadena, Ca. USA.
1992 ARTIST OPEN STUDIO. Downtown Los Angeles, Ca. USA.
1993 BEL AIR BAY CLUB. Los Angeles, Ca. USA.
1993 DADA DOWNTOWN ART DEVELOMPENT ASSOCIATION. L.A., Ca. USA
1994 TENTH LA RAZA FESTIVAL. Tijuana, Baja Ca. Mexico.
1994 SELF HELP GRAPHICS GALLERY. Los Angeles, CA. USA.
1994 FINE ART AT FACTORY PLACE. Los Angeles, CA. USA.
1996 MUSEO DEL PALACIO LEGISLATIVO. Mexico, D.F.
2002 CASA DE LA MONJA, DURANGO POR EL ARTE. Durango, Dgo. Mexico.
2002 PUNTA NORTE. Palacio Legislativo, Mexico. D.F.
2002 MUSEO ANGEL ZARRAGA. Durango, Dgo. Mexico.

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITION
1991 LA VIE ARTIST STUDIO. Los Angeles, Ca. USA.
1992 WEST CENTRAL PRODUCE ART. Violet Street Gallery. Los Angeles, Ca. USA.
1994 JONATHAN TOWN CLUB. Los Angeles, Ca. USA.
1997 MODERN ART GALLERY TORRES BODET. Guadalajara, Jal. Mexico.
MUSEO ANGEL ZARRAGA. Durango, Dgo. México.
ESPACE IKEWA “SAINT MELIN”. Paris, France.
ESPACE IKEWA “IKEWA 2000” Paris, France.

PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS
ESPACE IKEWA. Paris, France.
IRMA VALERIO GALLERY. Zacatecas, Zac. Mexico.

PROFESIONAL STUDIES
ECOLE DES BEAUX ARTS.Paris, France.
LUCIEN JAY’ STUDIO. Paris, France.
MORIO MATSUI’S STUDIO. Paris, France.
FEDERICO ZERI’S STUDIO. Florence, Itally.

PROFESIONAL TEACHINGS
ABSTRACT PAINTING LECTURE. Wasco State Prision. Wasco, Ca. USA.

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