Bio

Uriel VALLOIS
5, rue des déportés
44230 St Sébastien sur Loire
0675244773
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PAINTER
VISUAL ARTIST
CRAFTSMAN FOR
STAINED GLASS
WINDOWS




1980 – 1998
1980 born in Neuilly-sur-Seine (France) of a German-Greek mother and a French father. Childhood in the countryside in Normandy.
1998 Graduation from high school, specializing in Art History.

1999 – 2001 BA in Art History at the University of Lille.

2002 Foundation course at the Arts College (Ecole des Beaux-Arts) of Clermont-Ferrand (France).

2003 Working experience in a company for cabinet-making (Goettinger Zeughaus) in Goettingen (Germany)
Course for realistic design at the Arts College of Köln (Germany)

April 2003: participated in the Chartres’ Street Arts Festival (Art de la rue).

2003 – 2005 Apprenticeship for Stained Glass Windows, training qualification (CAP) at the G.R.E.T.A. in Chartres (France).

May 2004 participation as a visual artist at the French summer festival Toumélé in Maule.

July 2004 to February 2005 Collaboration in the creation of a series of blown glass windows at the glass-work of Bréhat, in Brittany.

May and June 2005 Work at the building site for stained glass windows at the church of Saint Guen at Saint Tudgual (Brittany).

September 2005 Assistant for the assembling of stained glass windows at the 2nd biennale for Contemporary Art “Le verre coule de source” at Pélussin (near Lyon).


2005 – 2006 Work as a painter for stained glass windows in the workshop of Jean-Jacques Fanjat in Lyon.

August 2006 Stage decor for the touring musical play “Alice in Wonderland”, commissioned by the Jeunesses musicales de France.

2007 – 2008
Work as a craftsman for stained glass windows in the workshop “SARL Vitrail” at Remouillé near Nantes.

February 2007 Creation of a portrait of the Brazilian composer Pixinguinhha during a concert in his homage at Trappes.

April and May 2007 Realisation of two CD covers for the group Quarte Augmentée and for the instrumental ensemble (group) Vibrations at Lyon and at Paris.


Languages: French and German (bilingual); English.

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