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Artist Statement:
PHILIPPE BENICHOU: ARTIST
STATEMENT
I was led to becoming an
artist through a spiritual
quest that began when I was a
child and crystallized in the
mid to late nineteen nineties.
I never consciously intended
to paint. I have always been
intensely fascinated by the
innermost workings of the
universe, both physical and
spiritual finding similarities
between the vastness of the
ever expanding cosmos and
freedom of mind. Strange as it
seems, I feel like my spirit
is in a constant state of
creative meditation, free to
roam through many other planes
and dimensions. My paintings
are proofs and accounts of my
travels and spiritual
reflections. I paint from
inner visions and intense
emotions, impossible to
organize in words, which I let
go of instead on canvas. I
seem to follow an inner guide,
a wisdom or an internal muse
that supplies me with
tremendous joy and a wonderful
feeling of long forgotten
peace.
My work is an extension and a
clarification of my strongest,
clearest and most intimate
thinking. I am convinced that
what I manifest in physical
form as an artist is but a dim
reflection of what my spirit
is capable of creating. I
believe we are ...
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Artist Galleries:
Gallery representation:
Philippe Benichou: Mixed Media
& Japanese Inks; Johnson Art
Collection. Los Angeles, CA
Pastel & Mixed Media Works;
World Dome. Fine Art Gallery
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
Internet Galleries:
Philippe Benichou Online
Gallery;
http://www.philippebenichou.com
Absolute Arts;
http://www.absolutearts.com
Art Online;
http://www.art-online.com/
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Artist Reviews:
The art of Philippe Benichou
by Nancy di Benedetto
NY Critic, Juror, Historian
and Lecturer at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Philippe Benichou was born in
French occupied Algeria and
currently lives in Topanga,
CA. He is an internationally
known actor of film, stage and
television and an illustrious
honorary...
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Collections:
Private Collections
Arlette Oger Estate Permanent
Collection, Ste Hermine,
France
Frances & Jill DeBroff, St.
Barts, French Caraîbes
Desirée Wilmes, London,
England
Uta Hagen, New York, NY
Maria Paleru, Chateau de Vaux,
Vaux s/ Eure, France
Patrick Bruel, Paris, France.
Pierre et Michelle Benichou,
Lons le-Saunier, France
Amy ...
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Commissions:
Commissions:
2002 Digital Portraits: Maria
Paleru; Maria Paleru; Vaux sur
Eure, France
2000 Le Petit Prince; St.
Barts International Music
Festival, St. Barts, French
Caraîbes
Awards and Honors:
2003 Best Artist August 2003;
MOCA Museum Of Computer Art,
New York, NY
2003 Selected Guest Artist:
MOCA Museum Of Computer ...
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Exhibitions for Philippe Benichou:
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Solo Exhibitions and Selected Group Exhibitions:
2003 Freedom: Introducing the Art of Philippe Benichou; Johnson Art Collection; Los Angeles, CA (solo)
2003 Selected Guest Artist: MOCA Museum Of Computer Art; New York, NY
2001 Benichou: Artiste aux États Unis; Bruel Suite; Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas, NV (solo)
2000 Philippe Benichou: Oil Paintings; St Barts International Music Festival, St. Barts, French Caraîbes
2000 Remembering Le Petit Prince; Maison DeBroff; St. Barts, French Caraîbes
2000 Accessing our Creativity; Imagine Center, Los Angeles, CA
1999 New Abstract Artist: Philippe Benichou; Maison DeBroff St. Barts, French Caraîbes
1999 Island Impressions: Oils; St Barts International Music Festival, St. Barts, French Caraîbes
1999 American Contemporary Abstract Art; Salon des Artistes, Lons le-Saunier, France
1999 Color and Healing; Stages, Inc., Los Angeles, California (solo)
1999 A Passion for Art; Pole House Gallery; Topanga, CA (solo)
1998 Oil Finger Painting; Galerie Art et Passion, Bedoin, France
1998 International Pastel Exhibition; Aubenas Art Museum; Aubenas, France
1998 Color and Movement; Galerie Duffier; Saint-Claude, France
1998 Digital Art en Vogue; Art Concepts, Lamoura, France
1998 The National Pastel Invitational; Europe Art, Orléans, France
1997 Moonshadows; Pole House Gallery; Topanga, CA (solo)
1997 Truth or Myth; Galerie Jussieu; Paris, France (solo)
1997 Postmodern Conceptions; Galerie d’Art Contemporain; Gassin, France (solo)
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