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DARDEK Dominique
This self-taught artist, Dominique Dardek, was born on 14 July 1957 in Laval, and was first interested in painting.
But towards 1980, attracted by the sensuality of volume, he moved on to creating sculptures.
Since 1984, he has exhibited his work in the west of France, and has received prizes such as the first place at the Bauge Festival in 1984, 86, 88, and the “Medaille d’Honneur” in 1986 followed by an honorary prize in 1988 at the Le Mans Salon.
His work is exhibited in Angers, Rennes and La Baule.
In 1991, Dardek was selected to present his work at the Young Creators’Stand at the “Moving” exhibition and at the Design Connection Salon.
He runs the Laval Municipal Sculpture Group, and aside from his sculpting, he also undertakes design projects involving furniture, lighting and tableware.
He says of “Pate de Verre” that is:”Brings an additional dimension to his work, accentuating the dynamism and the volatility of the piece by its “translucidity”. The transparency of Pate de verre extends the work beyond its own boundaries.
Dominique Dardek is fond of portraying the suppleness and balance of movement in effort.
In the “Acrobatic Woman”, he has sculpted with exactness the aestheticism and the eurythmics of a female body
EXHIBITIONS AND SALONS
Fougeres 1984: First prize of sculpture
Lion’s Club Angers 1985(April): Gold Medal
La Ferte Bernard 1985: First prize of the city
Amiens 1985: Honor prize of the Salon
Salon d’Automne d’Angers: 1985, 1988, 1989
Les Artistes Francais- Paris-1985
Biennale Bauge: 1984, 1986, first prize of sculpture 1988
Salon du Mans 1988: Honorific prize of sculpture
Saint Gemmes sur Loire 1989: first prize of sculpture
1989-1993: Organiser of the Laval Municipal Sculpture Group
September 1992: The Daum’s crystallinery publishes one of his works “Femme dans le vent”
September 1993: Daum publishes a second of his works “L’Acrobate”.
November/December 1994: 10 years of retrospective of sculpture
Member of the Taylor’s Foundation (Paris)
Exhibitions in lots of Galleries in Paris and in Province
1997: He realised the Inventor’s Trophy for Sextant Avionics firm (Thomson group)
May 1997-May 1999: Participation of the F.I.A.D (Libyan)
Mach 1999: Art Exhibition (New York)
September 1999: Biennial European of Sculptures (Plants Garden of Paris)
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