Stephane Cipre

Born in Paris in 1968, Stéphane Cipre, word sculptor, is the youngest of a family from Nice. His parents, who were craftsmen, passed on to him an educational model based on the value of work and the taste for effort. At a very young age, Stéphane Cipre began an apprenticeship in fashion design, a profession that he practiced for more than 10 years in the family business (alongside his father, Meilleur Ouvrier de France). His artistic career began in 1997 after he had studied art history for 3 years in evening classes at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Nice. At the same time, he began to attend the Villa Thiole, the Municipal School of Plastic Arts in Nice. Following this training, he swapped the fabric and the sewing machine for the sheet metal and the soldering iron. His first works (strongly influenced by the world of fashion) are sometimes qualified as academic figuration, then become more and more graphic. Quite naturally, like a child taking his first steps, writing became part of his work. More than 20 years after his debut, the artist has conquered an international clientele and his creations are now presented worldwide. Some of his works are in the collections of several international foundations.