 | DALE DEVEREUX COPELAND
www.outofsight.co.nz
Dale Copeland is a well-known collage and assemblage artist of New Zealand. You can see her art on the website www.dalecopeland.co.nz
For her, the appeal and the challenge of collage and assemblage is the juxtaposition of the dissimilar, putting together different elements, each of which tells its own story.
Together they make a statement which is, or can be, more than their separate words.
For many years Dale has run the International Collage Exhibition/Exchange. Each year more than 150 artists each send 13 collages to her in New Zealand. One from each artist is offered for sale at an exhibition in New Zealand and also from a website, one other is exhibited and then donated to an art institution somewhere in the world, and for the others an exchange is made and a mixed parcel of collages sent back to each artist. An attempt is made to make exchanges between artists of similar skills and interests.
One collage from each artist can be seen on the website www.outofsight.co.nz
Copeland was educated as a mathematician and nuclear physicist but turned to art 22 years ago. She has exhibited widely for many years, and her art has taken her to many countries in the world. (As an example, she met Pierre Jean Varet, the writer of this book, at a collage symposium in Bulgaria, half a world away from New Zealand). She regards herself as the most fortunate person in the world (and she also has a 3rd Dan Black Belt in Taekwon-Do).
Copeland runs a website for artists. Called Virtual Tart, it has been running for more than 12 years and every month it shows a new exhibition. Each April the exhibition is the International Collage exchange. That website is www.virtual.tart.co.nz
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|  | GRETCHEN BIERBAUM
www.nationalcollage.com
Gretchen Bierbaum is the first artist in the 98-year history of collage to combine scenes of a city using the regional newspaper. "Cities, like humans, have their own individual personalities. The original concept that I created, combining scenes of a city with the local newspaper logotype and related articles, captures the character of the city. My transparent watercolor paintings over newspaper collage allow pieces to fall into place like a puzzle, giving an innovative picture of the city's personality."
One of her collages was commissioned by the Navy League and hangs in the captain's dining room in a nuclear submarine. Another one is in the permanent collection of the Butler Museum in Ohio. Individual collectors include two major league ball players and the former President of Panama.
Gretchen teaches collage workshops nationally and specializes in image transfer.
She has developed 20 different techniques for moving an image from one surface to another creating an antique or abstract design.
The artist is Founder and President of the National Collage Society, a national art foundation with 15 regional groups in the USA and artists in 5 countries.
She is the author of "Collage in All Dimensions" published in 2004, ISBN 0-9771094-0-2
Following study
in Mexico and Iran, she completed her BA and MA at Kent State University. Formal education combined with extensive foreign travel to 30 countries bestows a world-wide vision to her works of art.
The Marquis Who's Who
1990 - American Women
1995 - America Artists
1997 - The World
The Butler Institute of American Art permanent collection
National Museum for Women in the Arts, Founding Member
International Collage and Assemblage Museum, Mexico
Artcolle Museum, Sergines, France
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|  | PIERRE JEAN VARET
http://www.artducollage.com
Pierre Jean Varet a fondé l'association des collagistes Artcolle en 1992, puis le salon international du collage contemporain à Paris en 1993, et enfin le musée Artcolle en 2000.
Il a organisé en Europe plus de 500 expositions consacrées à l'art du collage, et a publié sept livres consacrés à cet art.
Lui-même collagiste, il a obtenu diverses récompenses, nationale et internationale pour ses œuvres.
Il donne également des conférences sur l'historique de l'art du collage, organise des stages consacrés aux techniques, et dirige des ateliers scolaires pour initier les enfants à cet art.
Les plus grands collagistes ont participé à ses actions : Aube Ellouet ( fille d'André Breton, Amy Ernst ( petite fille de Max Ernst, Marlena Ratti ( petite-nièce du pape Pie XII), Villeglé, Mandeville, Dorny, Philiber-Charrin, Kolar, etc.
Il se déclare volontiers disciple de Jiri Kolar, qu'il a connu, et dont il a écrit une biographie.
Acteur incontournable de l'art du collage dans tous ses domaines, le journal prestigieux Le Monde lui a consacré plusieurs pages dernièrement.
Comme dit de lui Ivan Coaquette : " Pierre Jean Varet est celui qui porte le flambeau de l'art du collage dans les profondeurs de la reconnaissance.
Membre de la Société des Auteurs dans les Arts Graphiques et Plastiques (ADAGP)
Prix du Ministère de la Culture (Centre Georges Pompidou Beaubourg Paris) - Prix du Conseil Général de l'Yonne - Prix Symposium Art Kollage, Plovdiv (Bulgarie) - Prix du Ministère de la Culture (Bulgarie) - Médaille d'argent, Académie Arts Sciences & Lettres, Paris - Prix Spécial Art Collage, Bruxelles (Belgique)
Presse radios & télévisions :
Le Monde / Pratique des Arts / Politis / Art & Décoration / Rouge / Marianne Maison / InfoSurr / Nova Magazine / L'Yonne Républicaine / L'ami du XXème / Le Journal de Paris / Le Sénnonais / Ouest-France/ Mag-arts / Artension / La Croix / Les échos parisiens / Paris Normandie / Panorama / Créations Passions / Surrogat ( Allemagne) / Artecultura (Italie) / Mayo ( Bulgarie) / Apmpyo (Bulgarie) / Standart ( Bulgarie )/ 24 Yaca (Bulgarie ) / Radio Alligre / Radio Triage / Radio France / FR3 / BG Télévision/ Europe Channel/etc.
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