About David Roche

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

David Roche lives and works in Québec, Canada.

Master in Plastic Arts and Bachelor of Arts – History, Havana University, Cuba.

Plastic Arts and Art History Professor, since 1977.

«Through their diversity, Roche’s works of art offer to the spectator a glimpse of the abundance and the complexity of reality by using plastic resources. The intensity of the colors, the rich textures, the dynamics and the combinations in the environment, or the interpretation and the recreation of elements of the vast universe that surrounds us, all join forces to mesmerize the beholder. As an artist, he masters the profound and emotional sense of volume, textures and colours with subtlety and remarkable refinement. Above and beyond the plastic aspects and esthetic research, his art represents physical and spiritual love, sensuality and spontaneity»

«Conceptually, Roche’s more recent research on plastic addresses the challenge of spontaneously applying on the creation, sometimes at random, various manipulations with a balanced organization of the structure of the composition in mind. His works of art speak of change, of mutation and of a continuous evolution towards the new possibilities and the unknown, distinguishing themselves in the dualities and the great contrasts between two opposed and contradictory forces that ultimately share the same roots: the abstract and the figurative » Box Heart Gallery, USA.

David Roche, Artist – Picture Copyright www.daroartcollection.com

His rich and diversified works of art received prizes, both nationally and internationally. They are found in private and public collections in China, the Unites States, Canada, South Korea, Cuba, Mexico, Spain, and many other European countries.

He is a Professional Member of several Art associations, such as: the International Association of Art (IAA/AIAP), the Canadian Artists’ Representation (CARFAC), the Visual Arts Copyright Society (SODRAC) and the Group for Visual Arts Artists of Québec (R.A.A.V), Canada.

AWARDS

• Gold medal Honorary Ambassador, 1^st Ecorea Jeonbuk Biennale 2012, South Korea.
• Gold medal and Olympic torch, Olympic Fine Art 2008 (OFA 2008), Beijing, China.
• First Prize – Sculpture Duchamp-Villon Prize 1994, Plein sud Art Gallery, Quebec, Canada.
• First Prize – Engraving National Salon of Art Professors, Havana, Cuba.

COLLECTIONS

• OSTEN BIENNIAL of DRAWING Skopje 2016, Macedonia
• Yi Pu Cultural Co. Ltd COLLECTION, Beijing, China.
• Collection of Jeonllabuk-do Government Foundation, South Korea.
• Tai Miao Museum, Olympic Fine Arts Collection – 29TH OLYMPIC GAMES, Beijing, China.
• International Pinacotheque of Gergeri, Crete, Greece.
• Pébéo COLLECTION, Gémenos, France.
• City Hall Longueuil COLLECTION, Longueuil, Québec, Canada.
• University of Havana COLLECTION, Havana, Cuba.
• Ministry of Culture COLLECTION, Havana, Cuba

EXHIBITIONS

• OSTEN BIENNIAL of DRAWING Skopje 2016, Macedonia
• `SILK JOURNEY TO ART` 2015 – Beijing World Art Museum, Beijing, China.
• 1^st ECOREA JEONBUK BIENNALE 2012 – Sori Arts Center & Beokam Museum, South Korea
• OLYMPIC FINE ARTS 2008 – China International Exhibition Center, Beijing, China.
• THIRD BEIJING INTERNATIONAL ART BIENNALE 2008 – The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China.
• INTERNATIONAL BIENNAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART 2007 – Fortezza da Basso, Firenze, Italy.