Patrice Stellest

Patrice Stellest (born May 23.1953) is a contemporary painter and sculptor from Southern California.

Early life

He spent most of his childhood between The United States and Switzerland. After studying at the Art Center College of Design of Los Angeles, he studied and worked at the Walt Disney-founded, California Institute of the Arts, in Valencia,California (between the mid 1970s and 1985).While there, he was a part of the Film Graphics Experimental Animation Department, where he followed classes with Jules Engel, and, among other projects, designed for the 1977 ultimate release of the animation film 'Fantasia'.

Career

In 1985, he moved to Paris, France, where he took over the atelier of Pop Artists Claus Oldenburg and James Rosenquist, which he kept for a year.

From 1985 to 1998, Stellest worked and exhibited in France. He created a series of Metal/recuperation sculptures and installations, put in motion by mechanisms, in association with Martin Bühler, the first assistant of Jean Tinguely, and the French artist/physicist Bernard Gitton.

In 2001, he made a comeback on the public international Art scene as the Special Guest of the Palexpo Art fair, in Geneva, Switzerland, presenting the art movement he defined as 'Trans Nature Art'; developed with the help of many personalities, from Switzerland, France and New York.

"Trans Nature Art" stands for the protection of nature and environment, through interactive sculptures, directly confronting the public to issues of our time. Stellest's public appearances are rare and most of his works are in private collections.

Publications

;1992
*Illustrations for the book 'Le Gros Corps Calmé' (Grosse Beruhigte Korper) by Ulrich Zieger and Patrice Stellest Stoffel. Hardcover, Druckhaus Galrev, Velrag Editions. ISBN 3910161235 (3-910161-23-5). Ulrich Zieger also worked on the film 'Far Away' and won the 1st price of poetry of unified Germany together with A.R Penck et Sacha Anderson.
*Chronicle in 'Die Welt'
*TV interview for France 3 Provence-Côte d'Azur / Monte Carlo. ;1993
*Participation Science Frontière program (France 3) with Bernard Gitton, production France Piolet.

;1994
*Illustrations for 'Schwarz land' by Ulrich Zieger - Berlin.

;2000
*Radio debate on Europe 2 'On Trans Nature Art'
*TV show France 3 on Trans Nature Art
*Reportage MTV, introduction of Trans Nature Art ;2002
*Interview and reportage France 3 on Trans Nature Art
*Interview and reportage M6 on Trans Nature Art

References

[http://www.europart.ch] Geneva Palexpo

[http://artsci.wustl.edu/~german/biblio12.pdf] Center for contemporary German Literature. Bibliography. (Page 7)

[http://www.crossline.com/filimonova/img2004/chatonniere/CPChatonniere.pdf] Castle of Cultural Director for the city of Paris. Program. (Page 3)
* [http://tkellner.com/index.php?id=185/] Photographer Thomas Kellner's work on Trans Nature Art

External links

* [http://stellest.com/ Official website]
* [http://tkellner.com/index.php?id=185/Photographer Thomas Kellner's work on Trans Nature Art]
* [http://www.bookfinder.com/author/patrice-stellest-stoffel/ Books]
* [http://www.bernard-gitton.com/ Bernard Gitton]