Stéphane Courtot Brandin a.k.a. "Brandin", miniaturist painter.
I am working, exhibiting and selling my artwork since 1997 in my studio gallery, "Galerie 12" in Castillon, an artists' village on the French Riviera near Menton.
I interpret with my own original vision the work of the Dutch masters of the 17th century mostly in the still life genre, in a miniature format.
My paintings take a long time to be completed because I use an oil glazing technique that requires many steps and drying intervals. Each painting is unique with its own story, I strive to create something new each time, while maintaining the continuity of my own style.
Background:
Born in 1967, Reims, France
• Literature and History studies:
Hypokhâgne and khâgne,
Contemporary History degree, Faculté de Lettres de Reims,
Preparatory year for the CAPES Documentation, I.U.F.M.
• Studies in Art and Design:
1984- 86: follows the classes of J-B. Tellier, painter and decorator (Reims),
1989- 95: practices engraving at the Ecole des Beaux- Arts de Reims, in the class of Daniel Pillant,
1991- 95: practices different artistic disciplines (drawing, painting, sculpture, art installations) at the university workshop of the Faculté de Lettres de Reims, under the direction of Christian Lapie,
1994- 95: live model drawing sessions at the Reims School of Fine Arts,
2001- 2003: work sessions with Gerald Dareau, portrait painter.
Group exhibitions:
2021 and 2020 : - Glass, Iron, Earth and Mysteries", Chapel of the Grey Penitents, Sospel (06)
2020 : Brandin miniaturist / Marie Hélène Roudier ceramist, Boutique Ephémère, esplanade des Sablettes, Menton (06)
- Lemon Festival, craft market, Menton (06)
2019: Creators' Christmas Fair, Menton (06)
2018: annual exhibition, Lemon Festival, Palais de l'Europe, Menton (06)
2015- 2019 : Baroquiales Market, Sospel (06)
2015 : 8th International Biennial of Miniature Art, Levis, Quebec
2013- 2014 : gallery "Lysand Créations" in Eze-village (06)
2013 : Refectoire des Moines, Abbey of Brantôme (24)
2012 : Refectoire des Moines, Abbey of Brantôme (24)
2010 : ACF (Artisans Createurs Fabricants) Association, Palais de l' Europe, Menton (06)
2007 : "La Miniature dans tous ses états", Syndicat d' Initiative de Castillon (06)
1998- 2001 : "Les Arts dans la rue", Mougins (06)
1995- 1996 : Reims Tourist Office (51)
1993-95 : "Les Arts dans la rue", Mougins (06).
1992 : Supplay Agency, Epernay (51)
1991- 2012 : annual exhibition, Lemon Festival, Palais de l'Europe, Menton (06)
1991- 2008: permanent exhibition in the Workshop - Gallery "Les Arcades du Serre" in Castillon (06).
1991 : Gallery "Rêves d'Affiches", Reims (51)
1991- 2010: annual exhibition, Chapel Saint François- Xavier, Suzanne Tourte Room, Cormontreuil (51)
1985 : Celliers Besserat de Bellefon, Reims (51)