Pascal Giraudon Master Printer
Professional Experience
2016 - present Atypical Prints - Founder, Master Printer
1984 to 2016 Pascal Giraudon Printmaker - Traditional fine art printmaking studio
2001 - 2004 Art Territory - Fine Art Production Manager
1997 - 1999 Team Art Studio, Los Angeles
Production Manager, Fine art silkscreen department created and oversaw the etching department and developed digital techniques for the serigraphy and etching division of TAS, managed workflow of 50 employees
1973 - 1984 Atelier Giraudon, Nice, France
Traditional fine art printmaking
1973 -1976 La Couriere Frelaut, Paris, France
Apprentice printmaker to Jacques Frelaut, Printmaster
Worked with Henry Moore, Marc Chagall, Joan Miro among others
Expertise
Upon apprenticeship with Jacque Frelaut of Atelier La Couriere in
Paris as well as Swedish artist Nils Furto, mastered traditional techniques
of printmaking:
Intaglio and etching
Lithography - stone and plate
Serigraphy - fine art and hand reproduction of original art work
European and Japanese woodcut
Monotype and collograph
Heliogravure, photogravure and photoetching
Traditional darkroom and digital camera work
Papermaking
Restoration, curating and archiving of works on paper
Collaboration with select artists
Arman, Azoulay, George Baldessin, Charles Bragg, Bernard Buffet, Peter Cameron, Cesar, Chase Chan, James Coignard, Miguel Conde, Clave, Ehrenberg, Eyvind Earle, Ernst Gunter Hansig, Patrice Henry-Biabaud, Hakudo Inagaki, Makoto Fujimura, Jean Miotte, Moebius, Alexandra Nechita, Kenton Nelson, Thomas Pradzinsky, Christine Rosamond, Isabelle Schiffmacker, Seund Ja Rhee, Theo Tobiasse, Ray Turner, Pierre Yves Tremois, Imants Tyler, Amanda Watt
Select Publishing Experience
Pierre De Tartas, Paris Jacques Matarasso, Nice
De Francony, Nice Nahan, New Orleans
Wiloquet-Papiersky, Paris Benjamin Hambuski, Brussels
Pudelko, Bonn Marion Rabe, London / Berlin
Michelle Broutta, Paris Ratner Gallery, Chicago
Olaf Clasen, Munich Portico Gallery, New York
Cavalerro, Cannes Frederic Gollong, St. Paul de Vence
Moros studio, Los Angeles Karl Axel Valen, Stockholm
Artist’s Accolades
Solo Exhibitions
Rush Philanthropic, New York, 1996
French Cultural Center, New York, 1994
Gallerie les Cyclades, Antibes, France 1992
Portico Fine Art, New York, 1992
Atelier Giraudon, Nice, 1988
Atelier Giraudon, Nice, 1985
Gallerie Soardi, Nice, 1982
Musee de St. Paul de Vence, 1979
Group Exhibitions
Downtown Art Gallery, Los Angeles, 2004
Art Cologne, 1999
Torch, Art Cologne, 1995
Hensel & Weigers, Cologne, 1994
Chicago Art Fair, 1993
Kunst Raum, Cologne, 1993
Art Cologne, 1991, 1992
Speaking Engagements
Pasadena City College, 1997
Los Angeles Printmaking Society
National Exhibition Panel: New Directions in Printmaking
Orange Coast College, Alternative Printmaking
Publications
New York Times Magazine: Manhattan Projects, John Tierney, March 31, 1996
New York Newsday: A Whole New Art Form, October 25, 1994
New York Times Magazine: More Manhole Covers, September 25, 1994
Nice Matin, D’egouts et des couleurs, 11 Juillet, 1992
Terzoocchio Trimestrale D’Arte Contemporanea, Dic. 1992 Art Cologne 92
Community Outreach
Urban Imagery Project, Bed Stuy Do or Die, Collaboration with students of Bedford Stuyvesant Elementary School #308, 1992
Urban Imagery Project, Impressions of South Central, collaboration with the Los Angeles Fire Department and students of Los Angeles South Central 97th Street School, 1993
Urban Imagery Project, Brooklyn, collaboration with the New York Fire Department and the students of elementary school #270
Education Academy de Aix en Provence, Faculte des Lettres et Science Humaines de Nice, France. Masters in Philosophy, minors in Aesthetics
Atelier Lacouriere Frelaut, Paris, France
Documentary Film
Canvassing NY, Produced by Kathy Brew for City Arts WNET TV, 1996
Subterranean Impressions, produced by Steven Lowy, Pascal Giraudon, and Dorsay Alavi, directed by Dorsay Alavi, 9 minutes, 1994
Sinovision, New York Report, 1994
Impressions of South Central, Produced by Steven Lowy and Pascal Giraudon
Directed by Dorsay Alavi, 6:30 Minutes, 1993
Bed Stuy Do or Die, produced by Steven Lowy and Pascal Giraudo, directed by Dave Samuel, 5 minutes, 1992
Affiliations
Los Angeles Printmaking Society