Stéphane Braconnier (1958-2015) graduated from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, with the Prix de Paris in 1983 Very quickly spotted by critics and gallery owners in Paris, Stéphane belonged to the generation of artists from the beginning of the 80s, which in France upset the new codes of contemporary art, his works will be shown by Lucien Durand and certain contemporary art museums in France. a stay in New-Yok at this time will determine the direction of his work.