Jean-François Coadou

Jean-François Coadou was born on September 16, 1948 in Carmaux in the Tarn. If we except evening classes at the Beaux-Arts in Lyon, his personal training is that of an autodidact. Between 1993 and 1997, he led workshops at Trois bis f, Center Hospitalier de Montperrin. Coadou lives in Pertuis in the Vaucluse. His workshop is located in La Motte d'Aigues, on the road to Saint-Martin. For other images of his work, see the Artists' Documents site.

Among his personal exhibitions, we will mention in 1998 the Artothèque Antonin Artaud, in 2000 and 2004, the Galerie du Tableau in Marseille, in 2003 the CIPM de la Vieille Charité, in 2005 the Sintitulo Gallery in Mougins and in 2008 the Vision Future Gallery. from Nice. From March 27 to April 19, 2010, Artmandat exhibition in Barjols with Martina Kramer. From April 20 to May 16, 2010, Le Carmel gallery in Châlon sur Saône.

Group exhibitions have taken him to Holland, Naples and Milan, to the Byorg Museum in Hungary, to the Salon Réalités Nouvelles in Paris, to Besanceuil in Burgundy with Bruno Mory, to the Château de Lauris, to the Vasarely Foundation, to the Arteum Museum in Châteauneuf le Rouge and the Gigondas sculpture trail (November 2009 / November 2010). Four sculptures, "Equations" were presented at the International Contemporary Art Fair in Isle sur la Sorgue from April 2 to 5, 2010. Several of his works are visible in the public space, at the Contemporary Art Center of 'Istres, in the Kindergarten of Veauches as well as in Chalon-sur Saône. His pieces appear in private and public collections such as the Fonds communal de la Ville de Marseille and the Musée d'Istres.

Jean-François Coadou has published books for Le Rouleau libre, along with Jean-Marc Scanreigh. He has participated in magazines such as Les Cahiers du Refuge, Petite and La Fabrique de Fabricius / Jean Klepal. During the years 1990-1995, for the periodical Taktik, he regularly delivered his Cogitomaton, published in 2009 by Plaine Page editions. In March 2010, he edited Le Complex de Vauban for L'Exemplaire (three volumes of 52 pages including 14 photos of Les Silencieuses gathered in a box, afterword by Marie-Jean Sauret). Cf. for his activities as a writer, the Cipm file.

In March 2006, at the invitation of the American sculptor Mark di Suvero, Jean-François Coadou took part in Chalon sur Saône in the international worksite of the Vie des Formes team. Thanks to the help of the gallery owner Bruno Mory, who financed for him the acquisition of six tons of steel in the form of tubes of square sections, he designed and carried out a large monumental project. After having cut, welded, grinded and painted with the help of an unemployed metal worker, he delivered a part commissioned by the City of Chalon sur Saône. Jean-François Coadou baptized it "YES" because he wanted "to avoid gossip, to use a minimum vocabulary for maximum efficiency and to give a little joy".