Biography
Olivier Duhamel is a French artist, born in 1957. After several trips in Europe, Central Africa and South Pacific,Olivier Duhamel moved to New Zealand in 1987 and obtained the citizenship in 1992. He lives and works on the little island of Waiheke, near Auckland. He spends his time setting up his traditional foundry and a network of galleries who represent his work in New Zealand, Australia and Europe. He teaches bronze casting, and also published a foundry manual.
His main source of inspiration is the feminine nude in pencil, he portrays this through a lot of detail and innovative figurative sculpture work, namely: "glue-laminated sculpture". Olivier Duhamel does figurative work, and has a sound expertise on human forms. He depicts them in bronze, wood and acrylic. Through his creations, he tries to capture beauty, sensuality of his subjects. He is mainly interested by beauty, emotions and technical expertise.
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