Christophe Vacher

Christophe Vacher, winner of two Emmy Awards and two American Annie Award Nominations, has worked as a painter, designer and Artistic Director for animation films and most of the major Hollywood studios since 1989.

His track record includes many films such as The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Tarzan, Fantasia 2000, Dinosaur, The Treasure Planet, Shark Gang, Once Upon a Time, Number 9, Despicable Me and Villainous, and the Transformers animated series. and Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous.

French by origin, he has lived in Los Angeles, California since 1996.

Christophe's artistic style has its roots in Contemporary Imaginary Realism, drawing inspiration from a wide variety of great classical painting movements, such as the European Symbolists, Art Nouveau and Art Deco, the Hudson River School, the American Realists, The Romantics, as well as more contemporary artists like Sandorfi, Beksinski, Ugarte or the French Visionaries movement of the 90s.

His images revolve around themes in which the imagination and a refined know-how technique are often paramount.

He has presented his work in numerous group or solo exhibitions across Europe and the US since 1989 and has lectured and lectured at numerous schools, universities and cultural centers, including the Academy of the Arts in San Francisco. , the University of California at Berkeley, and California State University at Northridge.