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GLIMMER OF HOPE GLIMMER OF HOPE
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SEVERANCE SEVERANCE
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SILK SILK
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THE THIRD EYE THE THIRD EYE
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MOONLIGHT GHOST MOONLIGHT GHOST
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SONS OF HORUS SONS OF HORUS
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NORTHERN SHORES NORTHERN SHORES
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NEO-SAMARKAND NEO-SAMARKAND
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BEYOND THE RÖJAN PASS BEYOND THE RÖJAN PASS
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CHRONOS The Wheel of Time CHRONOS The Wheel of Time
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THE BLUE KIMONO THE BLUE KIMONO
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THE OLD BUZZARD THE OLD BUZZARD
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ENDLESS DREAM ENDLESS DREAM
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MISTRESS OF THE WINDS MISTRESS OF THE WINDS
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NOROVA NOROVA
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SACRED HOUR II SACRED HOUR II
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Spring1 Spring1
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STORMBREAKERS STORMBREAKERS
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THE CANYON THE CANYON
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THE GATE THE GATE
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THE GIANTS I THE GIANTS I
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THE LONG SLEEP THE LONG SLEEP
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CHRISTOPHE VACHER
Toluca Lake, CALIFORNIA
UNITED STATES
Email : cvacher@gmx.com
Website : www.vacher.com
Press : http://vacher.com/press/
BIOGRAPHY
Christophe Vacher is a two-time Emmy Award Winner and 2010 Annie Award Nominee Art Director who has provided artwork for the Animation industry and most major Hollywood Studios since 1989.
Originally French, he relocated to California in 1996, where he worked for Walt Disney Pictures, Dreamworks, Universal Studios, Focus Features and Hasbro, among others. His credits as a background painter and concept artist include “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”, “Runaway Brain”, “Hercules”, “Tarzan”, “Fantasia 2000”, “Dinosaur”, “Treasure Planet”, and “Sharktale”.
He was animation Art director on the movies “Enchanted” and “9”, for which he was nominated at the Annie Awards in 2010. He recently won 2 Daytime Emmy Awards (2011 and 2012) for his work on the TV series “Transformers Prime”.
Vacher started to develop his personal work for Art galleries in 1997. It can be seen permanently in several galleries and various collections in Europe and the United States.
The style of Christophe’s personal imagery has multiple influences; from old painting schools like the Hudson River, The American Realists, The great American Illustrators, The Romantics and the European Symbolists for their grandiose, theatrical scenery, to more contemporary artists like Sandorfi, Beksinski, Ugarte and The Visionaries (Les Visionnaires) in France.
Travel and music are a large part of his inspiration as well.
QUALIFICATIONS
-Art Director (2D and 3D Animation)
-Production Designer
-Visual Development Artist (traditional and digital)
-Head of Backgrounds
-Background painter (traditional and digital)
2D softwares: excellent in Photoshop and similar programs.
Fair knowledge of After Effects.
3D softwares: Fair knowledge of Maya ( modeling, texturing, lighting, rigging, particles), Sketchup, ZBrush and similar 3D painting proprietary softwares.
EXPERIENCE
2010-2011-2012
”Transformers Prime” (TV) (Hasbro studios)
Supervising Color Designer/VFX Art director
Two-time Emmy Award Winner (2011 and 2012)
Annie Award Nominee (2014)
2009
”Oz 3D” (Hot Donut Productions, OH)
Feature film project --aborted
Concept Designer
2008
”Despicable Me” (Universal Studios, Los Angeles, CA)
Concept Designer/Visual Development
2008
“Heroes and Monsters” (Tale City Productions, Tel Aviv, Israel)
Feature film project --aborted
Art Director/Production Designer
2007-2008
“9” (Focus Features, Los Angeles, CA)
Art Director
2010 Annie Award Nominee
2005-2006
“Enchanted” (Animated segment of the movie)
(Walt Disney studios, Burbank, CA)
Art Director & Designer
2005
“Mars Bar” (short movie) (Studio Arts, Los Angeles, CA)
Art Direction & Design/Modeling/Texturing/Lighting
2003-2004
“Shark Tale” (Dreamworks SKG, Glendale, CA)
”Flushed Away”
“Sinbad” (dvd added segment)
Visual Development artist
1996–2002
“Treasure Planet”
“Tarzan”
“ Fantasia 2000”
“Dinosaur”
“Hercules”
(Walt Disney Feature Animation, Burbank, CA)
Visual Development artist & Background painter
1993-1996
“The Hunchback of Notre-Dame”
“Runaway Brain” (Walt Disney studios, Paris, France)
“A Goofy Movie” Backgrounds, Head of Backgrounds
1992
“Bamboo Bears” (Le Daf studios, Pantin, France)
Head of Backgrounds, Visual Development
1992
“The Tales of Pere Castor” Typhoon studios, Paris, France
Visual Development
1989–1992
TV Productions in France:
Head of Backgrounds, visual development artist, Background painter, Layout artist, Character Designer designer.
IDDH Inc. Angouleme, FRANCE
-“Ninja Turtles”
-“Bucky O’Hare”
-“Prince Valiant”
-“Glady”
-“My little Pony”
-“Little Dracula”
-“Conan the Adventurer”
-“Back to the Future”
-“ The Silver Skates”
-“ Arsene Lupin”
-“ The Cat in Boots”
-“ Robin Hood”
-“ Gulliver”
-“ Tom Sawyer”
-“ Nicolas Hulot’s Adventures”
-“ Proteo”
-“ Highlander”
-“ 20,000 Leagues under the Seas: 2010”
-“ Night Flight’
-“ Prince Eric”
-“ 1001 Nights”
MAIN CLIENTS (Freelance work)
Walt Disney studios
Dreamworks SKG
Harper Collins Publishing, New York
Wizards of The Coast, Seattle
Duirwaigh Publishing, Atlanta
Parmenides Publishing, Las Vegas
Quarto Publishing, London
Data Becker Videogames, Germany
FINE ART
Permanently exhibited at :
Chalk Farm Gallery –Santa Fe, NM
Petits Papiers, –Paris, France
Past :
Kaleidoscope Gallery –Mission Viejo, CA
Galerie Carla –San Francisco, CA
Powell Street Gallery –San Francisco, CA
Morpheus galerie –Beverly Hills, CA
ONE MAN SHOWS
May 2014
Center Stage Gallery –Burbank, CA
Oct 2005
Jean Helion Gallery, for the city Hall of Issoire, France
May 2004
Kaleidoscope Gallery –Mission Viejo, CA
May 2003
Kaleidoscope Gallery –Mission Viejo, CA
Dec 2001
Disney Feature Animation Gallery – Burbank, CA
Dec 1999
Disney Feature Animation Gallery – Burbank, CA
Aug 1998
Galerie Morpheus –Beverly Hills, CA
July 1990
Mural Fresco for the Cultural Center of Universities Clermont-ferrand, France
April 1990
Cultural Center of universities – Art gallery - Clermont-Ferrand, France
July 1989
Mural Fresco for the House of the Arts – Clermont-Ferrand, France
Aug 1989
“ Espace-Photo” Gallery – Clermont-Ferrand, France
GROUP SHOWS
Sept 2005
Spectrum 11 years Exhibit, New York, NY
Aug 2005
Chalk Farm Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Dec 2004
Studio Stage -Los Angeles, CA
Dec 2004
Kaleidoscope Gallery -Mission Viejo, CA
July 2004
Kaleidoscope Gallery -Laguna Beach, CA
Mar 2004
Brave Destiny –Miami, Florida
Jan 2004
Brave Ddestiny - Brooklyn, New York
Dec 2003
Kaleidoscope Gallery -Mission Viejo, CA
Sept 2003
The Gallery in Cork Street -London, England
July 2003
Kaleidoscope Gallery -Laguna Beach, CA
June 2000
Powell Street Gallery – San Francisco, CA
Nov 1998
Masterpiece Gallery – Laguna Beach, CA
July 1998
Kaleidoscope Gallery – Mission Viejo, CA
Apr 1998
Every Picture tells a Story – Westwood, CA
Oct 1997
Art Expo ’97 – Los Angeles, CA
July 1997
Art-a-Fair – Laguna Beach, CA
Dec 1993
CFT- Gobelins – Paris, France
Dec 1992
“Le Salon”, Grand Palais - Paris, France
July 1992
Arfeuilles – France
July 1990
Arfeuilles – France
Mar 1990
Palace of Congresses - Clermont-Ferrand, France
Sept 1989
House of the Arts – Clermont-ferrand, France
Aug 1989
Chateaugay Castle, France
July 1989
Murol castle, France
June 1989
Palace of Congresses – Clermont-Ferrand, France
May 1989
Cordeliers xxi Gallery – Clermont-ferrand, France
Apr 1989
Representative of Auvergne in Thonon-les-Bains, France
Apr 1989
Palace of Congresses – Clermont-Ferrand, France
Nov 1988
Palace of Congresses – Clermont-ferrand, France
Mar 1988
Representative of Issoire in the Reader’s Digest’s
“Grand Prix National de Peinture”- paris, France
Oct 1987
Cultural Center Pomel – Issoire, France
HONORS (Fine Art)
Silver Award for the category Fine Art in the 2005 book “Aphrodisia”with the piece “The Long Sleep”.
Winner of the 2004 New Masters of Fantasy Award in the category Best Imaginative work with the piece “Untouched Gardens”.
Winner of the CG Choice Award (CGtalk.com) for the book cover “Predator’s Gold”.
Nominee for the 2003 Chesley Awards, in the category Best Unpublished Color Work
2002 International Juried Online Symbolist Art Show Finalist "The Dreamer and the Dreamed"
MEMBERSHIPS
Society for the Art of the Imagination, England
Animation Guild (IATSEE local 839)
Mondial Art Academia (France) - California's Ambassador
EDUCATION
1971-1984
Baccalaureat A2 (languages, philosophy), France
1984-1987
Fine Arts School and History of Arts University of Clermont-Ferrand, France.
INTERESTS
Movies, Arts and culture, Sports, Martial Arts, Travel.