Bertrand Godefroy

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Bertrand Godefroy

Aged 24

The Florence Academy of Art

Instructor(s): Mitch Shea, Maudie Brady, Eirik Arnesen, Thor Larsen, Ola Ala Eldin, Jana Buettner, Chase Heinke, Dasha Belokrylova, Sandeep Khrishnan

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  • Artworks

Arianna

Reconstructed Marble

19 1/2 x 7 3/4 ins (50 x 20 x 25 cms)

Debora

water-based clay

5 3/4 x 7 3/4 ins (15 x 20 x 8 cms)

Mara

Charcoal on hand-toned paper

27 1/2 x 19 1/2 ins (70 x 50 cms)

Ewelina

Charcoal on Roma paper

27 1/2 x 19 1/2 ins (70 x 50 cms)

Andrès

water-based clay

11 3/4 x 7 3/4 ins (30 x 20 x 20 cms)

Rominha

water-based clay

13 3/4 x 11 3/4 ins (35 x 30 x 20 cms)

Alession

Charcoal on Roma paper

27 1/2 x 19 1/2 ins (70 x 50 cms)

Camilla

Charcoal on hand-toned paper

15 1/2 x 15 1/2 ins (40 x 40 cms)

Debora

water-based clay

35 1/4 x 11 3/4 ins (90 x 30 x 20 cms)

Ewelina

Charcoal on Roma paper

15 1/2 x 11 3/4 ins (40 x 30 cms)

There are three things to I want to pursue now in my life as an artist, the first is that I want to become the best sculptor that I can be by always keep pushing higher my level of craftsmanship and perception to be able to always improve the drawing in space that is fundamental for constantly produce better sculptures. That is what I sharpen every day that I am studying here at The Florence Academy of Art. I want to be my hero, that is who I chase, myself in ten years, every day, and every week, and every month, and every year of my life, my hero is always ten years away. I'm never going to be my hero. I'm not going to obtain that and that's fine with me because it keeps me with somebody to keep on chasing. This is how I believe I would become a better artist, by never being too satisfied for too long from what I am achieving but always aiming for more. The second is that I want to be a great teacher and to spread the knowledge and craftsmanship of the beautiful lost art of sculpture. As I will be graduating from my current studies I want to awaken and connect with anybody that has an interest and follow their progression as I am progressing myself. The last is that I want to create an artist community, a place of pure creation between sculptors and painters, photographers and many others to infuse a new impulse for the Florentine scene that is too much focused on the art of the past. 

 

My name is Bertrand Godefroy and I am an enrolled second year student at The Florence Academy of Art. Before studying here in Italy, I was born in center France and I grew up there until we moved with my family to Fribourg, Switzerland where I graduated from the Gymnasium. During my time there I took a private evening drawing lessons from a graduate of the Beaux-Arts, Paris in which she taught me all the basic techniques for drawing. As I grew more interested into it, I was able to work for a music band and develop their visuals, also I sold my artworks for a young clothing company. As my orientation for the arts was now clear for me, I moved to Lyon, France at the École Émile Cohl which is one of the best illustration schools in Europe. I obtained my Bachelor's degree and became a draftsman and illustrator. During my studies there I had beginner sculpture classes and I developed a new born passion, soon an obsession for this art that always stayed in my mind until I decided to change my career path and to look for the best education in the world for sculpture. During my time at The École Émile Cohl I had an internship at the Atelier Prométhée, an atelier which produces molds and cast for the Louvre Museum, the Rodin Museum, Versailles and many others. Since I am studying here at The Florence Academy of Art I was able to win a few scholarships based on merit and dedication, also I was accepted in the FACE 2021 online exhibition with my portrait "Arianna". I wish to pursue this dream and to become a graduate from this school in almost two years, even though my financial situation can be an obstacle.