Cyrille Conan - Abstraction, Nature & Living Your Dharma

Artist & Place

Episode 14 with Boston-based painter & muralist, Cyrille Conan. Cyrille Conan was born in 1973 and grew up in Queens, NY to French immigrants. He is first generation American and is bilingual. He has dual-citizenship and identifies both as French and American. This duality is apparent in his artwork. The graphic nature and grit of the work derives from growing up in NYC in the 70s & 80s and the love of nature and natural forms distilled in him from Celtic/Breton culture have transformed into a minimal, organic, geometrical abstraction. Cyrille graduated with a BFA in Painting from the Hartford Art School before planting his roots in Boston in 1998. While his primary practice is still painting, he works in a variety of mediums and scales. He’s produced site-specific installations and murals in numerous states as well as local galleries and public spaces in Boston, including The Cyclorama, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Boston City Hall. In this conversation, we explore the intersection between studio painting and murals, the inspiration behind his work and what it's like inhabiting the felt in-between space of being first generation French American. This is a conversation about nature, Breton culture, symbolism and moving on from Act 1 in life via a meandering path to living in his dharma now.
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