BERNARD METRANVE

A sculptor using mainly bronze but other materials as well, Métranve seeks to communicate visions and special moments from the angle of the female body which has become in a way the principal medium of his emotions and imagination. Bodies are remodeled under the influence of analogies and the association of ideas ; they are transformed – but not deformed- by particular aesthetic rules which reject the repetitive and the facile . His language stresses as much the symbiosis of metamorphosed memories as the indefatigable pursuit of pure lines drawn from the most intense expressions of life and love . Far from academic, this sculptor injects lightness, fantasy and humor into each work.

REWARDS :

1989 Prix des Artistes Orléanais
1996 : 1er prix de sculpture de la ville d’Ozoir la Ferrière
1998 : Prix Art et Dialogue au Salon Itinéraire (Levallois-Perret)
2002 : Prix du Conseil Général du Loiret (Saint Brisson sur Loire)
2006 : Prix de sculpture au Salon du Vézinet
2007 : 1er prix de Sculpture au salon de Dammarie-les-Lys