zoe de lisle whittier

1952: Born the 12th January in L`Isle sur Sorgue, Vaucluse, France.
1965 - 1969: High School of Music and Art, and The New Lincoln School, New York City.
1969 - 1972: Studies Painting, Print-making and Sculpture at the Beaux Arts of Grenoble,
France.
Diploma-Attestation d`Etudes Plastiques.
1972 - 1973: Studies Literature, Psychology and Painting at Marlboro College, Vermont, U.S.A.
1974 - 1975: Lives and paints in her studio in London, England.
1976: Works with lpoustéguy in his studio near Paris.
1978: Beaux Arts de Paris
Diplôme Superieur d`Arts Plastiques, Sculpture section, with honors.
1978: Exhibition of Sculptures, Maison de la Culture, Choisy-le-Roi.
1979: Learns bronze working techniques at the Tesconi Art Foundry, Pietrasanta, Italy.
1980: Returns to Pietrasanta to continue bronzes. Begins direct carving in marble at the
Giannoni Studio.
1981-84: Direct carving in marble at the Henraux studio, Querceta, Italy.
1982: Works for lpoustéguy doing the patina on 350 square meters (approx. 1050 sq. ft.)
of bronze sculpture now situated in la Place Louis Pradel, Lyon, France.
1983: Designs winning project for the construction of a central heating plant for Paris, in
collaboration with architect J. R. Mazaud and painter J. P. Turmel.
1984: Acquisition of a sculpture by the Ministry of Culture, for the
Fonds National d`Art Contemporain, France.
1984 - 2002: Since 1984 works bronze at the Fonderia Artistica Mariani, Italy.
1985: Wins Prix Spècial du Jury
Salon Marcel Pouvreau. Dammarie-les-Lys, France.
1985: Artist in Residence. Caserta, Italy.
Three month sojourn. Organized by L`Institut de France - Naples,
Le Ministère de la Culture, and Italian collectors.
1985: Exhibition of Sculpture in the Château Soubiran. Dammarie-les-Lys.
1986: Represented by the gallery Studio Oggetto, Caserta, Italy and the
Galerie Caroline Corre, Paris.
1987: Invited to Sculpture Symposium Norge, Larvik, Norway.
Two and a half months carving granite.
Monumental work in Larvikitt.
1988: Artist in Residence, Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, California, U.S.A.
Monumental work in Sequoia and river stones.
1989: Invited to the fourth Sculpture Symposium,
Digne-les-Bains, Alpes de Haute Provence, France.
Monumental work in Carrara Marble.
1990: Artist in Residence, Millay Colony for the Arts, New York, U.S.A.
1990: Invited to the first Sculpture Symposium,
Castello Nelson, Bronte, Sicily.
Monumental work in Etna Basalte and Carrara Marble.
1991: Invited to the first Sculpture Symposium,
Lourmarin, France.
Monumental work in la Roche d`Espèil.
1991: Invited to the ninth Sculpture Symposium,
Fanano, Italy.
Monumental low-relief in Pietra Serena.
1992: Public Commission from the Department de la Moselle, France.
Monumental Stone Sculpture in Pierre de Jaumont.
Site specific for the French German border at Launstroff.
1993: Invited to the second Sculpture Symposium, Maalot, Israel.
Monumental work in Yiftah marble.
1993: Artist in Residence at the Grizedale Society, Cumbria, England.
St. Bee`s Stone Sculpture for the Grizedale Sculpture Trail.
1994: Acquisition of a Bronze sculpture by the Hampshire County Council, Winchester,
Hampshire, England.
1999: Invited to the sixth International Sculpture Symposium, Guilin, China. Five
monumental works in Chinese marble.
2000: Millenium Commission from the village of Broughton, Hampshire,
for a site specific sculpture on the Clarendon Way.
Monumental carving in Portland Stone.
2001: Invited to the twelfth International Sculpture Symposium, O Grove, Galicia, Spain.
Monumental work in Granit.
Lives and works in Paris, Pietrasanta and Hampshire.