8 Aquagravure

Joël CHASSERIAU

Self-taught multi-disciplinary artist, fine art printer, graphic artist and painter, was born in Vendée (western France) in 1950.

1968 He comes to Paris to apply for a civil servant position, but the visual arts galaxy soon attracts him. He therefore takes evening classes at l’Ecole Supérieure des Arts Appliqués Duperré (DuperréGraduate School of Applied Arts) in Paris. In the entourage of thedesigner Agnès b, he interacts with the world of fashion. He rubs shoulders with Pierre Commoy (better known nowadays as “Pierre etGilles” since he met the latter) and discovers an o