Hervé S. Flament

Grandson of the clown John Scott who traveled throughout Europe with the Australian Circus in the early part of the 20th century, Hervé Scott Flament was born in Paris on February 1, 1959. His father was an acrobat who committed suicide when Hervé was very young. His mother raised him alone and inculcated him with her tastes for the supernatural, fantasy and the «fantastique» culture born a century before inherited from the Romantism era.

He began studies in the natural sciences intending to become either a paleontologist or a zoologist, but he changed paths in 1977 when the punk movement unfurled in the western world. He had started playing guitar a few months before and dedicated the next ten years of his life to music. He played with several French punk bands and set up the group Ici Paris and recorded one LP and four singles. New interests carried him into uncharted directions and he began to paint. He immediately sold his first paintings, which incited him to devote more of his time towards his new endeavor. Hervé taught himself to paint and brought back an ancient painting technique that no present art school could have taught him.

In 1987, he played guitar with one of the most well known French singers Jacques Dutronc, appeared on many TV shows and starred on Dutronc’s «CQFD» album. During this period he became involved in the occult circles that gave him esoteric knowledge and the nickname Frater Potentius (Strengh, Power).

Back on the music scene, in 1989 he recorded two more songs with the now popular French musician PierPolJak for a compilation album with Raggae muffin musician Tonton David. Hervé Flament then became interested in Egyptology and began to study ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, which lead him to translate the Book of the Dead in the papyrus of the Ani version, a file of magic texts and spells dedicated to protecting the deceased in their journey into the Nightland.

Unexpectedly, doors of galleries started opening for his paintings, and since that time, he regularly exhibits throughout Paris at such galleries as Galerie Nunki during the years of 1987, '88, '92, '93, and '94 as well as Galerie Arts Tournelle in 1989, Galerie Art Club in 1995, and Galerie Drouant in 1996 and currently in the Musée de l'Erotisme as well as 2055 Gallery in Houston, Texas.

In November 1997, he was honored by being asked to exhibit his work at the Grand Opening of the Musée Erotisme Paris (Erotic Museum Paris). In January 1998, he was invited to exhibit at the Grand Arche de la Defense to participate in the retrospective show of 15 years of research into an art field where official art would never dare to venture.

Exhibitions:

1987, 88, 92, 93, 94, 95 Galerie Nunki Paris 17ème
1989 Galerie Arts Tournelles Paris 5ème
1987, 88 Galerie Rolland Biarritz
1995 Galerie Art Club Paris 1er
1996 Galerie Drouant Paris 16eme
1988, 90 Galerie Garance Saint-Germain-en-Laye
1996, 99, 2000, 01, 02, 03 Musée de l'érotisme Paris XVIIIeme
1996 La Cigale Paris XVIIIeme
1993 Le Cercle Républicain avenue de l'Opéra Paris 1er
2000 Galerie Jardins des Arts et association Safir
1997, 98 La Grande Arche Paris Neuilly,La Défense
2000 Galerie L'arche de Morphée Paris 20éme
2000 2055 Gallery Houston Texas