Christophe Vacher
Christophe Vacher is a French artist who has provided backgrounds and concept artwork for the movie and television industry since 1989, and Walt Disney Feature Animation since 1993.
Vacher worked at Disney's Paris-based animation studio for three years, where he painted backgrounds for such animated films as "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", "Runaway Brain" and served as head of background for the 1995 feature, "A Goofy Movie".
Relocating to California in 1996, he continued his association with Disney, where his credits have included painting backgrounds and concept artwork for "Hercules," "Tarzan," the Stravinsky Firebird finale for "Fantasia 2000," the computer-animated feature "Dinosaur," and finally, "Treasure Planet." He left the Disney studios in February 2002. He is now working on his personal artwork for galleries, as well as freelancing for studios, and doing books, CDs and video game covers.
His clients include:
WALT DISNEY PICTURES (Los Angeles)
DREAMWORKS SKG (Los Angeles)
HARPER COLLINS (New-York)
WIZARDS OF THE COAST (Seattle)
DATA BECKER VIDEOGAMES (Germany)
THOMAS SCHLUCK (Germany)
ULLSTEIN HEYNE List GMBH & Co. KG (Germany)
TIMBERWOLF DIGITAL (Canada)
QUARTO PUBLISHING (France)
SIDH & BANSHEES (France)
IDDH Animation (France)
DARKFLIGHT (Bulgaria)
VLE (New-York)
FINE ART SHOWS
Permanently exhibited at:
- Kaleidoscope gallery -Mission Viejo, CA
- Morpheus galerie and publishing -Los Angeles, CA
- Gallery Carla (formerly Powell street gallery )-San Francisco, CA
Solo exhibitions:
May 2003 Kaleidoscope Gallery - Mission Viejo CA
Dec 2001 Disney Feature Animation Gallery - Burbank, CA
Dec 1999 Disney Feature Animation Gallery - Burbank, CA
Aug 1998 Galerie Morpheus - Beverly Hills, CA
July 1990 Mural Fresco for the Cultural Center of Universities - Clermont-ferrand, France
April 1990 Cultural Center of universities Art gallery - Clermont-Ferrand, France
July 1989 Mural Fresco for the House of the Arts - Clermont-Ferrand, France
Aug 1989 "Espace-Photo" Gallery - Clermont-Ferrand, France
Group exhibitions:
Aug 2002 San Jose convention center - San Jose, CA
June 2000 Powell Street Gallery - San Francisco, CA
Nov 1998 Masterpiece Gallery - Laguna Beach, CA
July 1998 Kaleidoscope Gallery - Mission Viejo, CA
Apr 1998 Every Picture tells a Story - Westwood, CA
Oct 1997 Art Expo '97 - Los Angeles, CA
Jul 1997 Art-a-Fair - Laguna Beach, CA
Dec 1993 CFT- Gobelins - Paris, France
Dec 1992 "Le Salon", Grand Palais - Paris, France
July 1992 Arfeuilles - France
July 1990 Arfeuilles - France
Mar 1990 Palace of Congresses - Clermont-Ferrand, France
Sept 1989 House of the Arts - Clermont-ferrand, France
Aug 1989 Chateaugay Castle, France
July 1989 Murol castle, France
June 1989 Palace of Congresses - Clermont-Ferrand, France
May 1989 Cordeliers xxi Gallery - Clermont-ferrand, France
Apr 1989 Representative of Auvergne in Thonon-les-Bains, France
Apr 1989 Palace of Congresses - Clermont-Ferrand, France
Nov 1988 Palace of Congresses - Clermont-ferrand, France
Mar 1988 Representative of Issoire in the Reader's Digest's "Grand Prix National de Peinture"- paris, France
Oct 1987 Cultural Center Pomel - Issoire, France
