Carmel Art Festival "Best In Show" May 19, 2007		Coming events: Solo Show at the Pacific Grove Art Center "Juxtaposé " Exhibit opening Friday July 18, 7-9pm through August 28, 2008 www.pgartcenter.org/exhibits.html 568 Lighthouse Ave Pacific Grove, CA ------------------------------------------------------ Mpc Student show " Le salon de l'étudiant" from March 9/april 18, 2008 ----------------------------------------------------- "Inspiration "CSUMB February 23 7/10pm, 2008 ------------------------------------------- Open Studio November 25, 2007 from 6 to 9 pm, 900 Cannery Row ------------------------------------------ Sculpture in the Park, Carmel Art Festival 15/16 May 2007 First place "Best In Show" ------------------------------------------ Locals Show, Outer Edge Studio, Monterey, November 2005.

 

Born in Lyon, France Yves Goyatton discovered sculpture by chance and quickly recognized it as his true calling.
After finishing high school, he decided to study art at L’école de Condé in Lyon France. After a year of study Yves came to the United States to view and experience the world from a different angle.

In 1999 he started courses at El Camino College in Los Angeles and simultaneously learned with master mask maker Jordu Shell. It was there that It capitalized on his introductory knowledge of sculpture. To further his knowledge in this field, he sought and obtained an Honors degree in sculpture from Monterey Peninsula College. Since then he has been working in his studio on Cannery Row, where he has found the inspiration to create. Yves has shown his work at several local galleries including Winfield, Zantman and The Outer Edge and won "Best in Show" at the Carmel Art festival. His current body of work represents his fascination with the mystery of abstract shapes and their juxtaposition with human form. His work has taken this concept most literally by combining the human form and the abstracted shapes of modern architectural landscapes. Nevertheless Yves want the viewer to have the freedom to be transported in his own personal perception and imagination.

Nico. photos		2007 Arward ceremony at the Carmel Art Festival. This day has change my life! "This as been an amazing and difficult journey, fulfilled with uncertainty since I came here in 1999. I want to Thank Jeff Dubbin, Peter Frank, Albert Paley to have make me feel a little more certain about what i do." Sincerely, Thank you Yves Goyatton
Artist statement My current body of work represents my fascination with the mystery of abstract shapes and their juxtaposition with human form. My work has taken this concept most literally by combining the human form and the abstracted shapes of modern landscapes. I am a process-oriented artist. The process is what drives my work from one piece to the next. I am constantly exploring my personal boundaries. I am inspired by all the steps in which art is made; I am not afraid to face the difficulties the process requires of me, so long as I continue to learn and grow from it. The process allows me to conquer problems; these challenges allow new points of departure for the next works. I enjoy composing in a fusion between these two elements. I conceive my work primarily as abstract with anthropomorphic elements. It is important for me to begin with an idea, but remain malleable to the end result. It is most important to me that the piece reflects a refined aesthetic, which I can only describe when I am visually satisfied. This becomes my new boundary for the next work: to exceed what I have done before without duplication. The work that I make gives me the freedom to go anywhere. The abstract liberates where the figurative constrains. The work sets up my boundaries and I push against them. This is our relationship. I am interested in the correlation between humans and their environment, specifically the natural form and the industrial landscape. My work references the integration of architecture to natural environment. I want the viewer to have the freedom to be transported in his own personal perception and imagination.