CHARLES SUCSAN, PLATE WITH FISHES, EARTH MOULDED, DATE 1999, 11 INCH WIDE. Charles Sucsan was born in Paris. The artist studied ceramics and sculpture in Paris, apprenticing at the studio of Florencio Fernandez, a master ceramist and close friend to Pablo Picasso. Sucsan studied drawing and painting at L’Ecole Municipal de Paris from 1951-1952. In 1958 the artist opened his own studio and produced several award-winning decorative objects. Charles Sucsan is a multi-disciplinary artist, working across mediums; producing paintings, ceramics, murals and sculpture. From 1960 to 1975 the artist received a number of commissions to create several large public and private murals in Montreal and Quebec.Charles Sucsan translates his unique vision of the world on to the canvas using a hybrid of graffiti-style painting where figures dance along the surface with exuberance, expressions ripe with colour, a world created by the artist that is poetic and beautiful. Solo and Group Exhibitions:1961: Ecole St. Maurice de Duvernay, Laval, QC, Group exhibition: Alleyn, Cosgrove, Fortin, Gagnon, Huot, Gerome, Leduc, Masson, Pellan, Richard, Roberts, Rousseau, Attie and Sucsan.1974: Artist’s studio in Morin Heights, Quebec.1977: Galerie George D’Or, Longueuil, QC.1981: Musee des Beaux- Arts in Budapest, Hungary.1993: Centre Culturelle, Val D’Or, QC.1994: Festival Art Fiesta, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S.1995: Galerie Koncz, Hungary.1998: Galerie Mage, Longueuil, QC.1998: Salon des Metiers d’Art, Montreal2002: Chicago exhibiton, U.S.2005: Charles Sucsan Paintings, Longueuil, Quebec.2010: Gallery of the Cathedral, Quebec.2011: Toronto Art Expo, participated in two shows at Toronto Convention Center.2015: Received the medal de L’Assemblee Nationale du Quebec.2017: Vercheres studio, Quebec2018: Red Dot Art Fair, Miami, Art Expo, New York.2019: Gabriel Fine Art, London, England.2020: World Within Worlds, Quebec Government Offices, London, England.His work is included in many private and public collections around the world. His greatest personal achievements include being a medalist at The Academic Society of Paris Arts-Sciences-Lettres and his participation in the UNESCO’s Hope and Optimism portfolio.