Ivan Fayard was born in Crest, France in 1969

After three years as a law student, Ivan Fayard turned to the Arts and graduated from the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, France, where he received his MFA in 1997. He then traveled throughout Africa, Asia, and America. In 2003, Ivan Fayard was awarded the Villa Medici Hors-les-Murs Prize and was an artist-in-residence at the 18th Street Art Center in Santa Monica (Los Angeles, CA). Mr. Fayard's work has been exhibited internationally and is held in public collections, including the Mamco, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Geneva, Switzerland); the FNAC, Fonds National d'Art Contemporain (Paris, France); and the FRAC, Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain Franche-Comté (Dôle, France). His work is also included in private and corporate collections (LEG Baden-Württemberg, Germany). Mr. Fayard has been invited to lead workshops and has lectured at universities, institutions, and art schools worldwide. He currently lives and works in Paris, France, and is a professor of painting at the Haute école des arts du Rhin.