Cédric Houin
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Cédric Houin is an explorer, observer, photographer, filmmaker, visual artist, writer and music composer.
He is known since 1998 as Varial* in the visual art world, and as Bastián de Luka in the music industry
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He was born in Paris in 1978.
He lived and worked 10 years in Montreal, Canada as a multi-plateform visual artist where he produce over 400 images for the advertising industry.
Since 2010 he has been travelling around the planet as a nomadic author helping communities and foundations with his photographic, film, design and communication skills and vision.
His work has been published in several languages in National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, The Smithsonian Magazine, The New York Times, the Globe and Mail, Wider Magazine, BBC, CNN,
His image Butterfly from Afghanistan won the 2012 Annual Photo Contest of National geographic Traveler.
Website
www.varialstudio.com
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Clients
NextGenClimate, Barefoot College, Karuna Shechen, Hutan Project, Smithsonian Magazine, National Film Board of Canada, Telefilm Canada,TV5, Fonds Bell, Ubisoft, 7 Fingers, MUTEK, Quebec Council for Media and Arts, the Society for Arts and Technology, Louis Vuitton, Rihanna, Mercedes, Spotify, Philippe Dubuc, Marie St-Pierre, Piknicelectronik, Mutek, Montreal en Lumières, Igloofest,Patrick Watson, GSI Musique AGENCIES Ogilvy, Publicis, CLM-Bbdo,Taxi, Sidlee, Bos, Bluesponge
Supported by
Arsenal Contemporary Art Center, Nikon Canada, Impossible Project, The Québec Government Office in New-York, Duggal Visual Solutions, Artnet Auctions
Gallery Representation : Arsenal Contemporary Art
Featured Films
Legends of a Pirate
Wakhan
Contacted
I am Maya
Sagun
Short Films
Benito
Aethiopia
Documentary Photography
Wakhan another Afghanistan
The Kemperi Clan - The tale of Bameno, Ecuador Amazon
The Last Nomadic Penans of Borneo
Traces of Time, Memories of the Afghan Pamir.
The Nature Conservancy - I am Maya
Doña Luz Mexico / Guatemala / Belize / Salvador / Ecuador
Barefoot College India
Karuna Shechen Nepal and India
World Vision Canada - Nepal
Next Gen Climate Michigan / Ohio / Colorado
Books
Traces of Time
Doña Luz : Solar Mama Stories from Latin America
AWARDS
Film
2015 - ETONNANTS VOYAGEURS Film Fest - Selection and listed as Best of Show
2014 -RENDEZ-VOUS DU CINÉMA QUÉBÉCOIS - Best 1st or 2nd documentary
Photography
2012 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER -1st Place Winner, World
2012 - PDN ANNUAL - Photo District News - USA
2011 - EXPOSURE - Artist Wanted - USA
2011 - APPLIED ARTS - Canada
2010 LUX - Québec
2010 APPLIED ARTS - 3 Prizes - Canada
2009 LUX - 1 Grand Prize + 4 Prizes - Quebec
2008 LUX - 1 Prize - Québec
Conceptual - Illustration
2010 PDN PIX - Photo District News - USA
2010 LUX - Québec
2010 APPLIED ARTS - 4 Prizes - Canada
2009 CREA - Annual Québec Advertising
2005 FELIX - Best CD sleeve - Quebec Music Awards
2003-04-05 - ONETOP - 7 Prizes + Best of Show 2004 - Quebec
Interactive
2009 - CANNES LIONS - shortlist - World
2009 - APPLIED ARTS INTERACTIVE - Canada
2008 - BOOMERANG - Grand Prize + 1 Prize b2c - Quebec
2008 - FWA - site of the day
2008 WEBBIES - nominee - World
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
From Darkness to Light
in supportof/with the Barefoot College
Geneva 2016 - London 2016
WAKHAN
April - August 2014, Arsenal Contemporary Art, Toronto
October 2013 - March 2014, Arsenal Contemporary Art, Montreal
January 2013, United Nations, New York
May 2012, Milk Gallery, New York
April 2012, Traces of Time, Impossible Project, New York
November 2012, Buddha Bar Gallery Paris
May 2012 , Impossible Project Gallery, New York
April 2010, eXcentris Gallery, Montreal
October 2009, eXcentris Gallery, Montreal
2012 Contemporary Art Fair St-Lambert , Québec
2012 Vaste&Vague Gallery - Québec / 2011 Oeil de Poisson - Québec ( video)
2011-12 Its Happening, Paris / 2010 W hotel, Montreal
2009 Punkt Atelier, Montreal / 2009 ART & DESIGN, Montreal
2009 Lipstick, Montreal / 2009 Pecha Kucha #12 & #14, Montreal
PUBLICATIONS & RADIO
NPR the story (listen) , Radio Canada , New York Times,
CBC, Huffington Post, National Geographic,
Smithsonian Magazine, National Film Board of Canada,
Telefilm Canada, TV5
References[edit]
www.varialstudio.com
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