Public display: a selection of books and magazines, video broadcasting and exhibitions
2014
- August 2014: Interview for Sichuan Radio and Television's photo website
- July 2014: "unconformed transmission(s)" is featured on artbooks editor Gestalten's Creative Pool.
- March 2014: Posters for Théâtre la Grange de Dorigny are featured on Behance Network's curated gallery photographyserved.com (selection of best photos)
- January 2014: "Théâtre La Grange de Dorigny" poster #3 wins the 1st prize as the best poster of the month on SGA (Swiss national advertising company)
2013
- December 2013: "Théâtre La Grange de Dorigny" poster #2 wins the 2nd prize as the best poster of the month on SGA (Swiss national advertising company)
- July 2013: "REMEMORIES" is featured on Behance Network's curated gallery photographyserved.com (selection of best photos)
- April-May 2013: Joint exhibition at Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne with Charles Negre and Thomas Rousset.
- April 2013: "REMEMORIES" is featured on Behance Network's curated gallery artserved.com (selection of best art projects)
2012
- December 2012: "INTERSTICES" is featured on Behance Network's curated gallery photographyserved.com (selection of best photos)
- June 2012: "DRAUMAS" Daily Deviation on DeviantArt (2012-06-02)
- May 2012: "Non-portraits (10)" are featured on Behance Network's curated gallery photographyserved.com (selection of best photos)
- March 2012: L'affiche d'"En attendant le Songe" est sélectionnée pour l'exposition d'affiches "Dis-moi dix mots qui te racontent" par l'Institut Français (1200 exemplaires diffusés sur le réseau culturel français pendant la semaine de la langue française)
- February 2012: "DRAUMAS" is featured on "ARTE Creative", the inspiration platform from French / German ARTE TV channel as well as Gestalten's Creative Pool.
2011
- December 2011: "Ceremonials" is featured on Behance Network's curated gallery photographyserved.com (selection of best photos)
- November 2011: "Ceremonials" is presented on artbooks editor Gestalten's Creative Pool.
- November 2011: "Non-portraits" are featured on Behance Network's curated gallery photographyserved.com (selection of best photos)
- October 2011: "KTORYS" Daily Deviation on DeviantArt (2011-10-19).
- September 2011: "No one is an island", "Embrio", "Limitamentum" and "KTORYS" are broadcasted on cable-TV Souvenirs from earth
- May 2011: work featured on "ARTE Creative", the inspiration platform from French / German ARTE TV channel
- May 2011: Posters for Compagnie Irina Brook: Pan and En attendant le Songe at Théâtre de Paris)
- February 2011: "Magic Realism workshop". Teacher and organizer of a two days photo workshop in Verona, Italy for MiMA Cultural Association.
- February 2011: "Parallels" is featured on Behance Network's curated gallery photographyserved.com (selection of best photos)
- January 2011: illustration portfolio published in Monsa Editions book "European Illustrators"
2010
- December 2010: "Normality" is broadcasted on cable-TV Souvenirs from earth
- November 2010: "embrio" Daily Deviation on DeviantArt (2010-11-12)
- July 2010: "Fragments" is featured and broadcasted on cable-TV Souvenirs from earth
- July 2010: "Your secret" is selected and featured by the staff of high-quality artistic video websites: Vimeo and Motionographer
- August 2010: "Live Colors" Daily Deviation on DeviantArt (2010-08-05)
- May 2010: "Paragnèse" is broadcasted on cable-TV Souvenirs from earth
- March 2010: An artistic collaboration starts with the famous company Red Giant Software where my movies are featured on their website as sample-use of their products.
- February 2010: "Unspoken" Daily Deviation on DeviantArt (2010-02-08)
2009
- November 2009: "Seatopia" is broadcasted on cable-TV Souvenirs from earth. "The Daughter of the Astronaut" is featured on Behance Network's curated gallery fashionserved.com (selection of best fashion projects)
- October 2009: Cover-page and 2 pages article in Photo Techniques magazine Mastering Digital Photography special issue (USA)
- September 2009: Cover-page and 6 pages portfolio in Photo Digital magazine #65 (Istambul, Turkey)
- July 2009: I am one of the winners of Datacolor's contest Colors of my Life. Publication in the corresponding book
- July 2009: My movie "entretemps" is broadcasted on cable-TV Souvenirs from earth
- June 2009: My book Suspended Time officially becomes a best-seller on Blurb.com and the compagny officially selects it to showcase their services to clients
- May 2009: "Afterlife" Daily Deviation on DeviantArt (2009-05-03)
- February 2009: TV interview for TVRL (Swiss National Post stamps design)
2008
- September 2008 : "Un rendez-vous trop stylé" wins 2nd place at the Lausanne Estivale, Open air Mon-Repos festival
- July/August 2008 : Creating Digital Frames and Borders and Advanced Skin Softening, articles commissioned by famous website photo.net
- June 2008 : Phosphore magazine (France) (illustrations) - "The essence of memories" Daily Deviation on DeviantArt (2008-06-27)
- April 2008 : PhotoArt magazine (Czech Republic)
- March-April 2008 : Soura Magazine (Dubai)
2003-2007
- La Republicca (Italia) - Photographer feature Sept 2007
- Art:PartTwo international exhibition in Bucharest in March 2007 (selected as one of the artists) - Interview in the exhibition catalogue
- .PSD Magazine (Poland, UK, Fr, Germany, Italy...) Dec 2006, March 2007
- Digital Photo (UK) Dec 2006, March 2007
- Digital Photographer (Ukr) Jul 2005, Jan 2006
- 17 Fotografen, 17 Zelfportretten (Amsterdam) May 2005 (international group exhibition)
- Photo Magazine (Hong Kong) Jun 2004
- Digital Photo Magazine (Fr) Jan 2004
- Contribution to An advanced guide to digital photography (V.Oliver, Ava ed.)
- Illustration for Basics Photography - Lighting (D.Präkel, Ava/Academia ed.)
- Illustration for Basics Photography - Composition (D.Präkel, Ava/Academia ed.)
- Illustration for Basics Photography - Capturing color (Phil Malpas, Ava/Academia ed.)
Jean-Sébastien Monzani
Born on Apr 9th 1975
Swiss and French
Speaks: French / English
Inscription registre du Commerce CH-550.1.053.693-9
Showcase
- Several interviews and articles in international magazines
- Several works won on-line distinctions: photos featured on Behance Network's curated gallery photographyserved.com, photos of the week on photo.net, films featured on French / German ARTE TV channel - "ARTE Creative" and cable-TV Souvenirs from earth, numerous Daily Deviations (best image / film award) on deviantart.com, projects presented on Gestalten's Creative Pool
- May 2009: My book "Suspended time" (best-seller on blurb.com) is selected by Blurb to showcase their products to client.
- February 2009: Commissioned with three other graphic designers by the Swiss National Post to create new stamps
Some on-line interviews
- Gigaverse, Freelance Career Advice from Designer Jean-Sébastien Monzani, Septembre 2013
- ligature.ch, Mars 2012
- Camera Obscura, from photo-stories to short movies, Sept. 2010
- Something we like, Sept. 2010
- MakeMyCreative, July 2010
- Photo-interview - Magic Realism of Jean-Sébastien Monzani (Russian + English), March 2010
- Nerds Society, page 1 and page 2, Feb. 2009
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Interview with Alda Silva, Sept 2008
Formation
- Depuis 2007 : Graphiste, photographe et webdesigner freelance
- 2012 : Chargé de cours (freelance) à l'Université de Lausanne (HEC)
- 2002-2007 : Maître-Assistant à l'Université de Lausanne (HEC) (cours Visual Basic, HTML, CSS, gestion de documents multimédia)
- 2002 : Doctorat en Infographie à l'Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne (Thème : animation de personnages autonomes en 3D dimensions)
- 1998 : Diplôme d'Ingénieur en Informatique à l'EPFL (Travail de diplôme : Capture et retouche sur personnages en 3D)
Compétences
Design graphique
Identité d'entreprise, logos, sites web. Conception d'affiches, de brochures, de publicités. Design de CDs.Photographie
Portraits, séries d'images narratives, photomontages.Excellentes compétences en retouche (donne des cours Photoshop)
Videos
Courts-métrages expérimentaux, clipsLogiciels
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere, FlashDéveloppement web
PHP / MySQL, XHTML, CSS, CMS Made Simple...Selected scientific publications
- Bendahan, Samuel , Camponovo, Giovanni , Monzani, Jean-Sebastien and Pigneur, Yves Negotiation in Technology Landscapes: An Actor-Issue Analysis, Journal of Management Information Systems Vol. 21 No. 4 , Spring 2005
- Jean-Sébastien Monzani, Samuel Bendahan, Yves Pigneur Decision and Visualization for Negotiation. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'04) - Track 1, 2004 (Best paper award)
- J.-S. Monzani, A. Caicedo and D. Thalmann Integrating Behavioural Animation Techniques, Eurographics 2001
- J.-S. Monzani, P. Baerlocher, R. Boulic, D. Thalmann, Using an Intermediate Skeleton and Inverse Kinematics for Motion Retargeting, Eurographics 2000
- Marcelo Kallmann, Jean-Sébastien Monzani, Angela Caicedo and Daniel Thalmann ACE: A Platform for the Real Time simulation of Virtual Human Agents, Eurographics Workshop on Animation and Simulation 2000