Robert  SORENSEN EXPRESSIONIST 

Born in Summit New Jersey-U.S.A. on the 1st September 1959, Sorensen  has lived one third of his life in Paris France,.  He returned to live in the U.S.A. in 2001, choosing  the Rocky Mountain State of Colorado, for its diverse nature, beauty, and excellent  alpine skiing.   In 1992 he took up painting by studying only 6 months in L’Academie des Beux Arts de Chaville- France, which was all that was needed, a brilliant natural talent was already imbedded into his soul.  In the 1980’s he studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in NYC, followed by doing professional theater in a touring group through the Southern and Mid-western States of the U.S.A.  In this same period, he also wrote a sci-fi screenplay concerning a fantasy adventure to save planet Earth from an alien invasion in the year 2059 with the title QUANTEX-Z, a literary creation soon to be updated, and re-written into an Epic Novel that will encorporate the  cultural and technological changes of the early 21st Century Planet Earth. 

In 2006, an anthology of approximately 264 poems and sonnets shall be finally promoted to publishers in written form, and in oral-form in the artist’s "own voice", through a planned series of PODCASTS.  This anthology been entitled as AGE OF 23 - SONNETS OF ANGELS AND DEMONS.  It is a series of poetic verse and free expression reflecting the American and World Societies in the 1980's into the mid 1990's.  Sorensen, touching the gateways to heaven and entering the abyss, and everywhere in between, reflecting all conditions and emotions of the human soul, from love to dire hate, fear, loss, desperation,  depression, and ultimate bliss, in his unending quest to understand the Planet Earth and its dominating occupants, the human beings, in the beginning of the Third Millennium.

The 1990’s, whence  he lived in France,  brought romance and marriage with Agata Kafarska, a native of Worclaw Poland in 1993.  Sorensen  has done the majority of exhibitions  in Paris, most notably in the bank headquarters of Societe Generale-1995, Galerie Artitude-1999 & 2004, American Cathedral  of Paris, Salon d’Automne-1993, Abney Gallery-NYC-1995, Salon des Independants-1999, Chamot Gallery-Jersey City/NYC(1998-2000).   In 1995 Sorensen became a Laureate 1st Prize winner in a French Government Contest.   To supplement his income, he taught English, and worked as a principal extra in French& International Films, Television, and Advertising. With the most notable performance  being a Documentary Reenactment  of “Dog Day Afternoon” called "The Third Memory"(Director: Pierre HUYGHE) where he played the bank manager.

 Sorensen & his wife are passionate about traveling having traveled extensively world-wide including all of Europe, Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Thailand, Mexico, Norhtern India and Nepal, Morroco, , and China in 2005. Yearly trips to Paris France are obligatory for business and cultural pleasure.  These  foreign lands surely spark his creative talent and imagination to new heights.

His parents are Eric William Sorensen, a native of Great Britain who was a lieutenant  in the Royal Horse Artillery during WWII and to Madeleine Marie Craighead, a native of Johnstown  Pennsylvania.    Sorensen lived his first years in Short Hills-New Jersey.  His Father was an international tax lawyer, his mother a dedicated house-wife and mother. From 1966 to 1970 he lived in France, towns near Paris. 1970 to 1978 he returned to live in Short Hills-New Jersey  He is the youngest of 3 children.  His brother Peter

William Sorensen  is a Marine Biologist at the University of Minnesota in Saint Paul, and his sister Anne Elder, a financial analyst and portfolio manager, also living in Minnesota, as well his parents since 2005.

                             HIGHER EDUCATION  

1978-82:  Obtained Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at the Univ. of Hartford, USA

1984 1986:  Studied film & theater acting at Lee Strasberg Institute  in New York City 

1989-1990:  Studied International & Commercial Marketing at Farleigh Dickinson University  in New Jersey 

1996-1997:   Graphic Design/Art Ecole des Metiers d'Image- GOBLINS in Paris.

1999:  3-D Graphic Design and Animation Training on  3-D STUDIO MAX 2.5

2002:  Webmaster Training at Arapahoe Community College in Colorado

DIVERSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

1980’s   Quantex-z  Conceived and Wrote Fantasy Screen-Play/Treatment for year 2059

1995 Laureate 1st prize L'ADAC> "Parcs en Fête"  Hautes-de-Seine(county near Paris)

1995  Editor’s Choice Award (Best Poetry) ECHOS OF YESTERDAY - Anthology

1996: IMAGE OF THE MONTH in La Défense’s magazine PUTEAUX INFOS  

1997   Planet Hollywood-Paris: “2-Day School in Film-Making” by Dov Simens(Hollywood Film Institute): Promotions & Events Manager of July Event

1998 France World Cup-1998 with MANPOWER, 

1998    Image of the Day  Metacreations.com  Oct 21, 98 painting  ESPACEKATT

1999     Michelin Tire's 100th Anniversary (recreate 21st Century Michelin Man)   

1999  Computer Arts Magazine (French Edition) Featured Artist for Jan. 1999 issue

2000  Item of Millburn-Short Hills (newspaper-NJ) Featured Ex resident – Front Page

2000 Atout Chat Magazine (Cat Magazine) Featured Artist in Sept. issue

2002 KBCO Rock Radio Boulder, CO: CD Music Cover  Proposal Project “Studio C”

2002 John Paul II Foundation – became  member with wife and Kafarski Family

2004 L’Oréal Art & Science of Color Prize Competition Tsukuba, Japan                        2002-Present  PLANETMAG.com Sci-Fi & Fantasy Literature) Illustrator - NYC, NY

2004- Denver Bike to Work Month  T-Shirt Advertising for ANY & ALL BIKES

2004  Radio de Marly: “Rencontre avec les Artistes” Featured Guest Artist of the 1st of week  of September  - one hour weekly  show – City of Marly-le-Roi, near Paris.                

  2005  Anthology:  SURVIVORS (two poems) “Colorado  Coalition  vs. Violence”        

2005  Copyrighted > 280 Poetry-Verse:  AGE OF 23: Sonnets of Angels & Demons

          Copyrighted>   QUANTEX-Z, the Novella, and  its Film Treatment( 285  pages.) 

2005  First Prize Best Photo  Category>  General   DARDEN RESTAURANTS

     ARTISTIC THEME

Robert  most often takes dream-images and bites out of his  own life  to  enact  out on canvas, paper, or the computer screen  the hidden aura-energy within all living and non-living subjects and their surrounding environments.  Browns change into violets, greens into blues , blue sky’s in overbearing  swarms of  red, pink, and green tempests and spooking torrents.  His art is real & vibrant, unpredictable, and always a surprise & daring exploration  into new and unknown visionary paths and dimensions. 

                                    EXHIBITIONS

1992         L'Academie des Beaux Arts de Chaville-Chaville

1993        Gallery of Fine Arts - Boonton, New Jersey - USA

1993         Salon d'Automne - Grand Palais de Paris

1993 et 1995      EXHIBITION: Friends of the  American Catherdal of Paris 

1994                    PRIX FENEON  - La Chapéle de Université de Sorbonne in Paris

1995                    ABNEY GALLERY   - Soho-New York City

1995                    SOCIETE GENERALE   - Bank Headquarters – ave. Haussman in Paris

1996                    HAIR ADCADEMIE - La Bastille, Paris - 1st exhibitor

1996 & 1998       SALON D’AUTOMNE DE PUTEAUX - Marie de Puteaux - France

1996-98               GALERIE DES NATIONS at Manhatten Center  Brussels-Belgium

1997                    MOVIE COM (Multimedia-Communications Headquarters) Paris

1997                    SATELITE CABLE Featured Parisian Artist on worldwide t.v. network

1999-2000           CHAMOT GALLERY (Jersey City, NYC USA) 

1999 & 2004       GALERIE ARTITUDE    in 15th Arrondisement of Paris

1999                    SALON DES ARTISTES INDEPENDANTS - quai Branly - Paris

2000                    WILL’S  ART  WAREHOUSE(Gallery Unique.com) London, U.K.

2000                    LA  GALERIE  MAUVAIS  GARCONS - 10, rue du Volga - Paris

2001                    DULANEY ARCHETECTURE & GALLERY - Denver, Colorado-

2002-3                 LAKEWOOD COLORADO  South Union Gallery & Cultural Center

2003                    MUSEUM OF OUTDOOR ARTS  Inaugural Arts Juried Expo

2003                    STRADA DELL'ARTE - Larimer Square, Denver: Chalk Painting Event 

2003      LAKEWOOD ARTFEST  - August;  Public Event - Lakewood,  CO 

2004                    CORE NEW ART SPACE - Jan-Feb  WOW EXHIBIT - Denver, CO

2004                    FORT COLLINS – MOCA April-June  “ROCKY MOUNTAIN

                            BIENNIEL”   - “Far West Juried Exhibit” – Fort Collins, CO

2004                    COLORADO VISIONS – Westminster City Hall – Westminster, CO

2004& 2005        THIS IS COLORADO – Temple Buelle Theatre – Denver CO

2004-2005           REED PHOTO ART GALLERY  Continuing Exhibitor, Denver, CO