Christian 
CHAMPIN 
SCRAP METAL ALCHIMIST
GALLERIES
 monumental
averages
little
"for sale"
organics
plastics
STORIES
BEUNIO
Beunio is the last Southern Loire rhinoceros: a species that developed during the 2200s.  
At this period, the consumer society...
THE ENERGIVORES
Not so very long ago, these wild, independent animals lived a happy, simple existence with no worries. 
How pleasant their life was before... 
GINETTE
Ginette is a large genetically-modified cow. The beast is the successful outcome of a revolutionary agriculture development programme...
CONCEPT
In an era dominated by surplus production and a consumer culture, the modern world generates endless waste. The trend is for recycling, and my expression is given shape through scrap metal. 
Broken, rusty, twisted, worn-out debris comes from the worlds of agriculture, the automobile and industry. When taken out of context, welded into assemblies and diverted from its expressionless functionality, scrap becomes something useless but beautiful.  
My work is oriented towards movement, harmonious forms and a series of curves. With a figurative style and widely differing sizes and subjects, each piece is highly original and one-of-a-kind. 
  
CHAMPIN
 

ARTIST
For the Champin family, metal transformation is decidedly in the blood. With a wheelwright grandfather, and a coachbuilder father, Christian grew up in a world of scrap metal, where welding and assembling were basic skills that came to him naturally. His first compositions date from this time. After higher studies in mechanics, he was longing to explore further afield, so left his native Normandy and headed for various developing countries. Ten years of encounters and observations while working for NGOs, drilling for oil and setting up production plants brought him face to face with the reality of globalisation and its destructiveness for people and the environment. He became far more critical of how the world worked.  
A period in the machine room of the Nantes street theatre company Royal de Luxe led to a change of direction, and triggered his artistic potential.  
In the early 2000s, the artist began to carve himself a niche in the contemporary art scene. He sees himself as an unformatted alchemist and as cultivating the subversion of objects unpretentiously, without any hang-ups. Every sculpture becomes the positive reincarnation of negative scrap generated by a hyper-consumer society.  
 

NEWS
 
Exposition de 10 monumentales en extérieur  - Port de la Ciotat - 13 - Bouches du Rhone
mais aussi exposition d'une trentaine de sculptures de petite et moyenne taille en intérieur
de décembre 2026 à mai 2027

Exposition de 15 monumentales - Quai Sadi Carnot - Paimboeuf - 44 - Loire Atlantique
de mai à novembre 2026

Exposition permanente dans la galerie de mon atelier 
Paimboeuf - 44

sur rendez vous


Contact
 
Adresses postales :
Atelier : 3 bis rue Florent Gariou - 44560 Paimboeuf
Maison : 23 impasse des caillebottes - 44560 Paimboeuf


adresse mail : champin@aliceadsl.fr

adresse du site : https://christian-champin.netlify.app/

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