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Franck Bouroullec, paint performer
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Franck Bouroullec was born in 1967 in Tours (France) into a family of
well known designers. His parents were both secondary school teachers. 

From 2003 through 2006, Jamel Debbouze projects
Bouroullec to the forefront of the stageworld by hiring him to assume responsibility for the opening of
his show «100% Debbouze ». Together, they produce

At the age of six, Franck’s preferred mode of expres-

Franck Bouroullec’s professional life begins at the

over 450 shows throughout the French-speaking wor-

sion is already recognized to be through the stroke

storyboard (MC Solar, Passi and Saya) and in anima-

ld, selling over one million copies of a DVD of the per-

of pen or pencil; throughout his youth – whether at

con (Astérix & Obélix, le Piaf). In 1989, he decides to

formance.

school, at home or with his friends – he is known as

orient his career towards the performing arts and,

the boy who expresses himself through drawing.

consequently, discovers the magic world of the

Without a doubt Franck marks his success as an ar-

stage, becoming a stage decorator.

tist-performer by making the world of paincng understandable and accessible to audiences numbering in the thousands.

cate, he enrolls at the l’ESAG (Higher School of Gra-

As the Club Med’s Head of Stage DecoraDon, Franck

phic Arts) in Paris. Two years later he successfully

imagines, creates and carries out his first public

passes the highly compeccve entrance examinacon

arcscc performance for a live audience: in less than

Once he has gained public recognicon, he is invited

of the prescgious Ecole des Gobelins (School of Vi-

five minutes, he paints, back to front, portraits of

to parccipate in some of the best known French tele-

sual Arts and CommunicaDon) in Paris, from which

mythical beings on large format canvases (4m2) and

vision programs. Arcsts for whom he produces clips

he graduates with a diploma in the Animated Films

in quick succession follows up with paincngs of ano-

include: Akon & M.R, Marc Lavoine and Didier Barbe-

secDon.

nymous individuals from the audience.

livien.

FRANCK BOUROULLEC
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franckbouroullec.com
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© Elisabeth Fransdonk

At 19, on complecon of his secondary school cercfi-