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Charles
Billich
exceptional
spirit
and
talent
have
been
forged
by
many
dramatic
personal
experiences
in a
career
spanning
some
forty
years
and
have
taken
him
to
the
highest
pinnacles
of
artistic
success,
among
which
he
counts
the
honour
of
having
his
work
hung
in
the
Vatican.
Billich
paints
and
draws
in
all
media
and
sculpts
in
precious
and
semi-precious
metals.
He
describes
his
work
as
surrealist.
"There
is a
touch
of
irony
in
what
I
paint
as
there
is
in
all
surreal
art."
He
paints
from
what
he
sees
around
him.
Ballet
and
sport,
architecture
and
town
planning,
eroticism
and
classicism,
portraiture
and
stage,
all
provide
the
imagery
of
his
work,
and
always
in a
way
that
challenges
the
norm.
Sport
and
movement
have
always
been
conduits
for
the
immensely
talented
Billich
and
much
of
his
work
is
fuelled
by
these
inspirations.
As a
fitting
balance
to
this
Humanitarian
pieces
and
works
of
Religious
significance
are
also
within
the
focus
of
the
Artist.
Colour,
drama,
compassion,
humanity,
the
distilled
elements
of
artist
Charles
Billich
life
and
work,
generate
the
visual
impact
of
his
internationally
acclaimed
achievement,
"Humanity
United"
the
stirring
creation
from
a
brief
extended
him
by
the
Red
Cross
to
commemorate
the
2001
Centenary
of
the
Nobel
Prize
for
Peace.
Charles
Billich
has
received
the
coveted
"Honorary
Citizen
of
Atlanta"
and
the
Key
to
the
City
during
the
Centennial
Games;
the
title
"Sports
Artist
of
the
Year
2000",
an
Honorary
Doctorate
and
the
"Order
of
the
Eagle
Exemplar"
-
three
of
the
world's
most
prestigious
awards
from
the
United
States
Sports
Academy
and
Sport
Art
Museum.
In
2004
he
has
assumed
the
role
of
Trustee
of
this
premier
sports
education
facility.
He
has
been
decorated
with
the
Olympic
Gold
Order
by
the
French
Ministry
of
Sport
for
his
contributions
to
the
French
Olympic
Team
during
the
Sydney
2000
Olympic
Games.
A
master
craftsman,
he
has
exhibited
at
some
of
the
world's
best
venues;
has
been
an
honoured
guest
and
resident
artist
on
many
occasions
and
the
recipient
of
many
prizes,
such
as
the
Spoleto
Prize
in
Italy.
His
editions
and
originals
adorn
boardrooms,
galleries
and
collections
across
five
continents.
Charles
Billich
dreams
of a
"peaceful,
harmonious
world,
its
values
determined
by
compassion
and
man's
inherent
nobility
of
spirit."
His
work
reflects
that
spiritual
optimism
and
exhilarates.
For
more
information
on
Charles
Billich
you
can
visit
his
website
at
http://www.billichgallery.com/home.html
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