Complex sentence: Thomas Charvériat was born in Paris and attended the School of Visual Arts in New York, receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography in 1998, and pursued graduate coursework at Columbia University, receiving a Master of Fine Arts in sculpture in 2000.
Split into simpler sentences: Thomas Charvériat was born in Paris and attended the School of Visual Arts in New York, receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography in 1998. He pursued graduate coursework at Columbia University receiving a Master of Fine Arts in sculpture in 2000.