Given the question: Facts: - training: Ecole nationale superieure des beaux arts , paris 1975-78 - birth name: saint clair cemin - field: artist - birth date: 1951 - name: saint clair cemin - birth place: cruz alta , rio grande do sul , brazil Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of saint clair cemin .
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saint clair cemin -lrb- born 1951 -rrb- is a brazilian sculptor and painter .he lives and works in new york city .his work encompasses multiple styles , approaches , and materials , from furniture to toys in popular culture to the history of sculpture .cemin became interested in sculpting as a teenager through inspirational conversations with intellectuals in his home city .once interested in philosophy and physics , he began to focus his attention on art , drawing and working on illustrations for magazines .cemin earned his degree at Ecole nationale superieure des beaux-arts in paris , france , from 1975-1978 where he learned printmaking for three years .he moved to new york shortly after , where he experimented in several fields as a way of earning an income .from 1981 to 1983 , cemin worked in carpentry renovating lofts in new york , cabinet making , and finally sculpture .the artist 's first exhibited sculpture was '' the granny ashtray '' , which has been described as an anti-modernist piece .throughout the 1980s cemin became an integral part of ny 's east village art scene which included a circle of important contemporary artists such as jeff koons .some of his works from this era are on permanent exhibition at important institutions such as the museum of contemporary art in los angeles .after those formative years in nyc cemin moved to egypt and then paris to pursue sculpture in different environments and with different mediums .after 2010 he returned to ny and continues to create sculptural works in his brooklyn studio .in 2012 he had a major public exhibition of works along broadway in manhattan .of the several works exhibited on broadway one '' vortex '' at the corner of 57th street and broadway , stood some 40 feet tall .he has also published a book of his writings through edgewise press titled , '' fragments of a mind : stories and comments on art 1987-2004 '' .