Profile
Ultra Violet
Actor
Female
Born
Sep 6, 1935
Age
77
Hometown
La Tronche
Isabelle Collin Dufresne is a French-American artist, author, and former colleague and superstar of Andy Warhol. Earlier in her career, she worked for and studied with surrealist artist Salvador Dalí. She lives and works in New York City, and also has… Read More
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1935
Birth
Born on September 6, 1935.
TEENAGE
1951
15 Years Old
Isabelle Collin Dufresne was brought up in a strictly religious family but rebelled at an early age. She was instructed at a Catholic school. In 1951 she left France to try her luck in New York.
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TWENTIES
1964
28 Years Old
She eventually came into contact with Andy Warhol and his Factory. In 1964 she selected the stage name Ultra Violet at Warhol's suggestion because it was her preferred fashion—her hair color at the time was often violet or lilac.
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FIFTIES
1990
54 Years Old
Afterwards, she returned to France; in 1990 she opened a studio in Nice and wrote a book detailing her own ideas about art, “L'Ultratique”.
LATE ADULTHOOD
2007
71 Years Old
In 2007 she gave a retrospective lecture at the New York Institute of Technology in New York City.
2011
75 Years Old
She created a series of works of art as her personal tribute to September 11, which were displayed in the exhibit "Memorial IX XI" at Queens Community College, opening on Friday, September 9, 2011.
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