Life is but a small part of Art.
 ~ DANDIANANDA

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 ent-de-Lion travels the world as a wandervogel, blazing a path as a young artist and musician. Settling in Switzerland, He writes and illustrates his first book, The Walker. He pioneers development in 3D graphics, sampled-based music, digital photography and computer animation.

As a designer, he creates SNIFE, producing with Wenger a hit collection of beautiful Swiss Army knives with multi-colored handles, one of the world's first products visualised with 3D computer graphics.

With Metamorphose, he invents mediacube, the world's first true-colour interactive multimedia touchscreen kiosk, which is premiered at the 25th anniversary of the Montreux Jazz Festival.  

At this time he produces an original portfolio of the world's first digital fine art giclée prints for IRIS Graphics. This work establishes him as a leading light in high-end computer graphics.

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is groundbreaking work brings him to Denmark, where he becomes Director of Research at LEGO. He starts up the advanced research and digital production group Darwin, which grows into a diverse team of 125+ persons. Deeply immersed in virtual reality and trailblazing new technologies in his lab, he continues to hone and develop his solo forms of expression: painting, drawing, writing, composing and photography. A well-known public speaker in Scandinavia, he serves on an advisory board forApple in Europe.

With the backing of the LEGO Group, he forms The Creativity Corporation, an incubator at the nexus of invention and business. As inventor and entrepreneur, he develops a host of innovative projects, including ToolTribe, the world's first intelligent whiteboard. Interested in reconfiguring social structures, he launches the revolutionary Ideministeriet (The Ministry of Ideas) in Copenhagen. New ideas, from every segment of society, are born and fostered here.
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eturning home to Switzerland, Dent-de-Lion publishes his second book IKONMAN with Orell Fussli, the renowned printers of the Swiss national currency. The book is premiered via a ‘city walk and read tour’ in Gstaad, with official street signs of each icon, along with a gallery exhibition, and a music video.

Directing a production team on the golf film The Nature of the Game in California, he pursues the idea of crafting an entire film on his own: as director, editor, composer, and cinematographer. He completes the film over the next three years. This is PORTRAIT² - A Work of Art about a Work of Art, a seminal film, a symphonic visual poem without words.

At XEROX Parc he presents Magbook, his revolutionary design for the world’s first human powered solid-state eBook.

During this time in San Francisco, he composes and records the first twelve poems of A Song Cycle of Love and Death. Featuring the words of Poe, Blake, Stevenson and others, the poems are scored for orchestra and lyric soprano. This is a life work, there are new compositions in production.

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mbracing his ‘analog’ drawing roots, Dent-de-Lion creates Leonardo, for Art Playing Cards. A tribute to this immortal artist and inventor, Leonardo becomes one of the most backed playing card projects in Kickstarter history. A new edition, Leonardo Masterworks, features a hand-cast solid pewter sculpted stand for the deck, with Leonardo’s warrior horse posed upon a da Vincian inspired landscape.

Frederick Bear - A Tale of Bern, is his third book. Written and illustrated over the course of two and a half years, it's a work of art for children of all ages. The illustrations are among the first works rendered with the Apple pencil in a traditional hand-drawn pen and ink style.

The Noise, an illustrated viral story, is released. With it’s timely message, it’s his most accessible work-to-date.

A neo-romantic work for solo piano is completed and the score made available for performance, his Fantasy for Piano, known as "The Silky Butterfly".
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he dystopian meta-novel, The Poisoned Door, scribed by an anonymous author appears. It is a short novela in journal form. The work is replete with a publisher’s foreword, translator’s notes, and a critical essay from a distinguished scholar.

Disappearance: Classic Paintings as Contemporary Art is released. Viewers experience visually striking and psychologically compelling masterworks from the most beloved artists of all time, realised into fine giclée art prints for collectors to enjoy. With respect, craftsmanship and great care, these familiar paintings are renewed to modern relevance.

Composition of The Distempered Clavier - 24 Preludes for Piano is now complete. This major new work references Bach’s famous  “The Well-Tempered Clavier”. The opus contains 24 Preludes covering all the major and minor keys. The original studio recordings and the accompanying scores (in downloadable book form) are published.

Production is underway for The Autobiography of A. Lion, a full-length feature film. It is based on a true story. An enthralling tale of endless love, the power of art, and a most dangerous game of revenge. And a cat!

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eenly anticipated, The Adventure of The Missing Slipper, his newest book, is a mesmerising tale involving Purr, a spirited domestic cat and Roar, a wild and eccentric lion. Together, they embark on a daring adventure to find a missing slipper that could determine the fate of the world! This is the first book in our suite: The Amazing Adventures of Roar and Purr.

A curated collection of beloved aphorisms from Dandiananda, the "Sage of the West" is published. Archived over many years, this choice selection is now available for all to enjoy and share.

Due to the kind and unexpected generousity of an anonymous benefactor, Words Left Behind is now released. Poems. lyrics, and parables are all represented.

Dent-de-Lion is Master Artist and Inventor at Teeth of the Lion Studios, Bern and San Francisco.. 

Artist bio by Leo Roarke and Kefira Kishka

SELF PORTRAIT WITH ZBRUSH