In the last 25 years, Francois walked several parts of Compostella and Shikoku Island Henro pilgrimages, as an artist-pilgrim, along which trails he offered his visual “acts of art” as sorts of prayers. He shared his quest with the sedentary populations, often receiving their hosting support in return, as happened in the past.
French and Australian, Francois Davin is a visual site-specific artist.
He was knighted in France in 2000 for his contribution to the arts.
He is a founding member and honorary president of Artists in Nature International Network, and the international delegate for the French Sculptors Union.
For the last 35 years, François has been involved, as an artist and as an activist, in the international evolution of site-specific art. He approaches a site meditating about its landscape, memory, geology, fauna and flora, what is done there and who cares for it, the inhabitants.