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Date and place of birth of Maxime SIAU:

    • 1993, FRANCE

Diplomas / training of Maxime SIAU:

    • Major Bachelor Art and Product Design(Nice) – 2021
    • Bachelor Marketing et Management international de l’hôtellerie-restauration (Institut Paul Bocuse, Lyon) – 2015

Inspirations of Maxime SIAU:

    • Art and traditionnal antic design and universal design

Topics / influences :

    • Consumer society
    • Environment
    • Urban culture

Techniques used :

    • Multimedias sculpture
    • Cast
    • Paint

Favorite public spaces :

I draw my inspiration from the contrast between lively working-class neighborhoods, which allow free expression, and the urban parks of big cities, offering a peaceful escape from the urban tulmut thanks to their century-old trees and the exhibition of monumental sculptures.

Galleries / Exhibitions :

    • Solo show Tethys – Monaco, WAMM – 2022
    • Salon vivre Coté Sud – Aix en Provence – 2022
    • Monaco Mediterranée – Monaco – 2022
    • Luxembourg Art Fair – GCA Gallerie – 2023
    • Leon Benrimon Gallery – Los Angeles – 2023
    • Salon vivre Coté Sud – Aix en Provence – 2023
    • Solo show Vanité contemporaine – Eze – 2023

Significant artistic/historical/personal events:

    • Beyond the streets, Los Angeles -2018
    • Damaged – Shepard Fairey Solo show, Los Angeles – 2017

Some favorites albums :

    • Rap US: The Chronic, Dr Dre
    • Rap FR: Première consultation, Doc Gyneco
    • Jazz: Getz/Gilberto, Stan Getz – Joao Gilberto
    • Disco Funk: 1999 (Deluxe edition) , Cassius
    • Electronic: Guten Tag, Paul Kalkbrenner

Some favorites artists (visual artists) :

    • Wim Delvoye (1965)
    • Michel Blazy (1966)
    • Ai WeiWei (1957)
    • Pierre Soulages (1919 – 2022)
    • Arman (1928-  2005)
    • César (1921 – 1998)
    • Sosno (1937 – 2013)

Some favorites movies :

    • The life beyond the pines (Derek Cianfrance, 2012)
    • La Haine (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995)
    • La tour Montparnasse infernale (Charles Nemes, 2001)
    • My octopus teacher (Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed, 2020)