10.05.1989
lives and works in Paris


Awards & Exhibitions

2018

— Nominated @ Révélations Emerige Award. Room with some views. Interlude. in Outside Our, from November 6th to December 2nd, 2018, Villa Emerige, Paris. Curator : Gaël Charbau.

— Theatrum Doloris, a burning stage. Solo show for Nuit Blanche. October 5-6, Forney Library, Paris. Curator : Gaël Charbau.

— The Death Show II. A yard, a club, miss you. Solo show for Audi Talents Awards. In Chroniques Parallèles II, from September 1st to Octobre 14th, 2018, Friche de la Belle de Mai, Marseille. Curator : Gaël Charbau.

— The Death Show I. Wings, Curtain, Call. Solo show for Audi Talents Awards. In Chroniques Parallèles I, from June 6th to July 14th, 2018, Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Curator : Gaël Charbau.

2017

— Laureate, Audi Talents Awards for Visual Arts.

The Final Dimension, Shadow Space (videos) in Wanted Design, New York. 

Doppelganger (sculpture) & Last Stage (installation) In Diplorama 3, ENSCI-Les Ateliers, Paris.

2015

Primitif Palace (dressing, pyjama) in DesignPorn, La Rotonde, Paris Design Week, Paris.

Primitif Palace (cloisons) in Biennale Internationale de Design de Saint-Etienne, Artifact, Cité du Design, Saint Etienne.

2013

— Laureate JM Weston Award for Leather Sandwiches (shoes and bags project)

— Primitif Palace, Point G, Paris. Avec L’amicale.

Works.

2018

— 35 rue du Faubourg Saint Martin, 55m2 flat, Interior Design.

2017

— Workshop Les Imposteurs @ ENSA Limoges. Invited teacher. One week.

— ENSCI-Les Ateliers, Hall Viénot, 100m2, Paris. Exhibition design, graphism, texts for Diplorama 3, 2016 ENSCI Diploma Show.

2016

— La Régulière, Library & Coffee, 120m2, Paris. Interior and furniture design. With Johanna Lapray.

— Luma, Maison Fliche, Artist Residency, 300m2, Arles. Art Direction, Interior Design. With Stéphane Barbier Bouvet.

2015

Lexi Night, T&P, Maison de la Poésie, Paris. Pictures and light set for a show about Alessandro Mendini and Mendini. Writings by Catherine Geel, Presses du Réel.

Mytho-manies, essay, pictures, video. (direction : Catherine Geel)

— Les Chats Perchés, bar, Paris. Furniture Design. With L’amicale.

— Tiny, bar, Paris. Furniture Design. With L’amicale.

References

— Eranos, humanities, innovation, consulting. Paris.
Freelance Designer. Workshops (clients : L’Oréal, LVMH, La Poste). From 2016.

— India Mahdavi, interior and furniture design. Paris.
Freelance Designer. Clients : Vuitton, Bisazza, Monoprix, Nespresso, etc. From June 2016 to November 2017.

— Robert Stadler, interior, furniture, exhibition design, Paris.
Freelance Designer. From January 2016 to June 2016.

— Stephane Barbier-Bouvet, art, exhibition, furniture and interior design, Bruxelles.
Freelance Designer. Exhibitions (Truth&Consequences Genève, NICC Bruxelles, Salle Principale Paris, Swiss Awards Art Basel). From 2014 to 2015.

Parcours

— ENSCI-Les Ateliers Graduation in 2015. With honors.
— Ecole Boulle Graduation in 2010. With honors.
— ESAA Duperré in 2008 (MANAA).
— Atelier de Sèvres in 2007.
— Baccalauréat S in 2006. With honors.
— born in 1989

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