DNSAP Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris
Maxime Biou graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied for five years in François Boisrond’s studio. He began painting shortly before enrolling at the École, initially working almost exclusively from life, using his friends and everyday elements as models. It was only later that he incorporated photographic references into his creative process, granting him greater freedom.
A painter of spontaneity, Maxime Biou acts as a witness to the moments he captures. The narratives in his paintings are more implied than explicitly stated. The key lies in the relationship that forms between the viewer and what the work, its treatment, and its material evoke. Thus, Maxime Biou does not impose interpretation on the viewer; instead, he allows ample space for it to develop and take root.
His work has received numerous awards: the Diamond Grant, the Friends of the Beaux-Arts Prize/Bertrand de Demandolx Prize, the Yishu 8 Prize, the Fénéon Artistic Prize, and the Encouragement Prize in Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts.
Recently, his work has been featured in several group exhibitions, including the 2019 show of the laureates of the Emerige Revelation Grant – L’effet falaise – after which the National Museum of the History of Immigration acquired his painting Les naufragés for its permanent collection.
In 2021-2022, Maxime was an artist-in-residence at the Casa de Velázquez, Académie de France in Madrid. In late 2023, he was in residence at the Beijing House of Arts, invited by Yishu8.
*Excerpt from the biography written by Matthieu Iandolino for the Casa de Velázquez*
DNSAP Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris
Se mettre au vert, pal project, Paris, FR
J’entrevois l’homme qui rentre chez lui, Yishu8, Pekin, CHINE
Tout doucement, galerie Regala, Arles. FR
La Nature faite pour Dürer, galerie Dilecta, Paris, FR
A l’Age de Pierre, musée Pierre Cardin, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, FR
Antes de la Casa, Despues de Velázquez, Paris, FR
Little Big Works, pal project, Paris, FR
Changing Times, Galerie C, Paris, FR
Histoire d’Yishu8, musée d’art national de Chine, musée des Beaux-Arts de Chine, Chine
La Timidité des Cimes, Galerie C, Neuchâtel, FR
J’entrevois l’homme qui rentre chez lui, Yishu8, Pékin, Chine
Dans la tête de Balthus, galerie Perrotin, Paris, FR
Tout près de moi, Galerie Mathilde Le Coz & Dans les yeux d’Elsa, Paris, FR
Itinérance, Casa de Velazquez, École des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Nantes, FR
L’Age de Raison ?, Galerie T&L, Paris, FR
Itinérance, Casa de Velazquez, Académie des
Beaux-arts – Pavillon comtesse de Caen, Caen, FR
¡VIVA VILLA! , collection Lambert, Avignon, FR
EN SI, PARA TI, MAS ALLA, Institut français de Madrid, Madrid, ES
Itinérance, Casa de Velazquez, Madrid, ES
Madame Rêve, Huit peintres Parisiens à Venise, Galerie T&L et Galerie Mathilde M. Le Coz, Venezia, IT
Soliloquy, Galerie Charraudeau, Paris, FR
Galerie Bertrand Grimont, Paris, FR
L’Effet Falaise, Bourse Révélation Emerige, Paris, FR
En espérant croiser votre regard, Paris, FR
2019 : DNSAP, Beaux-Arts de Paris, atelier François Boisrond, Paris, FR
Lauréats des prix des amis des Beaux-arts 2016, fondation Brownstone, Paris, FR
Monographie – Cahier Regala #6, Tout doucement, Textes de François René Martin, Emmanuel Mouret et Edwart Vignot
Catalogue ¡VIVA VILLA! Biennales des résidences d’artistes à la collection Lambert en Avignon
Catalogue des artistes résidents 2021-2022 Casa de Velazquez – Académie de France à Madrid
Catalogue diplômés 2019 des Beaux-Arts de Paris, Editions Beaux-Arts de Paris Ministère de la Culture
Catalogue d’exposition de la 6 ème édition de la Bourse Révélation Emerige, L’Effet Falaise, Les Editions Particules