Benoît Maire

Benoît Maire (born 22 October 1978 in Pessac) is a French visual artist who works in film, sculpture, painting, photography, collage, and performance art. He is known for treating theory as an art form in its own right.

Biography Benoît Maire studied visual art and philosophy at Michel de Montaigne University Bordeaux 3, at the Villa Arson in Nice, and at the Sorbonne where he began doctoral studies in philosophy, which he subsequently abandoned in 2006. He also did graduate work at Le Pavillon, Palais de Tokyo in Paris. He was a resident at the Villa Medici in Rome in 2021-2022.

Solo exhibitions (selection) Soon the metal between us will turn into gold, Kunsthalle Mulhouse, 2011 Spiaggia di Menzogne, Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, 2013 Weapon, Roberts Institute of Art, London, 2013 Letre, La verrière Hermès, Brussels, 2014 Letter, Western Front, Vancouver, 2014 George Slays the Dragon, Kunstverein Bielefeld, Germany, 2015 Castling the Queen, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, 2016 Thèbes, CapcMusée, Bordeaux, 2018*Thebes, Spike Island, Bristol, UK, 2018. Cinque mani Logiche, Fondazione Volume, Roma, 2022 Miss Rankin, galerie Nathalie Obadia, 2020 Without, Croy Nielsen, Vienna 2022 Pierrots, Meessen, Brussels 2024

Public collections (selection) Maire's work is included in public collections such as: Centre Georges Pompidou – Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris FRAC Aquitaine, Bordeaux Kadist Art Fondation, Paris Nomas Fondation, Rome FRAC Île-de-France, Le Plateau, Paris David Roberts Art Foundation, London New National Museum of Monaco, Monaco Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Fondazione Giuliani, Rome Mudac, Lausanne

Films (selection) Le Berger (The Shepherd), 2011 L'Île de la répétition (Repetition Island), 2010 Letre, 2015