ABOUT

Samson Penot (born 1984 in Paris) lives and works in Bayonne, in the Basque Country. He develops a sculptural practice centered on wood, creating bas-reliefs, wall sculptures and freestanding volumes.

His works explore phenomena of transformation and the way time imprints itself into matter, playing with perception, shadow and light.

His work blurs the boundaries between what we see, what we think we see, and what is.

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Born into a family of artists, he initially pursued music. After his studies, he travelled the world for six years before returning to musical composition. For over thirteen years, he composed and produced around a dozen albums for Kosinus and Universal Music in the field of library music. Alongside this, he began working with wood and marquetry in his studio in the Cévennes. This material experimentation, first applied to objects and light fixtures, opened up a broader reflection on volume, matter and space.

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In 2021, he stepped away from music and embarked on a two-year solo sailing journey between La Rochelle and Belle-Île. This experience marked a turning point, definitively opening up his artistic practice.

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Since then, based in Bayonne, he has devoted his work entirely to sculpture. His series Galets and INS//TEMPS question the action of time and the elements on matter, and the way this transformation resonates with our own lives.

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Represented by Galerie Sophie Leiser (Biarritz), his work has been shown in galleries and at cultural events across France, including at Cinéma Le Royal (Biarritz, rooftop, 2024) with Con7store Art Gallery.