ABOUT

Samson Penot (born in 1984 in Paris) lives and works in Bayonne, in the Basque Country.
He develops a sculptural practice centered around wood, which he assembles, sculpts, and polishes into wall reliefs, mural sculptures, and freestanding volumes. His works explore the memory contained within matter, erosion as a metaphor for time, and the way forms and surfaces construct a space for perception and elaboration.

Coming from a family of artists, he first turned to music. After his studies, he traveled the world for six years before returning to musical composition.

For more than thirteen years, he composed and produced around a dozen albums for Kosinus and Universal Music, working in the field of production and film music.

At the same time, he began working with wood and marquetry in his workshop in the Cévennes. This material experimentation, first applied to objects and lighting pieces, initiated a broader reflection on volume, matter, and space.

In 2021, he left the musical field and embarked on a two-year solo voyage aboard his sailboat, between La Rochelle and Belle-Île. This experience marked a turning point and opened his artistic practice in a new and decisive way.

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

Writing accompanies certain works, not as illustration but as an additional stratum, a counterpoint that anchors sculpture within an expanded sense of memory.

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