Born in Bayonne, France in 1981, Vaultman grew up in a family of artists. He decided to pursue his studies in sciences. But he never completely abandoned his past and after completing a PhD in veterinary medicine as well as a degree in osteopathy, he returned to his origins through painting.

 

What is the origin of life? The meaning of existence? And what is there after death? The infinite, time... These existential questions have fascinated him ever since he was a teenager.

His painting questions all of this. It attempts to create a link between things, to find connections that might at first seem hidden. In it he blends abstract concepts, mathematics, inherited from his scientific training.

Similar to a magic cauldron in which, as during an alchemical process, one mixes various ingredients to obtain a result that transcends the sum of the individual components. With his work, he hopes to unveil a secret hidden in our beings by summoning the principle of serendipity.

 

He creates his own tools fashioned according to his needs: paints made of felt pens, mutant paint brushes, wooden toothed scrapers, or razor blades; everything seems appropriate to be used as a creative instrument. His painting is a vast space of freedom: and it even often literally flows beyond the frame. Always moved by the question of the LINK. He attempts to highlight it seems all the more urgent as it appears to be cruelly lacking in our societies today.