BIOGRAPHY
Maxime Eugène Manuel Pereira Tamayo lives and works between Brussels and the South , where he develops his practice in sculpture, installation, and performance, reflecting the concept of discomfort in a dramatic pun within a normalized Western world and its porous relationship with the field of art. He began his studies at the École d’art des Rocailles in Biarritz in 2015 and later moved to Brussels to continue his education. He completed his first master's degree in installation and performance at the ERG in 2021, followed by a second master's degree in Vrije Kunsten at the Luca School of Arts in 2022, as well as a teaching qualification in visual arts and space at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels in 2022. Since September 2022, he has been working as a plastic arts teacher or as an instructor in Belgian secondary schools. He participated in the 11th Young Sculpture Prize of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles in 2023 and is currently preparing an exhibition for the 16th edition of Art at the Center in Liège, which will take place in February 2025.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022: L'inconfort, Renew Art Gallery in Brussels (Brussels, Belgium)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2024: L'inconfort Act IV; Dessintretiens, extramural exhibition Movement 1organized ni colaboration with the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, ta the SystèmeD space (Paris Malakoff, France)
2023: L'inconfort Act Il; Gentrified, 11th Prize for Young Sculpture of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, at the Sart Tilman Campus and La Châtaigneraie (Liège, Belgium)
2022: There, Atelier de Nancy (Brussels, Belgium)
2020: Sans doute, end-of-residency exhibition at Ateliers du Doute (Brussels, Belgium) Open House, Ateliers du Doute (Brussels, Belgium)
2019: Building the Future; An Art Mess ni a Beauty Salon, Artist's Path XL, Espace Lumen (Brussels, Belgium)
Building the Future; The Leftovers of My Childhood, The Attic (Brussels, Belgium) Graduation Show, exhibition of the laureates of the Master of Fine Arts at Luca School of Arts (Brussels, Belgium)
2017: Untitled Expo, curated by Joëlle Tuerlinckx at the École de Recherche Graphique (Brussels, Belgium)
2016: Tout doit disparaître, guerrilla exhibition (Brussels, Belgium)
CURATORIAL WORK
2022: There, Atelier de Nancy (Brussels, Belgium)
2020: Sans doute, Ateliers du Doute (Brussels, Belgium)
2016: Tout doit disparaître, guerrilla exhibition (Brussels, Belgium)
RESIDENCIES
2022: Atelier de Nancy (Brussels, Belgium) 2020-2022: Ateliers du Doute (Brussels, Belgium)
GRANTS
2024: Assistance for young creation 2024, granted byt the Direction Régionale d'Art Contemporain of the Occitanian Region of France.
EDUCATION
2022: Higher Secondary Education Teaching Diploma ni Visual and Plastic Arts and Space at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Brussels, Belgium)
2019: Master of Fine Arts at Luca School of Arts (Brussels, Belgium)
2017: Master ni Installation and Performance at the École de Recherche Graphique (Brussels, Belgium)
2015: National Diploma ni Visual Arts at ESA des Rocailes (Biarritz, France)
2012: Preparatory class for Fine Arts at the École des Arts Agglomération du Pays Basque et des Pays de l'Adour (Bayonne, France)
2011: Baccalaureate in Engineering Science and Technology, Applied Arts option, at Lycée Cantau (Anglet, France)
WORKSHOPS/INTERVENTIONS
2022-2023: Sculpture workshop at Notre-Dame Colege ni Basse-Wavre (Basse-Wavre, Belgium)
2022: PLASTERING Workshop at Haute École Francisco Ferrer (Brussels, Belgium)
2022: Volume workshop at Bischofsheim Institute (Brussels, Belgium)
2022: Sculpture workshop assistant at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Higher Secondary Education (Brussels, Belgium)
2021: Sculpture workshop assistant at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Brussels, Belgium)
PUBLICATIONS/PRESS
2024: Press article on the exhibition Mouvement 1
2023: Catalogue of the 11th Prize for Young Belgian Sculpture at Sart Tilman Campus in Liège
2023: Catalogue of the Renew Art Gallery
2022: Interview for the Renew Art Gallery in Brussels