Malo Chapuy
Malo Chapuy was born in 1995 in Laon, France. He lives and works in Paris.
The images that once animated places of worship and palaces of the late Middle Ages and the Western Renaissance have crossed the centuries to reappear in the works of Malo Chapuy. Before entering the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the young artist first studied figures from the late Middle Ages. Forms drawn from medieval manuscripts and religious art gradually transformed under his hand, mirroring the evolution experienced by Western artistic production during the transition from flamboyant Gothic to the early Renaissance. Initially, his artistic production focused on image-objects as they existed in the Middle Ages, leading him to combine ancient techniques with forms familiar to his contemporaries (motorcycle helmets, branded shoes, etc.), creating anachronistic relics.
Particularly sensitive to the concept of anachronism and having recently returned to painting, Malo Chapuy brings together, within the same pictorial space, characters drawn from the Renaissance repertoire alongside buildings inspired by modern and functionalist architecture. In doing so, he seeks to highlight the unique discrepancies of today’s art world, such as the integration of works formerly associated with religious worship into the sleek scenographies of museums.
Malo Chapuy graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, in 2022. That same year, he was awarded the Agnès B prize by the Friends of the Beaux-Arts. Recently, his work was presented at the 17th Lyon Biennale (2024); FRAC Ile-de-France (2025); Louvre Lens (2025); and it will be exhibited at the Musée Unterlinden, Colmar (2026).
