Benoit Maire was born in 1978 in Pessac, France, and now lives and works in Paris.

He is considered a visual philosopher, as his paintings, installations, performances, and films are deeply rooted in philosophy and theory. Concerned with how, why, and in what states art can exist, Maire investigates the relationship between concepts and images or objects. For instance, Head of Medusa (2008-09), an abstract bronze sculpture placed opposite an abstract oil painting, portrays Medusa (the mythological figure whose gaze turns onlookers to stone) looking at herself. Many other works incorporate writing, as in Maire’s “visual readings” of theoretical texts by the art historian Arthur Danto and philosopher Alain Badiou.

Recent solo exhibitions include