Photography/ Visual Arts 

A self-taught French artist born in 1972, Goa has always been fascinated by ancient Greek and Roman statues and mosaics, Egyptian art and architecture. His atypical career began in Nice where he obtained a literary baccalaureate and quickly his desire to move and discover other worlds was felt.

Goa studied psychology from 1991 to 1997 in Florida in the United States and obtained a Bachelor's degree.
On his return to France, he decided not to pursue his studies and took on seasonal jobs to devote his free time to painting, his first passion. Goa refers to this period as a logical continuation of his parents' artistic education and his interest in the works of Miro and Kandinsky. However, he realises that painting is not his preferred medium.

The real revelation would have to wait until 2018, when an exhibition of ancient mosaics in a New York museum would be the trigger. Goa returned from his trip determined to launch himself, his artistic fibre was ignited and he thought he had found his way. He decided to take classes and met Mathilde L'Huillier, a teacher from a large family of mosaicists. Very quickly, the initiation turned into a revelation. The techniques he had learned became concrete. He began to work on his own on the subjects that interested him and in the space of five years, his technique was at the service of his artistic universe. Goa produced his first work, "Face of David", the soft, monochrome palette of porcelain stoneware, close to the tones of stone, enabled him to reinterpret the great classics. He brings a contemporary touch to this noble and ancient art.

Today Goa brings back to life under his hands, not without emotion, an art almost forgotten by art galleries. The artist gives back his place not only to the material but also to the beauty of the ancient arts, he confided to us with modesty "the mosaic is what allowed me to reveal myself, to exist, it changed my life". The recognition of the collectors comes to reward the artist of these years of work.

GOA : The gallery's words

Goa's work was not unknown to me, a client had told me about it a few years before. I remember being immediately touched by the subject matter and his very contemporary treatment of mosaics but he was still distant from galleries and wanted to take his time. December 2022 I received an email from Goa presenting his work, the decision was immediate, I had to see the works in person and meet the artist. January 2023, Goa comes to present his work which conquered me at once and moreover I discover a sensitive, reserved, modest and benevolent person. Goa never ceases to deliver an artistic work in conformity with his expectations, the requirement giving rise to periods of stress inherent in the completion of the work.

2023, exhibition

Dominique PIVETEAUD, is a sculptor born in paris in 1959, and he worked for many years in Berlin. Very quickly, he favors sharing workshops at homes, in community and enriches the contact with other artists. Author of numerous publications in "the School of Recreation", his writings are now reference to the issue of the teaching of literature. This reflection on the relationship with the literary and more broadly cultural echoes the questions running through his plastic work, especially when endorsed the words of Bernard Charlot and definies the human condition as "entering a world where humans are in the form of men and all that humans have built previously". By this way of thinking humans, it is fully in the social space and it is natural in the urban environnement that Dominique Piveteaud draws its "matter". The artist takes the bitten by rust, zinc plates used, the son of twisted iron and other materials impregnated with time and history that assembled by successive adjustements irons. Consideration of the artist for this memory leads to revisit these fragments dedicated disposal to give their lives in his work.

Dominique ïveteaud : The gallery's words

I discovered the works of Dominique Piveteaud during an exhibition by a colleague. When he stopped his activity he offered me to represent Dominique's artworks. I then met Dominique, a reserved, posed artist who talks about his work with a lot of humility, the relationship between the work and the artist is undeniable. We have been working together for a number of years and I always discover with pleasure the work of memory, material and composition.