WILLIAM AMADIEU
VISUAL ARTIST
Born in Périgueux, France, 1971
Year 2022, a new intuition imposed itself on me, as an inner necessity, an obvious one.
A deep desire to explore a new artistic language has emerged.
From this impulse was born a renewed plastic writing, where my gestures are now expressed through picture-sculptures: free works, inhabited, crossed by the breath of a contemporary poetic and sensory art.
Designer, Master in Art Cabinetmaking, Artistic Director, my work until 2022 was part of a quest for aesthetic perfection, based on the subtle alliance between simplicity and sophistication.
«Sophistication, never imposed, is gradually revealed to the attentive gaze, with delicacy, through the richness of materials (colors, textures, patterns) and the diversity of forms.
Each creation is thought of as a unique work.
I had the privilege of designing works for art collectors, internationally renowned musicians, prestigious wine estates
classified as Grands crus as well as places steeped in history like the Prieuré Saint-Cosme, Demeure de Ronsard, France.
My journey is marked by artistic encounters and renowned exhibitions, (Revelations and Art Paris at the Grand Palais in Paris, Emerging Designer in New York) as many moments of sharing and emotion.
In 2014, this quest for meaning and matter was recognized through my participation in the Liliane Bettencourt competition for hand intelligence, with the work Jazz Drum Haïku.
This singular drum, thought like a poem in volume, mixes precious wood, metal and blows with great precision.
It celebrates the right gesture, silence before sound, where the creator and the musician join in the same pulsation.
Bio
Year 2025
- Exhibition The Breath of Life, in September, Romanesque church of Sallertaine, France, accompanied by a duo performance with the musician Edward Perraud, giving birth to the painting Island in Peace.
Year 2022 to 2025
- Realization of the 12 paintings constituting the project The Breath of Life
Year 2021
- Creation of the work Malle de Curiosité, for the Prieuré Saint-Cosme, residence of the Poet Pierre de Ronsard, Maisons des Illustres,UNESCO
Thought as a travel trunk, this cabinet of curiosities allows visitors to discover through the five senses the history of the Priory and the characters who lived there
Smell the scent of the Loire that has shaped this place, discover the aesthetics of the Renaissance, touch precious materials... Like a sensory journey through time
- Archet The early arc. Album Hors temps Edward Perraud
Year 2020
- Workshop/Show-Room in Tours
- Interview The soul at your fingertips Maison Sensey Paris
Year 2019
- Revelations 2019 Grand Palais Paris.
- Drummer Magazine N°335
- Magazine Ms.Presse DECO N°12
- Title Master Cabinetmaker of Art
Year 2018
-Creation of the work Archet The early arc. Album Spaces Edward Perraud
Year 2017
- Showroom MATIERES A CONVICTION Paris, Agent
- EMPREINTES Paris
- Art Paris Art Fair Grand Palais Paris
- ICFF Emerging Designers New-York
- Exhibition at the Maison des Métiers d'Art Pézenas-France
Year 2016
- Salon Maison & Objet Paris
Year 2015
- Institutional Booklet No. 1 of INMA (National Institute of Arts and Crafts)
- Recording with the work Drum Jazz Haïku, at Petit Faucheux, American Jazz drummer Jeff Ballard (Brad Meldau, Ray Charles ...)
Year 2014
- Liliane Bettencourt 2014 competition on the theme «L'intelligence de la Main», Talents d'Exception, work presented Drum Jazz Haïku
- Recording with the work Drum Jazz Tiwabi, album «Giu' La Testa» Sylvain Luc and Stefano Di Battista, at Studio Ferber Paris
Year 2013
- Member of the jury Prix Touraine Métiers d'Art
- Drummer Magazine N° 268 and 273
- Recording with the creation Jazz Drum Tiwabi, album Jazz 2013 «Cocanha» Lionel Suarez
Year 2012
- Drummer Magazine N° 257
Year 2011
-Recording with the work Drum Jazz Côté Rivière
Presentation Album Solistick, drummer Franck Agulhon
- Fémina Magazine N°488
- TV for FR3 Aquitaine
Year 2010
- AD Magazine No. 93
- Drummer Magazine N° 237
Year 2009
- Workshop in the Périgord, France
- Art Craft N°244