Vincent Maillard was born in Paris in 1957, and when he was young he moved to Italy and attended the Ligurian Academy of Fine Arts in Genoa. In 1977 he held his first exhibition of watercolors in Milan that is appreciated by audiences and critics.
In the same year he became interested in pottery, the material in which he finds its fullest expression; the gallerist Piera Gaudenzi noticed the Maillard talent and offered him a solo exhibition at the gallery "Il Vicolo" in Genoa.
Since then, he held numerous exhibitions in galleries and public spaces. His work is followed with interest by artists, critics and personalities from the world of culture such as Emanuele Luzzati and Flavio Baroncelli. In the eighties Maillard knew Sergio Noberini, now Director of the Luzzati Museum, and he was in contact with the disabled boys David Chiossone Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired of Genoa from which held some artistic workshops. This experience will be processed and translated the works of those years. The shy and reserved character, great observer of the world and of different behaviors and aspects of mankind, through its terracotta creates a slight universe. His men are created to represent existence stories, metaphors, rich stories of irony and poetry that are the mirror of our living together as men.
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Solo Exhibitions
| 2016 | Luzzati Maillard... e lasciateci divertire!, Galleria La Mongolfiera - Sanremo |
| 2015 | Piccolo Teatro, Libreria A Book – Milano Galleria Wikiarte - Bologna |
| 2014 | Museo Luzzati, Porta Siberia – Genova |
| 2012 | Galleria d’Arte Busi – Chiavari (GE) |
| 2011 | Torre Carolingia – Framura (SP) Galleria d’Arte Il Vicolo – Genova |
| 2009 | Fiera Internazionale del Libro – Torino |
| 2008 | Galleria Tricromia – Roma Galleria Giorgio Marosi – Torino |
| 2007 | Galleria d’Arte Il Vicolo – Genova |
| 2006 | Galleria d’Arte Cona – Savona Galleria d’Arte Busi – Chiavari (GE) |
| 2003 | Biblioteca Berio – Genova |
| 2000 | Castello della Lucertola – Apricale (IM) |
| 1999 | Villa Vidua – Conzano (AL) |
| 1997 | Galleria d’Arte Busi – Chiavari (GE) Liceo Scientifico Statale Leonardo da Vinci – Genova |
| 1996 | Galleria d’Arte Cona – Savona |
| 1995 | Galleria d’Arte Il Punto – Genova |
| 1994 | Galleria d’Arte Cona – Savona |
| 1993 | Galleria d’Arte Busi – Chiavari (GE) |
| 1992 | Circolo degli Artisti – Albisola Marina (SV) |
| 1991 | Galleria d’Arte Cona – Savona |
| 1990 | Il Vicolo Interior Design – Cesena |
| 1989 | Galleria d’Arte La Soffitta – Colonnata (FI) Galleria d’Arte Cona – Savona |
| 1988 | Istituto Gramsci – Genova |
| 1987 | Chapelle des Pénitents – Saint Paul de Vence (France) |
| 1986 | Libreria Villari – Bari |
| 1985 | Galleria d’Arte La Vetrina – Cuneo Galleria d’Arte Il Tridente – Grosseto |
| 1984 | Galleria d’Arte La Soffitta – Colonnata (FI) Galleria d’Arte Il Bagatto – Grosseto |
| 1983 | Galleria d’Arte Amnesia – Alessandria |
| 1982 | Galleria d’Arte La Pergola – Pesaro |
| 1981 | Galleria d’Arte Il Vicolo – Genova |
| 1979 | Galleria d’Arte Il Tridente – Grosseto Galleria d’Arte Il Vicolo – Genova |
| 1977 | Galleria d’Arte Ciovasso – Milano Galleria d’Arte Il Vicolo – Genova |
Critical Texts
R. Niri, L’esercito di terracotta, in “La Repubblica”, marzo, 2014.
M. Job, catalogo della mostra, Chiavari, 2012.
M. Chianese, catalogo della mostra, Framura (SP), maggio, 2010.
S. Godani, Le sculture di Maillard per l’occhio e il tatto, in “Il Secolo XIX”, novembre, 1996.
S. Bottaro, La metafora del sapere di Vincent Maillard, in “Liguria”, novembre, 1994.
S. Bottaro, Vincent Maillard e la storia dell’uomo e del sapere, in “Il Secolo XIX”, novembre, 1994.
P. L. Raggini, In equilibrio sul filo della vita, in “La Gazzetta del martedì”, maggio, 1990.
N. Mura, Gli uomini di Maillard, in “La Gazzetta del Lunedì”, febbraio, 1989.
N. Mura, Lo humour straordinario degli uomini di Maillard, Istituto Gramsci Genova, giugno, 1988.
N. Mura, “De minimis” di Vincent Maillard, in “La Gazzetta del Lunedì”, novembre, 1979.
G. Arato, Il poeta minimo, in “Il Secolo XIX”, novembre, 1979.
G. Beringhelli, Vincent Maillard al Vicolo, Galleria d’Arte il Vicolo, Genova, 1979.
M. De Micheli (a cura di), Acquerelli: paesaggi, catalogo della mostra, Galleria d’Arte Ciovasso, Milano, 1977.
F. Baroncelli (a cura di), Vincent Maillard. Terrecotte, Galleria d’Arte Il Vicolo, Genova, 1977.