FRANCKY CRIQUET

Born on 19 September 1968 in La Flèche, Francky Criquet comes from a line of second-hand scrap dealers and has a passion for objets d’art, particularly painting and drawing. At the age of 10, he painted a fresco for his school, then at 12 won 1st prize in the Jeune Peinture competition in Le Mans. He then went on to teach himself to paint. At the same time, he wrote poetry and short stories, took an interest in theatre, drew, sculpted and modelled ceramics. After stays in Spain and England, he returned to France and exhibited in Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Since 2003, his exhibitions have been held internationally in Brazil, the Netherlands, Italy, the United States and China. Since 2014, he has been exhibiting at Galerie Valérie Eymeric.