Marianne rêve

Marianne rêve

Surrounded by a starlit sky, a young Marianne watches over the horizon. She emerges from a wave in the shape of a tricolor cockade, sweeping across the space of the colonnade. The contrast between the simplicity of the young girl and the classical structure gives her an impression of both fragility and strength.
Turned towards the national assembly, Marianne sows the seeds of freedom. Proud, she moves fearlessly towards the future.
By taking over the colonnade, Seth brings poetry, imagination and color into the very heart of the institution. Through his creation, he reminds us of art’s capacity to unite, question and project itself into the future.

L’Assemblée nationale
16 June to 28 September 2026
Paris, France

© © Nico Giquel© Nico Giquel© Nico Giquel

Escape Games

Escape Games

Escape Games is an invitation to escape, a symbolic escape from the realities of our time, marked by conflict and uncertainty. In a world in search of meaning, Seth invites us to dream, to liberate ourselves and to rediscover hope. His characters, guides from a parallel universe, take us on a journey where resilience, play and imagination combine to offer a poetic escape.
Escape Games becomes a manifesto of freedom, a journey of the imagination in search of beauty, lightness and a brighter future. Through this exhibition, Seth vividly reminds us that art is a powerful weapon in the face of the world’s torments, a source of inspiration for dreaming together of a future filled with hope and light.

Galerie Itinerrance
29 November 2024 to 15 March 2025
Paris, France

© Janneke Nooij© Janneke Nooij© Janneke Nooij© Janneke Nooij© Janneke Nooij© Janneke Nooij© Janneke Nooij

Seth se la Joue

Seth se la Joue

After its debut at the Musée en Herbe in Paris, “Seth se la Joue” returns for a second edition at Amsterdam’s STRAAT Museum.
Through dreamlike installations, paintings and sculptures, Seth explores the many facets of play and childhood from the four corners of the globe.
From Madagascar to Indonesia, from Haiti to Ukraine and China, his encounters inspire a journey where the imaginary takes over from the real. In a reinvented Paris, between nostalgia and contemporary questioning, Seth invites everyone to rediscover their inner child.
Wordplay, metamorphosed portraits and rainbow tunnels extend this exploration, opening up a space of freedom, dreams and poetry for all ages.

STRAAT Museum
4 October 2024 to 2 March 2025
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Seth se la joue

Seth se la joue

This exhibition invites us to explore the many aspects and possibilities of play throughout the world, through the prism of toys and childhood. In giving imagination power over reality, Seth opens the door to a unique and personal form of freedom.

Through dreamlike installations featuring his encounters with children in Madagascar, Indonesia, Haiti, Ukraine and China, he evokes his travels around the world.

Strolling down Rue Marmaille, scattered with mischievous children, Seth reveals his Paris, where nostalgia meets our contemporary issues. We discover masked sculptures from the four corners of the globe, paintings that dialogue with childhood board games. We pass through a rainbow tunnel, a whirlwind of creativity that opens the door to fantasy and wonder.

Puns come to life, and visitors’ portraits magically merge with Seth’s works.

Musée en Herbe
7 June – 31 December 2023
Paris, France

La clef des Champs

For the past twenty years, the world has become my playground. My children play with the walls, the architecture, or the culture of the places where I paint them. I am constantly discovering new territories that inspire me to create new works. By wanting to speak to the people who live where I leave my […]

For the past twenty years, the world has become my playground. My children play with the walls, the architecture, or the culture of the places where I paint them.

I am constantly discovering new territories that inspire me to create new works. By wanting to speak to the people who live where I leave my mark, I force myself to understand and analyse the places I visit. By adapting myself to the walls before painting them, I want to open doors to which each of us has the key.  

The freedom that the canvas gives me allows me to constantly explore new ways of evoking the imagination of childhood. With the vortexes of colour into which I immerse my characters, I want to represent the richness of an inner universe that floods the space. They represent the passage to a new world, the entrance to the rabbit hole of Alice in Wonderland, fly the coop.
-SETH

M 50 Art Center
July 2022
Shanghai, China

"A Cappella" installation"A Cappella" installation detail, stained-glass window in collaboration with Clémence Puzin © Fred Vedel"Galipette" sculpture"Tower of Babel" installation"Tower of Babel" installation"In my head" installation"In my head" installation detail"In & Out" collaborative installation with Pascal Vilcollet"In & Out" collaborative installation with Pascal Vilcollet

A Cappella

A Cappella

La Chapelle Saint Sauveur
Rue Saint-Sauveur
35400 Saint-Malo
11 July – 1 November 2020
With Teenage Kicks

In the prestigious setting of the Saint-Sauveur Chapel, in the heart of Saint-Malo Intra-Muros, Seth’s first exhibition in Brittany, France, curated by Teenage Kicks, was unveiled. Paintings, photographs, travel journals, and installations draw us into the core of his artistic journey: from the winding alleys of Shanghai to the beaches of Madagascar, each alcove of the chapel reveals a story, a project, an experience. Open to all, this exhibition of poetry and wonder speaks to the child within each of us.