Théo Métais (b. 1991, Niort, France) is a Berlin-based contemporary painter whose work explores themes of journey, impermanence, and inner transformation. His visual storytelling has been shaped by a decade of experience as a movie journalist. Through a refined use of monochrome, charcoal, and oil paint, he brings together influences from cinema, painting, and illustration to reinterpret photographs taken during many car journeys with his father. In doing so, he revisits the world through the eyes of a child, inviting the viewer to symbolically occupy the passenger seat—a space of contemplation. The small format further accentuates the intimacy of the scene, offering a subtle meditation on memory, movement, and the passage of time.

He is currently an artist-in-residence at Burnt Sienna Art School. His work will be exhibited at Backhaus Projects in a group show this September, followed by a duo exhibition in October.

Education:

2025, Werkstatt Künstlerische Lithographie
2025, Paris School of Fine Arts “Un Autre Atelier” (correspondence course)
2024 - 2025, Burnt Sienna Art school Berlin
2023 - 2024, Berlin School for Comics & Illustration
2019 - 2025, New Master Academy (correspondence course)

Lectures & Workshops:

2025, Artist talk & painting workshop for students, Burnt Sienna Art School, Berlin Germany

Selected exhibitions:

2025, Upcoming duo exhibition, Backhaus Projects, Berlin Germany
2025, Upcoming group exhibition “Anemoia”, Backhaus Projects, Berlin Germany
2024, Dwelling places, Art space in Exile, Berlin Germany (group show)
2023, Vagabund Brauerei Kesselhaus, Berlin Germany (solo show)

Residency:

2024 - 2025, Residency Burnt Sienna Art school Berlin

Artwork leased to music productions:

2023, L’homme Vase on the berlin based music label {CURRENT_LIAISON}