Didier Hamey was born and raised in Dunkirk and now lives and works in Saou in the Drôme, France. He cites a particular influence as the moment of madness that seizes his city during ‘Carnival’. Haley claims that the sacred beings present in the work, haunt our daily lives, in everything that seems present. Inspired by the world of Japanese Yokai, they embody spirits, ghosts, familiar demons or fabulous animals in a state of metamorphosis. Sometimes disturbing, sometimes humorous, equipped with wings or fins, his beings circulate and spring from totemic forms. In velvety black, they embody a place of contemplation, hiding place or shelter like a primitive cave.
Hamey has exhibited his work internationally. His work appears in many private and public collections including the National Contemporary Art Fund, the National Library, the Gravelines Engraving Museum. He was recipient of a retrospective exhibition of his engraved work at the Musée de l’Estampe de Gravelines and a residency at the Casa de Velasquez in Madrid.
Didier Hamey was born and raised in Dunkirk and now lives and works in Saou in the Drôme, France. He cites a particular influence as the moment of madness that seizes his city during ‘Carnival’. Haley claims that the sacred beings present in the work, haunt our daily lives, in everything that seems present. Inspired by the world of Japanese Yokai, they embody spirits, ghosts, familiar demons or fabulous animals in a state of metamorphosis. Sometimes disturbing, sometimes humorous, equipped with wings or fins, his beings circulate and spring from totemic forms. In velvety black, they embody a place of contemplation, hiding place or shelter like a primitive cave.
