The work of the Franco-Portuguese artist Wilfrid Almendra draws as much on composite resources as on various references from art history and pop culture. A sculptor, craftsman, and draftsman, he deliberately favours unexpected associations and disturbing hybridizations in order to disorientate the viewer and invite them to rethink their relationship to the world. Using diversions and enigmatic titles, Almendra very often draws inspiration from everyday life to question human beings and their perception.

Born in 1972 in Cholet, Wilfrid Almendra lives and works between Marseille and Casario (Portugal). A graduate of the École des Beaux-Arts in Rennes, the Academy of Fine Arts in Manchester, and the Lisbon School of Fine Arts, he won an Audi Talent Award in 2008.