BIOGRAPHY

My name is Maïté, though my closest friends call me Maoui.

Passionate about the arts from an early age, I began dancing at the age of five and continued for nearly sixteen years. Through this practice, I discovered discipline, collective work, and the freedom of movement.

Alongside dance, I explored other forms of expression: speech, declamation, theatre, and drawing. Improvisational theatre became a central part of my journey for eight years, nurturing my sense of spontaneity, creativity, and shared emotion.

Later, I pursued a career in event production, first in the film industry and then in the private sector. Communication whether verbal or artistic has always been an essential part of who I am.

Today, creating has become a necessity, almost an urgency: a way to release what I long held back, through lack of confidence or maturity. My work is often abstract, playful, sometimes a little irreverent, yet always guided by a common thread: words, their meanings, their hidden layers, their weight.

I enjoy experimenting, combining materials and textures, provoking thought, questioning, expressing injustice and emotion and above all, telling stories.