Maxime Berthou, French born in 1981, graduated from the Aix-en-Provence Higher Art School before joining the post-diploma of Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporain in Tourcoing then following a pre-doctoral training at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.

His artistic practice consists of making cinematographic essays based on the experience of performative gestures. His work is part of a practice-based research context overlaying an artistic framework on a scientific framework.