Évrard Chaussoy

His father, while he was still a child, met the painter Adrian Herman Gouwe who gave him a taste for painting and had a great influence on his pictorial style.

Évrard grew up in the family business Arii Création,[3] a textile printing company and became aware of art very early by following his father in his workshops where he met many artists.

Rather a good student, he was destined to continue his studies in mainland France to enter the fine arts but being uprooted frightened him and against the advice of his parents, Évrard remained in Polynesia.

He eventually rose to the position of artistic director and created numerous textile, clothing, and uniform collections for different hotels and airlines in French Polynesia.

[6] From then on, Évrard presented his work there every year and built a name and a reputation in the Polynesian artistic circle, until obtaining the special jury prize during his first participation in the salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts at the Carrousel du Louvre in 2007.

Chaussoy felt invested with a responsibility, that of perpetuating the family tradition of painting and after two years of reflection, he decided to leave everything to devote himself only to Art.

[13] In 2024, the government of French Polynesia commissions him to sculpt a bronze statue of Vehiatua i te mata’i, a monument created to honor a Polynesian surfing hero and celebrate the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games at the site of Teahupo’o.

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Statue of Bobby Holcomb .