Trained at the Fine Arts School in Metz, Vilmouth arrived in England in the 1970s where he immersed himself in the New English sculpture of Tony Cragg, Bill Woodrow and others.
If minimalism and conceptual art will influence his early works Vilmouth will quickly focus his researches around everyday objects.
By the principle of diversion and scaling, he transcends mere objects of everyday life, by increasing its meaning and by engaging the viewer as an actor.
As part of the redevelopment of the Weapons Manufacture of Châtellerault, Vilmouth created a work highlighting the site and its history.
18 meters high gateways installed on these chimneys are made accessible by the spiral staircase situated where the old water tower used to be .