Romain Savary was born in France in 1981 and has been living in Hungary since 2006. After working as a graphic designer, he has recently decided to focus on painting. Taking inspiration from street culture and graphic arts, and influenced by his own experiences of therapy and psychoanalysis, he creates elaborate and precise stencil portraits using spray and acrylic paint on various surfaces.

His portraits aim to convey the various emotions of the individual and how they relate to one another, enhanced by his use of colors, textures, and graphic elements. The number of layers determines how realistic or minimalist the representation will be. With thoroughness and meticulousness, he deconstructs the layers of the individual’s personality and breaks down the facets of the human being, impregnating them with sensations where visual nuances and emotional overtones interact.

Who is the other? Through his paintings, Romain Savary strives to reveal certain psychological aspects of his subjects. To identify the innocent child, the tortured adolescent, the adult in-the-making... To perceive the authoritarian judge, the frustrated martyr, the vicious devil... The artist seeks to tap into the soul, the center of the psyche, the states of the individual consciousness, and the deep self. To delve into the meanders of the ego, to touch the very essence of the human being, the very nature of being.

The other is as much the person represented as the artist himself enjoying (re) finding himself in the doctor-patient duality. He is the doctor examining the other to get to know himself better and the patient transforming the practice of his art into therapy. The other is also the spectator free to interpret. All are invited to reflect on who they are.

Who am I? In light of this constantly evolving question, Romain Savary is convinced of the universal interest of psychology. Although this discipline is still relatively new, it greatly contributes to a person’s mental and physical wellbeing. Today, nature and society are suffering, as noted by the growing list of ecological, humanitarian, health, social, economic, political crises...

If humanity strives to discover and comprehend themselves, progress will be possible. With wisdom, they will be able to endure the difficulties of the present and apprehend the complexity of the future.