Stéphane Halleux was born in 1972 in Chênée, Belgium. He pursued his passion for fine arts at the École Supérieure des Arts
Saint-Luc in Liège, where he developed his skills in sculpting, theory of colour and modeling. Halleux began his professional journey as a colour adviser and scale model designer in the animation industry. His time in this field significantly influenced his artistic style, leading him to explore the boundaries between inanimate objects and lifelike characters. Stéphane Halleux uses humour as a tool for his creative process to reveal with cynicism the absurdity of the world. Each sculpture is a concentrate of paradoxes and internal conflicts. His work has drawn international recognition in recent years. Tim Johnson, Animation Director of Dreamworks, for instance said of his work: I'm drawn to Stephane's work as a fellow story-teller. His sculptures all seem to have popped out of an animated universe. It's their narrative quality that I find so arresting. They tell you a rich and
complicated tale – while simply standing there. In 2014, his sculptures and his universe have been brought to life in the short film called Mr Hublot that has won the Oscar of the Best Animated Short Film.