Born and raised in Castellane, a small mountain village in the heart of Provence, INanto grew up surrounded by silence and space. The rhythm of the nearby Verdon River, the many winds, limestone cliffs, and the quiet rituals of village life shaped his earliest sense of beauty.

An only child, he spent much of his time drawing, sculpting with clay, and building worlds of his own. His father was a versatile artist; his mother, quietly creative in her own way. Together, they nurtured an environment where imagination was never questioned — only encouraged. School, however, was less kind. From kindergarten through high school, he endured constant bullying, something he carried in silence. That silence became its own teacher — it sharpened his inner world, taught him observation, and transformed isolation into imagination.

After graduation, he left Provence for Paris, determined to carve his own path. He began as an apprentice at Lanvin, where he learned the precision and patience of industrial design within the fashion world. His distinct sensibility soon caught attention — first from Jean-Paul Gaultier, then John Galliano, who both brought him into their creative orbits. Over the next two decades, he designed for some of fashion’s most storied houses, refining his understanding of form, texture, and the poetry of materials.

Yet through it all, he longed to return to drawing and sculpture. By the end of 2023, that private dialogue became impossible to ignore. His debut series, Ashes & Bloom (2025), stands as a visual testament to that transformation: the meeting of what is lost and what is reborn. Each piece carries the residue of his past disciplines — the structure of design, the sensitivity of craft, and the quiet persistence of someone who has spent a lifetime listening to silence.