Born in Grenoble in 1952, Étienne spent his youth in the Dauphiné region and grew up admiring his father and his work. After university studies in Ottawa, Canada, he earned a degree in fine arts in Marseille and then attended the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He taught from 1974 to 1976. In the 1980s, he assisted the painter Georges Mathieu in the creation of two monumental sculptures. His first creations were in stone or wood. He soon turned to bronze, a material that allowed him to play with solids and voids. Étienne cuts his subjects, purifies them, and cleaves them down to their essence—a hand, a face, a gaze—in order to achieve harmony and balance. Bronze allows him to explore the chromatic diversity of patina, including polished finishes. Since 1972, his work has been exhibited in galleries in numerous group exhibitions. Since 1990, he has held solo exhibitions at major events: Art-Miami, USART (San Francisco), FIAC (Paris), Lineart (Ghent), Holland Art Fair, and Art Fairs Canton and Shanghai. Beginning in 1994, Étienne made a remarkable international debut, exhibiting in the United States, Belgium, the Netherlands, China, Dubai, and Singapore. Between 1991 and 1995, he and Arcabas designed the liturgical furnishings for the Cathedrals of Saint-Malo and Rennes. Between 2000 and 2005, the bas-relief exhibition "Variations autour de la Croix" (Variations around the Cross) toured (Paris, Reims, Saint-Malo, Brussels, etc.). In 2014, he exhibited outdoors, in the Place Saint-Sulpice and Place Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris. Commissioned for forty years by companies (Thomson, Bouygues, Michelin, MAIF, etc.), institutions (Guangzhou Museum, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Museum, etc.), and major cities (Paris, Havana, Grenoble, etc.), Etienne's monumental works are notably present: In France, in Paris, at Le Bon Marché with the sculptures "The Kiss" and "Reading," at the Montparnasse Cemetery with "Reading 2," in Montigny-le-Bretonneux with "Paul Claudel"; in Rueil-Malmaison with "Europe," "The Poet," and "The Man in a Boat." in Mantes-la-Jolie with "The Kiss on the Cheek"; in Nanterre, Levallois-Perret, etc.; in Chalon-sur-Saône at the Robert Doisneau College, where his sculpture pays homage to the famous photographer; in Parthenay with "The Pilgrim of Compostela"; and in the Bordeaux region at Château Dauzac with "Tasting at Dauzac." And abroad, where his works are exhibited in Havana, Cuba, Corrato, Italy, Singapore, and most recently in Ningbo, China. Etienne is featured in permanent exhibitions around the world and in numerous private collections. His sculptures, both abstract and figurative, capture intense moments of life, reflecting his faith in fundamental human values and his passions. He seeks to bring joy to his viewers through their beauty. He has been called a "sculptor of the soul."