Xavier Mary, born in the former steel city of Liège in 1982, is a contemporary artist currently based in Brussels, Belgium. He received his Master's degree from the ERG (Ecole de Recherche Graphique, Bruxelles) in 2005. In 2006, Mary held his first solo exhibition Highway Raves, at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. Since then, he has participated in numerous individual and group exhibitions in prestigious venues such as WIELS in Brussels, Galerie Christian Nagel in Berlin, Galerie Albert Baronian in Brussels, La Maison Rouge in Paris, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein in Aachen, FUTURA in Prague, Konschthal Esch in Esch-sur-Alzette, and Centre d'art contemporain la synagogue de Delme in Delme, Va Buuren Museum (Bruxelles).
In addition to his exhibitions, Mary co-founded the project space DIESEL with curator Noémie Merca in an abandoned petrol station in the Seraing (Belgium). In 2019, Mary presented his first museum exhibition MX Temple, at the BPS22. As part of this exhibition, he also created a film in the jungle of the Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia. In 2023, he will be the first contemporary artist to be invited to a residency at a UNESCO World Heritage site in Khajurâho, India. Mary is represented by Galerie Baronian in Belgium.