Born in 1962 in Montréal, Canada, the artist studied fine arts and art history at Concordia University in Montréal and received a scholarship for a specialisation programme in sculpture at the Université du Québec à Montréal. He has lived in Germany since 1988.
Since 1979 Maillé has taken part in numerous group exhibitions in Montréal, Wiesbaden, Berlin, Baden-Baden, München, Tokio/Japan, Lòdz/Poland, Ville-Marie/Canada and on Helgoland. He is one of the artists who helped to design the East-Side-Gallery in Berlin.
His sculptural oeuvre is influenced by Henry Moore and Max Bill. His abstract sculptures are pure form — soft lines, supple, pliant, round, alternating with sharp, hard edges.
