GOTZ WAS BORN  IN 1964 IN FRANCE.

HE EXPERIMENTED WITH ALL FORMS OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION BEFORE DEVOTING HIMSELF TO PAINTING.

SINCE 1992 HE  LIVES IN MOOREA, IN THE LUSH VEGETATION OF PAO PAO VALLEY WHERE HIS STUDIO IS BUILT.

AS A CARTOONIST, HIS "PITO MA' COMIC STRIP IS A HUMOROUS TAKE ON POLYNESIAN LIFE.

HE IS ALSO THE AUTHOR OF SEVERAL BOOKS OF TATTOO, FOR WHICH HE HAS A PASSION.