Paul Granjon was born in Lyon, France, in 1965. He grew up in the countryside, developing an interest in mechanics and electricity from an early age. After passing A Levels in mathematics and technology he embarked on a fine art course and graduated in Marseille (France) in 1990. Granjon founded his company Z Productions in 1988. At that time he was working as a freelance video and audio technician for petrochemical companies. Between 1990 and 1995 he directed several short films, all based on a different type of food. In 1995 he was invited to Cardiff (UK) as a research artist. During his residency he produced It is Not a Piece of Cake, a performance which marked the beginning of his internatio-nal series Z Food across the World that toured in Europe and the USA between 1995 and 1999. He was offered a lecturing job in Car-diff and moved to the UK in 1995. He then started an intensive period of research in electronics and robotics, while directing and producing 2 Minutes of Experimentation and Entertainment, a video series in 7 episodes. In 1999 he created Z Lab Presents, a performan-ce combining his interests for off-key music and robotics, with real robots on stage. Since then he developed several installations using robotics, some of which were exhibited in his touring show Z Lab 2001. Some installations were sold to the Arts Council of England and to the Museum of Modern Art of Luxemburg. He also ran a number of DIY robotics workshops for artists and contributed to several conferences and symposiums. Some of his latest works include a man size kicking robot and a set of robotic tails and ears that are presented in his ongoing performance Z Lab Transported. He was awarded the Nesta (National endowment for science technology and the arts) Fellowship in 2004. He is currently prepa-ring new robots for the Venice Biennial 2005 where he will be part of the team representing Wales.