Maxime Parodi
A 2012 graduate of the École supérieure d'art d'Aix-en-Provence, Maxime Parodi defines himself as a “fictionaute”: an explorer of fictional worlds. Through drawing and writing, he integrates himself into scenes from films to which he is attached, creating universes that echo comic strips. This approach reflects his desire to go beyond the role of simple spectator, to appropriate collective universes and question the boundary between person and character.
[...] “Maxime Parodi draws moments in life, cinema shots, masterpieces of classical painting, screen captures, moments that at first glance seem very banal, embedded in his memory. He slips in unobtrusively, the better to experience them from the inside, without disturbing or disrupting, and the characters present, who are often numerous, pay him no attention. Silent, absent, posing, are they themselves alive? Or mere memories. Some, entirely naked, stare at us, their nudity in no way provocative, but rather amplifies the transparent, neutral, invisible aspect. Ghosts! Witnesses to the life they live, which Maxime Parodi invites us to share.” [...]
Extract, Jeanpierre Paringaux, February 2025
Main exhibition at the gallery :
2024 Chair enfer, One chapel, One artist, Roure
2024 Chair paradis, One chapel, One artist, Roure
2024 Queer California, le 109, Nice
2024 Les jardins du regard, Villa Cameline, Nice
2024 ESPRITS JOUEURS, Hôtel WindsoR, Nice
2023 Festival In&Out, Le Dojo, Nice
2023 Space for sale, Nice
2022 L'intime du vide, Le Dojo, Nice
2022 SALO X, Salon du dessin érotique, Paris
2021 The neighboring chapels, A chapel, an artist, Roure
2020 Voilà l'été..., le 109, Nice
2020 Winners of the Pierre David Weill Prize, Académie des beaux-arts, Paris
2019 Fictions, as part of “l'Art déboite”, Bézier
2018 La règle du jeu, N°5 GALERIE, Montpellier
2018 Drawing Draw#2, Le Lieu Multiple, Montpellier
2018 Cabinet Atomique, Villa Cameline, Nice
2016 Manifestement sans fin, Espace Larith, Chambéry
2016 En bande organisée, Editions Giletta, Nice
2015 Manifestement sans fin ou la procession des grands menteurs, Villa Caméline, Nice
2015 Sommet Standard, Editions Giletta, Nice
2015 Tout doit disparaître, Autour du monde by Bensimon, Nice
2014 Fresco, Lycée Militaire d'Aix-en-Provence
2013 Je, fictionaute, galerie de l'Ecole d'art d'Aix-en-Provence
2013 Galerie Susini, Aix-en-Provence
2012 La moindre cause, la Compagnie, Marseille
2012 Nouveaux regards, Atelier Cézanne, Aix-en-Provence
2011 Dehors Dedans, Natural History Museum, Aix-en-Provence
2011 Images Transversales, Istres
2011 Nuits de l'instant, Marseille
2009 Je-ne-scay-quoy, Ferme des Arts, Vaison-la-Romaine
Biography
Maxime Parodi born in 1984 in Nice.
He lives and works in Nice.
Maxime Parodi
A 2012 graduate of the École supérieure d'art d'Aix-en-Provence, Maxime Parodi defines himself as a “fictionaute”: an explorer of fictional worlds. Through drawing and writing, he integrates himself into scenes from films to which he is attached, creating universes that echo comic strips. This approach reflects his desire to go beyond the role of simple spectator, to appropriate collective universes and question the boundary between person and character.
[...] “Maxime Parodi draws moments in life, cinema shots, masterpieces of classical painting, screen captures, moments that at first glance seem very banal, embedded in his memory. He slips in unobtrusively, the better to experience them from the inside, without disturbing or disrupting, and the characters present, who are often numerous, pay him no attention. Silent, absent, posing, are they themselves alive? Or mere memories. Some, entirely naked, stare at us, their nudity in no way provocative, but rather amplifies the transparent, neutral, invisible aspect. Ghosts! Witnesses to the life they live, which Maxime Parodi invites us to share.” [...]
Extract, Jeanpierre Paringaux, February 2025
Exhibition view of Maxime Parodi, Les vengeances de la nuit, 2025. Jardin du regard series, 2024. Photos François Fernandez
View of Maxime Parodi's exhibition, Les vengeances de la nuit, 2025. Marilyn salon, 2024. Photos François Fernandez