Graduate of the École supérieure d'art d'Aix-en-Provence in 2012, he describes himself as a « fictionaute », an explorer of fictional worlds.
Graduate of the École supérieure d'art d'Aix-en-Provence in 2012, he describes himself as a « fictionaute », an explorer of fictional worlds. Born in Nice, he lives and works there. Graduating in 2012 from the École supérieure d'art d'Aix-en-Provence, Maxime Parodi describes himself as a "fictionaute": an explorer of fictional worlds. Through drawing and writing, he inserts himself into film scenes to which he is attached, thereby creating universes that echo comic books. This approach reflects his wish to go beyond the role of mere spectator, to appropriate collective universes and to question the boundary between person and character. […] "Maxime Parodi draws moments of life, film stills, masterpieces of classical painting, screenshots, moments at first glance very ordinary, embedded in his memory. He slips in discreetly to live them better from within, without disturbing or upsetting anyone; moreover, the characters present, often very numerous, pay him no attention. Themselves silent, absent, posing, are they alive? Or simply memories? Some, entirely naked, stare at us fixedly; their nudity is in no way provocative, it amplifies the transparent, neutral, invisible aspect. Ghosts! Witnesses to the life they pass through and that Maxime Parodi invites us to share." […] Extract, Jeanpierre Paringaux, February 2025 maxime-parodi.com @maxime_parodi Biography Artist documents Main exhibition at the gallery: Les vengeances de la nuit Solo exhibitions 2024 Chair enfer , Une chapelle, un artiste, Roure 2024 Chair paradis , Une chapelle, un artiste, 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 Espace à vendre , Nice 2022 L'intime du vide , Le Dojo, Nice 2022 SALO X, Salon du dessin érotique , Paris 2021 Les chapelles voisines , Une chapelle, un artiste, Roure 2020 Voilà l’été.. , le 109, Nice 2020 Lauréats du Prix Pierre David Weill , 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 , gallery of the Aix-en-Provence art school 2013 Galerie Susini , Aix-en-Provence 2012 La moindre cause , la Compagnie, Marseille 2012 Nouveaux regards , Atelier Cézanne, Aix-en-Provence 2011 Dehors Dedans , Musée d’Histoire Naturelle, 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,…
