Course poursuite Printmaking by Maye

Victorien Liria, aka Maye, was born in Sète in 1990. Passionate about drawing, he first expressed himself in the streets of Montpellier with graffiti where he has been developing research around lettering since 2004.

Influenced by the local scene, he takes advantage of each encounter to continue his learning and succeeds in making a place for himself among his peers. His determination and talent allow him to quickly improve on the walls. Self-taught in painting, Maye moved from the wall to the canvas in 2013. He works on these two practices in a complementary way. Painting on canvas allows him to use the experiments he developed on ephemeral supports and to begin to build his work in a sustainable way. Unlike the wall, the canvas is made to last, he takes advantage of it to deploy his taste for detail and narration. Her work on canvas takes us on a journey through allegorical scenes, inspired by her personal experiences, her memories and nourished by her imagination.

A perfectionist, Maye likes to play with the depth of the image, the effects of light and materials to create her landscapes where nature covers the ruins of a futuristic world. The confrontation between technology and lush vegetation reminds us of the fragility of the relationship between Man and nature. Her settings are inhabited by slender, supple and curved characters. Their very detailed clothing partly reveals their half-mechanical bodies. Like their environment, these women and men are composed of natural and artificial elements. The flourishing interaction between these human figures and the animals that surround them contrasts with the ambient chaos and brings a touch of hope. We also find this optimism in her use of pastel colors, whose warmth and light burst forth in places.

• Nationality: FRANCE
• Date of birth : unknown date
• Artistic domains: Represented by a Gallery,
• Groups: Contemporary French Artists Artists presented by a gallery