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Maite Leon is a French-Greek artist and illustrator based in Paris, France. Her work explores states of transition between the material and the immaterial, the familiar and the strange, the everyday object and the symbol it conceals. Drawing from Greek mythology, cinema, dreams and the surrealist tradition, she creates symbolic illustrations for contemporary narratives.
After studying linguistics at Paris X and visual communication at the École Duperré, she worked across creative industries including Sony Music, Disney Interactive Studios, and major publishing houses. For over a decade, she collaborated with Le Monde cartoonist Plantu, co-authoring several press cartoon collections and archiving his 30,000 original drawings, now housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
She works across editorial, publishing, cinema and fashion, collaborating with international press, publishers and cultural institutions. Working in both traditional and digital media, she combines pencil, ink, watercolour and digital techniques to produce vibrant, symbol-laden compositions.
CLIENTS
AWARDS
2025 3×3 International illustration Award, Honorable Mention
PROJECTS / RESIDENCIES
2026
Openbach Gallery, Summer Art residency 2026 (July), (Vincennes)
Orientation day art lecturer at Forum des Images/Tumo, (Paris)
The “Neighbours Gallery” with Expos to Day at Franprix Condorcet (Paris 17e), Franprix Belgrand (Paris 20e), Franprix Victor-Hugo (Paris 16e), Franprix Pantin (93), Franprix Simon Bolivar (Paris 18e)
2025
Openbach Gallery, Summer Art residency 2025 (June), (Vincennes)
Photo Portrait endowment, ADAGP
Mentoring program with Forum des Images/Tumo and ESRA (6 months)
The “Neighbours Gallery” with Expos to Day at Franprix Condorcet (Paris 17e) and Franprix Belgrand (Paris 20e)
2024
The “Neighbours Gallery” with Expos to Day at Franprix Condorcet (Paris 17e)
The “Neighbours Gallery” with Expos to Day at Franprix Belgrand (Paris 20e)
Openbach Gallery, Summer Art residency 2024 (May-June), (Vincennes)
2023 Mirror-Mirrors, Self-portraits online projet initiated by French artist Magali Cazo, (Paris)
EXHIBITIONS
2026 Summer Art Residents’ exhibition, Openbach Gallery (Vincennes, FR)
2025
Our Drawn Bodies exhibition, Openbach Gallery (Vincennes, FR)
Exhibition at the Botanical Garden House of the Parc Floral (Vincennes, FR)
Summer Art Residents’ exhibition, Openbach Gallery (Vincennes, FR)
2024
The Time of Dreams, Centre Paris Anim’ Maurice Ravel (Paris 12e)
Artistic Card Game (ATCG), Openbach Gallery (Vincennes, FR)
Summer Art Residents’ exhibition, Openbach Gallery (Vincennes, FR)
Art & Sport online virtual exhibition with La Maison des Artistes for the Olympic Games (FR)
2022
Beaux-Arts : L’Objet, Espace Culturel Gabriel, Viry-Chatillon (FR)
Portes Ouvertes des Ateliers d’artistes de Ménilmontant, Paris (FR)
Visions of Forced Labour, Palais des Nations Unies Genève, Suisse (CH)
Conservatoire Municipal Georges Bizet, Paris (FR)
2012-2019 Portes Ouvertes des Ateliers d’artistes de Ménilmontant, Paris (FR)
2010 Small formats in New York, The Art Gallery (US)
2009 Salon Art Shopping, Carrousel du Louvre (FR)
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