Maite Leon grew up in Athens, Greece, with bright colours, harsh shadows, and the smell of iodine.

Through her art and illustrations, she addresses our inner depths and shares emotions through texture and colour. She draws her inspiration from the exploration of nature and human nature, dreams, symbols and archetypes inspired by Greek mythology, cinema, fairy tales and everyday life.

Her pop-coloured palette and surrealist-tinged works highlight a sublimated aesthetic of our reality and question our approach to it, inviting us to take a dreamlike look at life that re-enchants the world.

Her technique is both manual and digital. She works for the press, magazines, publishing and advertising.

She also worked with the French cartoonist Plantu for 11 years at the newspaper Le Monde and has archived his collection of more than 25,000 original drawings, which are now kept at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF).