Paul Maheke

Born: 1985

in Brive-la-Gaillarde (France).

He lives and works in Montpellier (France).

Through a varied, often collaborative body of work that includes performances, installations and video, Paul Maheke explores the body’s potential as an archive, in order to analyse how memory and identity are built and shaped, from a decolonial perspective. He completed a residency at Villa Albertine in Chicago and Los Angeles in 2023, and is currently resident at Villa Medici in Rome from 2025 to 2026.
In 2026, he will take part in the group exhibition Here: Pride and Belonging in African Art, at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington (USA).

Exhibition of the artist