“I’m a being attached to the flaws inherent to humankind. We are all much the same: we
make mistakes, we feel vices, at times give in to them, and we correct our flaws as best we can. Humankind delights me, enlightens me, wounds me, no longer surprises me, and at times forgives me… as I can sometimes forgive anyone -without any religious principles. I strive to transcribe these flaws through my experiences, my life, leaving a blue patch as a mirror, a witness to the scene. Antique civilizations inspire me and serve as my subjects, representing identities both universal and eternal in a contemporary context. Are these Greco-Roman statues and Egyptian sculptures really devoid of any flaws? How would they react in today’s world?
Through all these inspirations and my own experiences, I feel the need to confront and to unite these two different worlds…
On a simple sheet of paper, I found my solution: collage.”
MIME is a French visual artist based between Tours and Paris. After studying digital design, motion design, and contemporary art, he developed an artistic practice that quickly became a true obsession. Self-taught in the world of collage, he has gradually expanded his work to include digital art, installations, and NFTs.
His inspiration stems from his travels and the secondhand bookstores he frequents assiduously. He leafs through, hunts for, sources, cuts, recuts, hides, and assembles faces, busts, and fragments of images from all eras. His creations reflect both his moods and the experiences that have shaped his journey. Egyptian aesthetics, antiquity, ancient and contemporary architecture, as well as the human questions of our time, constitute his main sources of inspiration.
Through his collages and installations, MIME confronts the legacies of the past with contemporary realities, creating works where memory, identity, and emotion engage in dialogue. He has participated in several digital art exhibitions, notably at the Grand Palais Éphémère in Paris and the Nox Gallery in Tokyo. His work has also been featured in solo exhibitions in France and Japan, before being exhibited in Belgium.
Whether working with paper, digital media, or installations, his work remains guided by the same approach: reinventing forgotten images to give them new resonance in the present.