Maeli — Contemporary visual artist

Winner of the Woman Art Award
by MUSA International 2026

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Series

Allure, watercolour

Glitch

Fragments of Africa from social media, returned to the slowness of watercolour.

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L'histoire non racontée de nous deux, watercolour

Fleuraisons intimes

Flowers as emotional memory: ways of letting the portrait open onto an inner landscape.

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“An intimate encounter with the gaze of the other.”

Maeli painting in watercolour in her studio
Maeli in her studio, in front of her painting Efflorescent

A French painter of Cameroonian descent, I work in watercolour with a contemporary, sensitive and luminous approach that takes the portrait as its starting point. My works reveal a deeply human and plural presence.

They seek to reflect the complexity of our identities and cultures, and the tension between our strengths and our vulnerabilities, through a soft palette, delicate light and close attention to expression.

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Next exhibition Efflorescence Théâtre Musical de Pibrac — February & March 2027 Get an invitation to the opening →