Paul Alexis

Paul Alexis was born on 9 May 1947 in Arras, France. The death of his mother when he was four months old marked his childhood, and the painter himself says that his artistic approach lies in the relationship “from the intimate to the memory, from the memory to the trace, to the dream, to the icons.”

From this emotional emptiness came his strengths, his weaknesses and a great sensitivity. To console himself, Paul Alexis created a secret and imaginary world: he painted, drew, wrote and read diligently, determined to become a designer and to reverse trends.

Paul Alexis pursues his existence as an artist by practising a non-violent painting that seeks to provoke questioning, to see beyond appearances, and to rediscover the games of childhood with all the mysteries that accompany them — in a word, he has become the painter of mystery. He scrutinises his environment and his time, tracking images and what they symbolise to better leave the “photographed” trace, restoring to us what fixes an emotion, an event or a character in our memory.

Paul Alexis is co-founder of “Art en Capital” and President of the Salon Comparaisons in Paris, as well as Vice-President of the Salon Historique du Grand Palais. For his work he has received numerous awards, including the Taylor Foundation Award and the Reader's Digest Foundation Award, along with the most important French decorations: Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur and Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.