Paul Maheke

Born in 1985

Lives & works in Montpellier

Across various forms and artistic disciplines, Maheke has sustained a long-term exploration into the ways that marginalised bodies, narratives and histories are made visible and invisible. Resisting a probing of identity that sits solely within the framework of identity politics, Maheke’s trajectory has continuously been channelled through spectral sensations. The artist has called in ghosts, spirits and non-human beings into his works to invite a re-orientation to the way that we, the audience, are able to perceive; which is to say, to reframe the way that we are able to see, feel and listen.

In reconfiguring the sensible, Maheke seeks to shift the dominant systems of discourse production and understanding that heavily depend on representation, visibility and legibility as the ultimate forms of truth, value and power. Instead, the artist nurtures the formation of a self through a state of in-betweenness; one where esoteric, spiritual, queer and embodied knowledges help Maheke garner the potential for prophecy.

À travers sa pratique du dessin, de la vidéo, du son et de la danse, Paul Maheke poursuit une recherche sur la manière dont les corps, les récits et les histoires marginalisés sont rendus tour à tour visibles et invisibles. Résistant à l'idée d'une identité bien définie, la trajectoire de Paul Maheke s’est construite autour de présences spectrales. L’artiste invoque des fantômes, des esprits et des êtres non-humains pour réorioenter notre perception, à savoir la manière dont nous pouvons voir, ressentir et écouter.

En reconfigurant le sensible, Maheke cherche à renverser les systèmes hégémoniques de production du savoir, systèmes qui font de la représentation, la visibilité et la lisibilité les formes ultimes de la vérité, de la valeur et du pouvoir. L’artiste cultive à la place l’idée d’un moi qui se formerait dans un état d’entre-deux, état dans lequel les savoirs ésotériques, queers et incarnés permettent de rassembler les potentiels pour de nouveaux futurs.

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May 9 – Jun 14, 2025

ValedictionCentre Clark, Montréal, CADuo show with Stina Baudin
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Sep 28 – Nov 30, 2024

In spite of my own desire to see you disappearSouthern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, CASolo show
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Oct 5 – Nov 23, 2024

Vert pétri d'eauSultana, Paris, FRSolo show
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Sep 10 – Oct 31, 2024

All the messages are emotional, 25th Ricard Prize, 2024Fondation Pernod Ricard, Paris, France Clémentine Adou, Madison Bycroft, HaYoung, Charlotte Houette, Lenio Kaklea and Mona Varichon
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Mar 23 – Jun 29, 2024

Paul Maheke : To Be Blindly HopefulMostyn, Holywell, UKSolo show
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Oct 14 – Nov 25, 2023

I see no difference between a handshake and a poemMendes Wood DM, Paris, FRGroup show with Juan Pérez Agirregoikoa, Armando Andrade Tudela, Lucas Arruda, Karim Aïnouz, Adrián Balseca, Tosh Basco, Katinka Bock, Paloma Bosquê, Nina Canell, Guglielmo Castelli, Mariana Castillo Deball, Alejandro Cesarco, Henri Chopin, Marguerite Duras, Philipp Fleischmann, Sonia Gomes, Barbara Hammer, Runo Lagomarsino, Patricia Leite, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Hana Miletić, Charlotte Moth, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Paulo Nazareth, Lygia Pape, Yvonne Rainer, Letícia Ramos, Mauro Restiffe, Luiz Roque, Giangiacomo Rossetti, Maaike Schoorel, Jeremy Shaw, Paula Siebra, Willard Steiner and Ralph Van Dyke, Davide Stucchi, Kishio Suga, Pol Taburet, Sophie Thun and Erika Verzutti
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Oct 26 – Dec 8, 2023

The Purple ChamberICA Fondazione, Milan, ITSolo show
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Dec 2, 2020 – Jan 30, 2021

Yesn't IISultana, Paris, FRGroup show with Absalon, Fabienne Audeoud, David Caille, Jesse Darling, Anthea Hamilton, Anthea Hamilton & Nicholas Byrne, Candice Lin, Tabita Rezaire, Patrick Staff, free yard
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Jan 20 – Mar 17, 2019

A Fire Circle For A Public HearingVleeshal Center for Contemporary Art, Middleburg, NLSolo show
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Apr 1 – Jun 1, 2019

Diable blancSultana, Paris, FRSolo show
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Apr 28 – Jun 17, 2017

Acqua AltaSultana, Paris, FRSolo show
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