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FÉLIX DESCHAMPS MAK I SHANGHAI CULTURAL SPACE

MY FRIENDS

FÉLIX DESCHAMPS MAK EXHIBITION

SEPTEMBER 20 – NOVEMBER 2, 2025

The ICICLE Cultural Space in Shanghai presents My Friends, Félix Deschamps Mak's first solo exhibition in China.
From the façade of the central ICCF Garden building, transformed into an imaginary circus opening onto the street, to the interior spaces displaying oils and watercolors, the exhibition presents itself as a journey through which parades an unusual procession of human and animal figures.

For Félix Deschamps Mak, painting is not a matter of narration, much less of explanation, but of apparitions. It emphasizes the power of the moment, carried by an assertive theatricality: frontality, marked contrasts, a taste for masks and costumes. Standing out against vibrant backgrounds, devoid of any narrative clues, his figures inhabit a purely pictorial space, which intensifies their presence. The discrepancy between the excess of color and detail, the theatrical extravagance of the costumes, and this impression of unreality reinforces the ambiguity of the works.

SHANGHAI CULTURAL SPACE

ICCF GARDEN

2, HENGSHAN ROAD – XUHUI DISTRICT, SHANGHAI

FÉLIX DESCHAMPS MAK

Félix Deschamps Mak is a graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris.
Winner of the Antoine Marin Prize in 2022 and a former resident of the Casa de Velázquez, he has presented
several solo exhibitions in Paris with the Galerie Lazarew and in Marseille with the Galerie Double V. He has also participated in group projects in France (Mucem, Hôtel de Gallifet), in Spain, and the United States.

    Homme au chapeau, 2025, Oil on canvas, 200 x 97 cm, Courtesy of the Artist

    Jeune fille sur fond rose, 2025, Oil on canvas, 200 x 97 cm, Courtesy of the Artist

    Femme au chapeau #2, 2025, Oil on canvas, 73 x 62 cm, Courtesy of the Artist

    Matador au fond noir, 2025, Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm, Courtesy of the Artist

    Ours #2, 2025, Oil on canvas, 200 x 97 cm, Courtesy of the Artist

    Ours #3, 2025, Oil con canvas, 200 x 97 cm, Courtesy of the Artist

      SHANGHAI CULTURAL SPACE

      The ICICLE Space, located in ICCF Garden, aims to foster encounters between artists and cultural practitioners from East and West, in the pursuit of a global community of art and culture.