Narcisse Davim

I am a French visual artist based in Paris, creating icon‑like paintings that blend sacred imagery, pop culture, and personal mythology. My work revisits traditional religious and symbolic representations through a contemporary lens, mixing devotion, irony, and a sense of narrative tension. Bold outlines, saturated colors, and ornamental details play a central role in my compositions, giving each piece a luminous, almost stained‑glass presence.

I am particularly interested in how images of saints, martyrs, and divine figures continue to shape our collective imagination today. By recomposing these figures, fragmenting bodies, and multiplying symbols, I question themes of sacrifice, identity, and transcendence, while leaving space for the viewer’s own interpretation. My paintings are built slowly, layer by layer, with a strong attention to line, texture, and pattern, so that every element — from the smallest star to the background motif — participates in the storytelling.

Through this work, I aim to create contemporary icons that feel both familiar and unsettling, oscillating between reverence and subversion. I want each piece to function like a visual relic from an imagined mythology, inviting viewers to confront their beliefs, de...

I studied fine arts at the École des Beaux‑Arts in Versailles and later pursued studies in architecture and film.