Mark Maggiori

Mark Maggiori
Born (1977-06-16) June 16, 1977
Fontainebleau, France
NationalityFrench-American
Education
Known forPainting (oil) and Music
MovementWestern art
SpousePetecia Le Fawnhawk Maggiori[1]
Awards
  • William B. Travis Awards for Patrons Choice, 2016
  • Sam Houston Awards for Best Painting, 2017
  • Don B. Huntley Spirit of the West Award, 2018 and 2019
Websitemarkmaggiori.com

Mark Maggiori (born June 16, 1977) is a French-American painter, graphic designer, draftsman, musician, music video director and lead vocalist of the nu metal band Pleymo. He is noted for paintings of American cowboys, Native Americans and the American Southwest.

Early life and education

Maggiori was born in Fontainebleau in 1977. His father is Robert Maggiori, a French philosopher and journalist. At the age of 15, during his first visit to the United States, Maggiori went on a month-long road trip from New York City to San Francisco and visited several National Parks and other sites in the Southwestern United States. He later cited that trip as the beginning of his fascination with the Southwest and the inspiration behind his Western art.

Maggiori graduated from the Académie Julian in Paris, where he was formally trained in academic drawing.[2][3]

Music

From 1997 to 2007, Maggiori served as the lead vocalist, graphic designer, and music video director for his band, Pleymo.[2][4] After signing with Epic Records the band released four studio albums and toured internationally. Pleymo went on a hiatus after 2007, but reunited in 2018 with Maggiori once again providing lead vocals. After the reunion tour announcement for the Paris concert the band had sold out Le Trianon in Paris in less than a day.[5]

List of Pleymo music videos

  • 2002 : « New Wave » (Episode 2 : Medecine Cake)
  • 2002 : « United Nowhere » (Episode 2 : Medecine Cake)
  • 2003 : « Divine Excuse » (Rock)
  • 2004 : « Modaddiction » (Rock)
  • 2004 : « On ne changera rien » (Rock [réédition])
  • 2005 : « Rock » (Rock)
  • 2006 : « Adrenaline » (Alphabet Prison)
  • 2007 : « L'instinct et l'Envie » (Alphabet Prison)

Other music Videos

  • 2008 : Like A Hobo de Charlie Winston
  • 2009 : Apprends-Moi de Superbus
  • 2010 : Laisse Aller de Vadel
  • 2010 : I Love Your Smile de Charlie Winston
  • 2010 : Help Myself (Nous ne faisons que passer) de Gaetan Roussel
  • 2010 : Mes défauts de Superbus
  • 2010 : La Vengeance d'une Louve de Brigitte
  • 2010 : Ma Benz de Brigitte (Cover de NTM)
  • 2010 : Battez-vous de Brigitte
  • 2011 : I love you, mais encore des Starliners
  • 2011 : This is a love song de Lilly Wood & The Prick
  • 2012 : Drama Queen de Vadel
  • 2012 : Des mots invincibles de Leslie
  • 2013 : Paranoïak de Seth Gueko
  • 2014 : Comment faire des Plastiscines

Fine art

Maggiori began painting Western scenes in 2014.[6] Since then, his works have been featured in Forbes, Flaunt, Art of the West, Southwest Art, Western Horseman and others.[7][8] Maggiori has been noted in particular for the way he paints clouds in his landscape scenes, with Christopher Barker describing them as, "layered, textural monuments that both dwarf and magnify the subject with impossible detail."[6]

In addition to published features, Maggiori's paintings have been exhibited in the Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio, the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis, the Autry Museum of the American West and the Maxwell Alexander Gallery in Los Angeles.[9][10] In 2021, Maggiori exhibited paintings at the Couse-Sharp Historic Site in Taos, New Mexico.[11]

Beginning in 2017, he began to work en plein air in New Mexico, Arizona and Wyoming.[3] Maggiori's style and technique has drawn comparisons to Western artists Frederic Remington and Frank Tenney Johnson.[2] Gallery owner Beau Alexander has noted that Maggiori's paintings are unique[12] because of his outside perspective, having not grown up in the culture of the West and that "[He] goes to great lengths to have the cowboys depicted accurately...he will use colors and techniques learned in his photo and film days to create a more dramatic scene."[4][13]

Maggiori moved to Taos, New Mexico in 2019 and created the Taos Pueblo Art Education Fund in 2021, which raises money for the Taos Day School's art programs.[14][15]

Personal life

Mark Maggiori was married to French singer-songwriter Aurélie Saada from 2000 to 2012, with whom he has two children. In 2012 he married American artist and designer Petecia Le Fawnhawk. The couple have a daughter together.[16][17][18][19]

Controversies

In 2005, Mark Maggiori collaborated on an animated series project titled Anatane: Les Enfants d’Okura, which was openly inspired by Japanese animation. The project was developed in partnership with the French public television channel France 2 and the production company Les Films de la Perrine.

His visual work for the project sparked controversy within the animation community when the specialized French website Catsuka[20] published a report accusing him of plagiarizing background artwork from Studio Ghibli films.[21] Following the publication, Catsuka also highlighted that Maggiori’s graduation film, several album covers, and a short film titled Pop, created for French pop singer Pascal Obispo, allegedly included visuals copied from various Japanese manga and anime sources.[22]

As a result of this controversy, the neologism maggiorisme has occasionally been used on French-language internet forums related to anime and manga to describe cases of artistic plagiarism.[23]

References

  1. ^ "A Look at Love in the American West". Outside Magazine. April 28, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Ashley M. Biggers (September 15, 2015). "Show Preview – Mark Maggiori". Southwest Art. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Katie Lynn (June 27, 2019). "Mark Maggiori Brings The Romance of the American West To Life". Cowgirl Magazine. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Miles Griffis (March 28, 2019). "Cloudscapes: Mark Maggiori". Flaunt. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  5. ^ La Rédaction (March 22, 2018). "INTERVIEW – Pleymo, vingt ans après". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  6. ^ a b Christopher Barker (October 31, 2018). "Mark Maggiori is living in his own dream". Semipermanent. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  7. ^ Chad Scott (September 4, 2018). "'Quest for the West' Continues Bringing Best of Western Art To Indianapolis". Forbes. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  8. ^ "Mark Maggiori". The Autry. September 26, 2017. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  9. ^ Dana Joseph (March 13, 2019). "Art Beat: Night of Artists at the Briscoe". Cowboys and Indians. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  10. ^ Kathleen Petty (May 1, 2020). "An Eye Toward the West at the Briscoe Western Art Museum". San Antonio Magazine. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  11. ^ Dena Miller (September 30, 2021). "Preserving history: Lunder Research Center opens quietly at the Couse-Sharp Historic Site". Taos News. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  12. ^ "Petecia Le Fawnhawk - Esoteric Landscapes". Plastik Magazine. July 17, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
  13. ^ "A Guy, A Horse, A Hat, A Sunset: Mark Maggiori On Painting The West". Cowboys and Indians Magazine. December 19, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  14. ^ Lynne Robinson (July 7, 2021). "Mark Maggiori gives back". Taos News. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  15. ^ Lynne Robinson (April 21, 2021). "Mark Maggiori paints the Wild West". Taos News. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  16. ^ "Meet Petecia Le Fawnhawk | Artist and Designer – SHOUTOUT LA". shoutoutla.com. October 9, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
  17. ^ Cabe, Caroline (December 19, 2022). "A Guy, A Horse, A Hat, A Sunset: Mark Maggiori On Painting The West". Cowboys and Indians Magazine. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
  18. ^ "Petecia Le Fawnhawk - Esoteric Landscapes". Plastik Magazine. July 17, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
  19. ^ Stories, Local (April 24, 2023). "Check Out Petecia Le Fawnhawk-Maggiori's Story". Voyage LA Magazine | LA City Guide. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
  20. ^ "Catsuka – About the site". Catsuka (in French). Retrieved July 4, 2025.
  21. ^ Tsuka (September 20, 2004). "Maggiori veut IG & vole Ghibli". Catsuka (in French). Retrieved July 4, 2025.
  22. ^ Tsuka (July 5, 2005). "Mark Maggiori, un artiste sous influence". Catsuka (in French). Retrieved July 4, 2025.
  23. ^ "Use of the term "maggiorisme" on online forums". Catsuka Forums (in French). Retrieved July 4, 2025. See also archived or additional discussions mentioning the term on francefive.com, lafraise.com, cfsl.net, and bide-et-musique.com.
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