Maxime Jean Lefebvre is an interdisciplinary artist working across printmaking, ceramics, and tiles of many kinds. His work examines systems of power and national mythology, often through the lens of queerness and immigration. Drawing from both digital and analog techniques, Lefebvre’s practice explores the friction between physical craft and virtual design, using 3D rendering software like Maya with traditional processes such as lithography.

Born and raised in France and based in Providence, RI since 2017, Lefebvre’s work seeks to unpack the aesthetics and contradictions of American soft power, especially its military iconography. Recent projects mark a shift toward the integration of personal narratives, most recently The Dazzling Ghost of the Sinking Cutter, a visual tragicomedy in three acts exploring the unfolding of a queer relationship. The first act, A Sinking Feeling, is about the weaponization of belief; whether belief in a person or in an entire system. The use of an antiquated medium like mosaic references symbols from classical antiquity that have been repeatedly repurposed to legitimize power and construct myths.

Maxime was a two-year merit fellow at the Steel Yard and has exhibited nationally and internationally, including most recently at the Winterthur Museum (DE) and has an upcoming solo exhibition at Overlap Gallery (RI) in Fall 2025. His work will also appear in the forthcoming Mid America Print Council publication.

Maxime teaches Foundation courses at Wheaton, like 2D and 3D Design and Drawing I. He also teaches at the Rhode Island School of Design, mostly in the Foundations and Printmaking Departments.