Rémanence - peinture contemporaine de Franck Saïssi, huile sur toile

Franck Saïssi

Artiste et peintre contemporain basé à Nice.
Peintures, dessins sur cartes marines et encres sur livres interrogent la mémoire et l’architecture, entre lumière, silence et disparition.
Une œuvre qui explore les seuils du visible et de l’intime, entre réel et illusion.

Nóstos (Νόστος), Huile sur toile, 200×200 cm, par Franck Saïssi

Paintings

Mental architectures between light and erasure.

Détail du dessin Cargo, encre de Chine sur carte marine, par Franck Saïssi

Drawings on Nautical Charts

At the crossroads of territories — between cartographies, engravings, and forgotten reefs.

Detail des carcasses, encre de Chine sur page de livre par Franck Saïssi

Ink on Books

Fragments of stories converse with ink.

Exhibitions / News

Recent Exhibitions and Ongoing Projects

Paréidolie — Contemporary Drawing Fair, Marseille
Guest Artist: August 29, 30 & 31, 2025
[Discover the Exhibition →]

New project in progress
Between installation, film, and writing.

Studio Notes

A glimpse behind the scenes. The process, the doubts, the material, the studio.
A personal visual diary.

  • Nóstos and Camille
    Studio Journals — Nóstos and Camille In Greek, Nóstos (Νόστος) carries the idea of an impossible return — that of Ulysses after his long voyage, toward a home that no longer exists or has transformed so deeply it has become foreign. It’s the word that gave us nostalgia. In my painting Nóstos…