KEAN (b. 1988) is a French abstract painter whose gradient-based landscapes explore the emotional and optical limits of colour, light, and perception. A self-taught artist rooted in graffiti and influenced by American Colour Field and the Light and Space movement, KEAN uses meticulous layering to create luminous portals that blur the boundary between painting, photography, and dreamlike space. His recent works blurs the boundaries between memory and imagination, presence and escape.

KEAN’s work explores the tension between memory and perception, using seamless colour gradients to construct abstract landscapes that feel both intimate and infinite. Drawing on influences from graffiti, photography, and the Light and Space movement, his abstract landscapes function as portals — quiet spaces for reflection, escape, and sensory immersion. At Maddox Gallery, Fleeting Skies invites viewers to contemplate the passing of time through colour and light, challenging the boundaries between interior emotion and external atmosphere within contemporary abstraction.