Margaux Derhy was born in France from a French mother and a Moroccan father before establishing herself in London, where she studied at Central Saint Martins and then received her MA Painting from the Royal College of Art in 2021.
She currently lives and works between Paris and her Safe Place in a Berber village by the sea.
Using paintings, drawings, sculptures, embroideries, collaborative projects with craftpersons and recently video, she creates artworks that she perceives as soft remedies to personal trauma of love and loss.
She attended several residencies including Al Maqam in Marrakech, Morocco (2021), Enamoura in Marseille, France (2020), Studio Kura in Fukuoka, Japan (2018) or Greatmore Studios in Cape Town, South Africa (2017) and is running the Massa Stories residency in Morocco since 2019. She is included in the Soho House Collection and was selected for the Dentons Art Prize 2020.
Her work has been shown in a number of exhibitions. Some of the most recent ones include: Spring Agency show, Paris (2021); Aora III by Aora Space, London (2021); Rongulaire by Tatiss, Lyon (2020); TwentyTwenty Women by The Artistellar, online (2020); Ddessin Art Fair, Paris (2020); Sunday Art Fair, London (2019) with A.Romy Gallery or Investec Art Fair, Cape Town (2018).
SHOWS
2022 :
Group show "Eros Hypnotica" by Artwork in Promess - Paris
Portfolio presentation for Le Cercle de l'Art - Paris
Sculpture for Le Casino de Paris - Paris
In-situ Fresco for La Noceria - Paris
2021 :
Group show "If The House Catches Fire" at Chapelle XIV - Paris
RCA graduate show at Cromwell Place - London
Group show by Spring Agency - Paris
Group show "Latence" by Chloé More - Paris
Virtual group show "Aora:III" by curator Jennifer Ellis - London
2020 :
Dentons Art Prize shortlisted - London
RCA WIP show at the Royal College of Arts (RCA) - London
Snapshot group show at Hockney Gallery (RCA) - London
A starry exhibition by Artwork in Promess - Paris
Ddessin Paris Art fair invited by Eve de Medeiros - Paris
TwentyTwenty Women by The Artistellar (online) - London
Rongulaire by Galerie Tatiss - Lyon
2019 :
Tate Exchange at Tate Modern, performance on the collective memory subject with Central Saint Martins - London
Group show "Human Manifesto", curated by the Feminist Society at Central Saint Martins - London
Interim show with Central Saint Martins at Apiary Studios - London
Auction "Tresor à la Carte" organized by Watever at Galeries Lafayette Anticipations - Paris
Group show "A Smaller Scale" at EBONY Curated - Cape Town
"En Cas de Pluie" for Atelier Stories with Jeune Création & Réseau Friche - Paris
Group show with Wilo & Grove - Paris
Group show "I live in an art gallery #1" by Atelier Stories - Geneva
Sunday Art Fair, off Frieze with A. Romy - London
Solo Show "Mémoire Vive" with KissmyArt Paris - Paris
2018 :
Embryonica, open studio at Central Saint Martins - London
Superflat Memory, residency show at Studio Kura - Itoshima (Japan)
Group show for AB-Kobo launching with limited embroideries on tee-shirts - Paris
Group show "Memories we might have" by HATSH - Paris
Group show "OPEN STUDIOS - Voyage Voyage" - Paris
Duo Show with Gabriel Folli for Private Place Project - Paris
Group Show "Shelves, Hangers, Desks" à la Galerie Le Coeur - Paris
Group Show "Here and now" at Greatmore Studios - Cape Town
Cape Town Art Fair with Greatmore Studios - Cape Town
2017 :
Solo show "90 Great Days, no More" at Galerie Fatiha Selam - Paris
Residency solo show "90 Great Days, no More" at Greatmore Studios - Cape Town
Group show " Throughlines" at Greatmore Studios - Cape Town
Open Studios at Ateliers Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris (ABA Glacière) - Paris
Group show at Artwork in Promess - Paris
Group show at Galerie Daniez et de Charette - Paris
Group show GARDER LE CAP at Galerie Valerie Delaunay - Paris
RESIDENCIES
2022 : Clay Ceramic Residency - Marseille
2021 : Residency Al Maqam - Morocco
2021 : La Source Garouste Iturria - Bayonne
2021 : Residency Enamoura - Marseille
2019, 2020, 2022 : Massa Stories - South Agadir
2018 : Studio Kura - Fukuoka
2017 : Greatmore Studios - Cape Town
2015 : La Ira de Dios - Buenos Aires
PUBLICATIONS
Portrait for Boum! Bang! online magazine
Portrait for the Podcast Generation XX
Article about my residency in Cape Town by Galerie DDC
Article for Revue Profane #5
Book about the serie "Mémoire Vive" by Littérature Mineure
Fondation Imago Mundi (Fondation Benetton)
PROJECTS
Founder Le Cercle de l'Art
Author of Le Backpack de l'Artiste
Founding Member of Les Amis des Artistes
Hostess of Massa Residency
Member of the Art Thinking Collective
Member of Les Amis du NMWA executive commitee
EDUCATION
2019-2021 : MA Painting, Royal College of Art (RCA) - London
2018-2019 : Postgraduate Diploma Art & Science (Fine Arts), Central Saint Martins - London
2015-2018 : Cycle Intensif des Ateliers Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris (ABA), atelier Gonzalo Belmonte - Paris