Margaux Derhy was born in France to a French mother and a Moroccan father. She studied at Central Saint Martins (CSM) and later pursued the MA Painting at the Royal College of Art (RCA). She currently lives and works between Paris and Massa, Morocco.

Her artistic work is rooted in family narratives and her Franco-Moroccan heritage, creating a reflection on emotional bonds, transmitted memories, and the empty spaces left by the absent, while exploring the multiple facets of pluridentity.

She develops an experimental practice that combines painting, sewing machine work, and traditional hand embroidery while also
exploring ceramics as a separate discipline.

The community plays a central role in her approach, through the establishment of a residency and a group of embroiderers in Massa, the foundation of the women artists' collective Le Cercle de l'Art or the writing of the artist guide "Le Backpack de l'Artiste". In each project, there is a deep commitment to fostering artistic exchange and creating opportunities for economic stability.

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: "D'une Rive à l'Autre" by Artybox (Casablanca); Eros Hypnotica" by Artwork in Promess, Paris (2022); Spring Agency show, Paris (2021); AoraIII 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).

5 étonnantes portraitistes qui manient le fil avec talent

SHOWS

2023

Portfolio presentation for Le Cercle de l'Art - Paris

Duo Show at Artybox by curator Achraf Remok - Casablanca

Menart Art Fair with Le Cercle & Revie Projects - Paris

Akaa Art Fair with Revie Projects - Paris (upcoming)

Group show at Larock Granoff Gallery - Paris (upcoming)

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

In-situ painting for Merci Paris Apartement - 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 Bonnie 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 - 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) - 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

2024: Jaal Resort Residency - Marrakech (upcoming)

2022: Clay Ceramic Residency - Marseille

2021: Residency Al Maqam - Marrakech

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

Beaux Arts Magazine / Sarah Belmont / 5 étonnantes portraitistes qui manient le fil avec talent

L'officiel des Galeries et Musées / Nadège Besnard-Roussel / Les mémoire ravivées de Margaux Derhy

Visible Média / Olympe Ditner / Encourager et soutenir les jeunes femmes artistes

Maroc 24 / Faouzia Marouf / Margaux Derhy, au fil de la broderie

Art et Décoration / Caroline Appert / Trois questions à Margaux Derhy

Les Echos / Charlotte Merlet / Vers un cercle vertueux de l'art

Femmes d’Art / Marie Stéphanie Servos / Femmes d’Art #0, trois questions à Margaux Derhy

Artistik Rezo / Mona Dortindeguey / Le Cercle de l’art, un nouveau modèle

Boum! Bang! / Ariane Serck / La couleur de l'enfance

Quotidien de l’Art / Armelle Malvoisin / Margaux Derhy à Ddessin

Paablo / Grégoire Prangé / What if I can’t remember to remember him ?

Article by Didier Goupil / Mémoire Vive

Revue Profane #5 / Carine Soyer / Une double vie

Littérature Mineure / Marie-Laure Dagoit /Tiny Book "Mémoire Vive"

PODCASTS

Massa Stories / Tara Benveniste / Massa Stories, la résidence

Chamade / Marie Girardin Lépine / Toute ma vie se situe autour du domaine de la peinture

Innover dans le monde de l'art / Lyse de Quillacq / Le Cercle de l'Art

Generation XX / SihamJibril / #48 Margaux Derhy, artiste peintre

PROJECTS

Le Cercle de l'Art Founder

Le Backpack de l'Artiste Author

Les Amis des Artistes Founding Member

Massa Residency Hostess

Art Thinking Collective Member

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 Glacière des Ateliers Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris (ABA), atelier Gonzalo Belmonte - Paris