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