Margaux Derhy
Margaux Derhy was born in France to a French mother and a Moroccan Berber father. She studied in London at Central Saint Martins and earned a Master’s in Painting from the Royal College of Art. She currently lives and works between Paris and Massa, Morocco.
Her practice explores memory, heritage, and the complexities of “pluridentity” (multi-identity) through painting and embroidery. Drawing from photographic archives—specifically those of her paternal family, who left Morocco in 1967—she examines what is lost, silenced, or transformed by migration and assimilation.
Works
En solitude 3
En solitude 1
A mother’s solace 16
A mother’s solace 7
A mother’s solace 1
A mother’s solace 3
A mother’s solace 8
A mother’s solace 14
A mother’s solace 21
A mother’s solace 22
Jeux de métamorphose
Studio Mogador 1947 – Régine enfant
Mémoire Vive 55
En Solitude 4
En Solitude 2
Biography
Margaux Derhy was born in France to a French mother and a Moroccan Berber father. She studied in London at Central Saint Martins and earned a Master’s in Painting from the Royal College of Art. She currently lives and works between Paris and Massa, Morocco.
Her practice explores memory, heritage, and the complexities of “pluridentity” (multi-identity) through painting and embroidery. Drawing from photographic archives—specifically those of her paternal family, who left Morocco in 1967—she examines what is lost, silenced, or transformed by migration and assimilation.
In 2022, she established an embroidery workshop in Massa. The studio operates on the principles of co-creation: collaborators contribute actively to artistic decisions and are fully credited, challenging the art world’s tendency to obscure collaborative labor.
She has participated in several residencies, including the Institut Français de Tanger (2025), the Jaal residency (2024), and Al Maqam Marrakech (2021). Her recent exhibitions include 1-54 Marrakech and London (2025, 2024), Akka and Menart Fair Paris (2024, 2023), and “D’une Rive à l’Autre” (From One Shore to Another) at Eden Casablanca (2023).
Beyond her studio work, Margaux Derhy founded Le Cercle de l’Art in 2020, a community supporting French-speaking women artists, and has directed the Massa Stories artist residency since 2019.
Exhibitions
Videos
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Journal Intime
Career
Exhibitions
2026 (incoming)
« États de Passage », curaté par Achraf Remok, Izza, Marrakech
« La Mémoire des Gestes », Galerie 208, Marrakech
« The Garden of Encounters », Jnane Rumi, Marrakech
Exposition collective, Galerie Loft, Paris
Exposition collective, Tabari Artspace, Dubai
« Diaspora Wonderland », Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Berlin
« Le Mariage au Maghreb », Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris
Exhibitions
2026 (incoming)
« États de Passage », curaté par Achraf Remok, Izza, Marrakech
« La Mémoire des Gestes », Galerie 208, Marrakech
« The Garden of Encounters », Jnane Rumi, Marrakech
Exposition collective, Galerie Loft, Paris
Exposition collective, Tabari Artspace, Dubai
« Diaspora Wonderland », Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Berlin
« Le Mariage au Maghreb », Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris
2025
« Jeux d’artistes », Abla Ababou, Rabat
« Line(s) of Desire », curated by Achraf Remok, Izza, Marrakech
« En relation », curated by Jeanne Barral, Le Cercle de l’Art, Paris
« Hot Spots », Tabari Artspace, Sotheby’s, UAE
2024
« Ellipsis », Izza, Marrakech
« Suite Amazigh », Frederic Morales, Dubai
« Pick your way », Lee Bauwens Gallery, Brussels
2023
Portfolio presentation for Le Cercle de l’Art, Paris
Duo exhibition, Artybox Gallery, curated by Achraf Remok, Casablanca
Group exhibition, Larock Granoff Gallery with Le Cercle de l’Art, Paris
Vent, A drawing for Morocco, Paris Internationale Art Fair, Paris
2022
« Eros Hypnotica », by Artwork in Promess, Paris, France
Portfolio presentation for Le Cercle de l’Art, Paris
Fountain sculpture for Le Casino de Paris, Paris, France
Site-specific mural for La Noceria, Paris, France
Site-specific paintings for Merci Paris Apartment, Paris, France
2021
« If The House Catches Fire », Chapelle XIV, Paris, France
Graduation exhibition, Royal College of Arts (RCA), London, UK
Spring Agency, Paris, France
« Aora: III », curated by Jennifer Ellis for Aora Space, Plateforme Virtuelle
« Latence », curated by Chloé Bonnie More, Paris, France
2020
RCA WIP show, Royal College of Arts (RCA), London, UK
« Snapshot », Hockney Gallery (RCA), London, UK
« Artwork in promess, A starry exhibition », Paris, France
« Rongulaire », Galerie Tatiss, Lyon, France
« TwentyTwenty Women », by The Artistellar, London, UK
2019
Tate Exchange (Tate Modern), performance on collective memory with the CSM, London, UK
« We are Here we are », Apiary Studios, London, UK
Vente aux enchères « Un Trésor à la Carte », organized by Watever, Galeries Lafayette Anticipations, Paris, France
« A Smaller Scale », EBONY, Cape Town, South Africa
Jeune Création Hors les murs En Cas de Pluie, Paris, France
« I live in an art gallery #1 », by A. Romy, Geneva, Switzerland
Fairs
2025
1-54 Art Fair with L’Atelier 21, Marrakech
2024
1-54 Art Fair with L’Atelier 21, London
Menart Art Fair with Suite Amazigh, Paris
1-54 Art Fair with Revie Projects, Marrakech
2023
Menart Art Fair with Le Cercle & Revie Projects, Paris
Akaa Art Fair with Revie Projects x Galerie Loft, Paris
2020
DDESSININPARIS, invited by Eve de Medeiros, Paris, France
2019
Sunday Art Fair, off Frieze with A. Romy, London, UK
2018
Investec Cape Town Art Fair with Greatmore Studios, Cape Town, South Africa
Residency
2025
Residency at Amina Benbouchta Studio, Morocco
Institut Français, Tangier, Morocco
2024
Jaal Riad, Marrakech, Morocco
2021
Al Maqam, Marrakech, Morocco
Association La Source Garouste, Bayonne, France
2020
Enamoura, Marseille, France
2019/2020/2022/2023
Massa Stories, South Agadir, Morocco
2018
Studio Kura, Fukuoka, Japan
2017
Greatmore Studios, Cape Town, South Africa
2015
La Ira de Dios, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Education
2024
Training in traditional embroidery techniques at the École Lesage, Paris, France
2019-2021
Master’s degree in painting from the Royal College of Art (RCA), London, United Kingdom
2018-2019
Postgraduate degree in art and science from Central Saint Martins (CSM), London, United Kingdom
2015-2018
Intensive painting course, Fine Arts Workshop of the City of Paris (ABA), Paris, France