Marguerite Humeau

Marguerite Humeau

BornNationalityBased In
1986FrenchLondon, Cholet
Biography

Marguerite Humeau’s artistic practice is concerned with imagining and ‘prototyping worlds that are invisible or extinct, or parallel to ours. They might exist, but we don’t really know about them.’ The artist’s speculative fictions are formed by uncovering forms and ideas that have been forgotten or lost, that have fallen off the map throughout history. Humeau’s is a practice of seeking to comprehend; ‘[the worlds] are based on mysteries that I am trying to understand. I am extracting real things, and then expanding into “what if?” scenarios.’ Humeau’s process of research and investigation has led her to collaborations with anthropologists, historians, scientists, explorers, linguists, engineers, palaeontologists and zoologists and, in order to hold a broader understanding of knowledge, she has recently learned from the marginal voices of foragers and oral historians. The outcomes of Humeau’s work are mainly presented sculpturally; vast, extra-terrestrial, extratemporal forms rendered in ghostly white with synthetic materials such as polystyrene, latex and silicone. Written by Goldsmiths CCA ...

Selected Artworks
Solaris
Marguerite HumeauSolaris, 2021
45.08 x 89.87 x 89.87cm
OTTO III
Marguerite HumeauOTTO III, 2017
600 x 325 x 285cm
JONNY'S CHILD (OH7B)
Marguerite HumeauJONNY'S CHILD (OH7B), 2017
239 x 133 x 134.5cm
A Random Encounter
The Origin of Humankind I
Venus-Brain XI
Marguerite HumeauVenus-Brain XI, 2019
65 x 43.3cm
Venus-Brain IX
Marguerite HumeauVenus-Brain IX, 2019
64.7 x 45.3cm
Venus-Brain XIII
Marguerite HumeauVenus-Brain XIII, 2019
63.7 x 45.3cm
Venus-Brain I
Marguerite HumeauVenus-Brain I, 2019
59 x 40.3cm
Venus-Brain IV
Marguerite HumeauVenus-Brain IV, 2019
59.5 x 39.5cm
Russian Thistle Spins
Marguerite HumeauRussian Thistle Spins, 2023
110 x 129 x 125cm
Sandhill Crane Songs
Marguerite HumeauSandhill Crane Songs, 2023
210 x 260 x 250cm
Sandhill Crane Songs
Marguerite HumeauSandhill Crane Songs, 2023
200 x 170 x 153cm
Sandhill Crane Songs
Marguerite HumeauSandhill Crane Songs, 2023
190 x 160 x 150cm
Horseweed Pendulum
Marguerite HumeauHorseweed Pendulum, 2023
130 x 190 x 170cm
Spurge Dances
Marguerite HumeauSpurge Dances, 2023
120 x 165 x 120cm
Russian Thistle Spins
Marguerite HumeauRussian Thistle Spins, 2023
120 x 135 x 135cm
Russian Thistle Spins
Marguerite HumeauRussian Thistle Spins, 2023
85 x 130 x 110cm
Russian Thistle Spins
Orisons Divination Map
Marguerite HumeauOrisons Divination Map, 2023
124.2 x 124.2 x 8.8cm
Orisons Divination Map
Marguerite HumeauOrisons Divination Map, 2023
124.2 x 124.2 x 8.8cm
Orisons Divination Map
Marguerite HumeauOrisons Divination Map, 2023
124.2 x 124.2 x 8.8cm
Gallery Representation
Awards
Zurich Art Prize2017
Biennals
Venice Biennial2022 - Venice
The Biennale of Sydney2022 - Sydney
Belgrade Biennale2021 - Belgrade
Istanbul Biennial2019 - Istanbul
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