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
Queen with Leopards, A 150-year-old female human has ingested a manatee’s brain
Marguerite Humeau
Queen with Leopards, A 150-year-old female human has ingested a manatee’s brain, 2018
58.42 x 41.91 x 80.01cm
Superior Oneness, A 70-year-old female human has ingested an alligator's brain
Marguerite Humeau
Superior Oneness, A 70-year-old female human has ingested an alligator's brain, 2019
59 x 21.3cm
Solaris
Marguerite Humeau
Solaris, 2021
45.08 x 89.87 x 89.87cm
OTTO III
Marguerite Humeau
OTTO III, 2017
600 x 325 x 285cm
Coeur de Marie, A relationship that you can’t get out of your head, that is still somehow alive, unfinished. It has become a mythical place, an abandoned campsite in your mental landscape. Inspired by the Bleeding Heart, the plant extract traditionally given to the brokenhearted and the codependent, as it is made of two fused flowers, each being half of a heart
Marguerite Humeau
Coeur de Marie, A relationship that you can’t get out of your head, that is still somehow alive, unfinished. It has become a mythical place, an abandoned campsite in your mental landscape. Inspired by the Bleeding Heart, the plant extract traditionally given to the brokenhearted and the codependent, as it is made of two fused flowers, each being half of a heart, 2022
139 x 157 x 110cm
The Dancer II, A marine mammal invoking higher spirits
Marguerite Humeau
The Dancer II, A marine mammal invoking higher spirits, 2019
64 x 171 x 240cm
JONNY'S CHILD (OH7B)
Marguerite Humeau
JONNY'S CHILD (OH7B), 2017
239 x 133 x 134.5cm
Venus of Courbet, An 80-year-old female human has ingested the brain of a swallow
Marguerite Humeau
Venus of Courbet, An 80-year-old female human has ingested the brain of a swallow, 2018
33 x 108 x 74cm
Venus of Frasassi, A 10-year-old female human has ingested a rabbit’s brain
Marguerite Humeau
Venus of Frasassi, A 10-year-old female human has ingested a rabbit’s brain, 2018
79.7 x 32 x 28cm
Black Spirit, A female human of an unknown age has ingested a Tasmanian devil’s brain
Marguerite Humeau
Black Spirit, A female human of an unknown age has ingested a Tasmanian devil’s brain, 2018
43 x 11.5 x 9.5cm
The Garden of Resuscitation (Black Mulleins)
Marguerite Humeau
The Garden of Resuscitation (Black Mulleins), 2021
87.5 x 128cm
Deep Past, High Skies, Far Future, Earth Crust, Deep Past
Marguerite Humeau
Deep Past, High Skies, Far Future, Earth Crust, Deep Past, 2018
89.8 x 124.5cm
Lascaux-Brain II (Projections)
Marguerite Humeau
Lascaux-Brain II (Projections), 2019
35 x 47.3cm
Permanence of Myths, Finitude of Bodies
Marguerite Humeau
Permanence of Myths, Finitude of Bodies, 2019
47.5 x 64.7cm
A Random Encounter
Marguerite Humeau
A Random Encounter, 2018
35 x 47.3cm
The Origin of Humankind I
Marguerite Humeau
The Origin of Humankind I, 2018
35 x 40.2cm
Venus-Brain XI
Marguerite Humeau
Venus-Brain XI, 2019
65 x 43.3cm
Venus-Brain IX
Marguerite Humeau
Venus-Brain IX, 2019
64.7 x 45.3cm
Venus-Brain XIII
Marguerite Humeau
Venus-Brain XIII, 2019
63.7 x 45.3cm
Venus-Brain I
Marguerite Humeau
Venus-Brain I, 2019
59 x 40.3cm
Venus-Brain IV
Marguerite Humeau
Venus-Brain IV, 2019
59.5 x 39.5cm
The Dead, The Dancers, and The Air, A shoal of fish performing a breathing ritual in an attempt to bring their dead back to life
Marguerite Humeau
The Dead, The Dancers, and The Air, A shoal of fish performing a breathing ritual in an attempt to bring their dead back to life, 2019
80.6 x 80 x 180.5cm
Russian Thistle Spins
Marguerite Humeau
Russian Thistle Spins, 2023
110 x 129 x 125cm
Sandhill Crane Songs
Marguerite Humeau
Sandhill Crane Songs, 2023
210 x 260 x 250cm
Sandhill Crane Songs
Marguerite Humeau
Sandhill Crane Songs, 2023
200 x 170 x 153cm
Sandhill Crane Songs
Marguerite Humeau
Sandhill Crane Songs, 2023
190 x 160 x 150cm
Horseweed Pendulum
Marguerite Humeau
Horseweed Pendulum, 2023
130 x 190 x 170cm
Spurge Dances
Marguerite Humeau
Spurge Dances, 2023
120 x 165 x 120cm
Russian Thistle Spins
Marguerite Humeau
Russian Thistle Spins, 2023
120 x 135 x 135cm
Russian Thistle Spins
Marguerite Humeau
Russian Thistle Spins, 2023
85 x 130 x 110cm
Russian Thistle Spins
Marguerite Humeau
Russian Thistle Spins, 2023
75 x 94 x 83cm
Orisons Divination Map
Marguerite Humeau
Orisons Divination Map, 2023
124.2 x 124.2 x 8.8cm
Orisons Divination Map
Marguerite Humeau
Orisons Divination Map, 2023
124.2 x 124.2 x 8.8cm
Orisons Divination Map
Marguerite Humeau
Orisons Divination Map, 2023
124.2 x 124.2 x 8.8cm
The Underground Metamorphosis of the Magicicada
Marguerite Humeau
The Underground Metamorphosis of the Magicicada, 2022
110.49 x 150.5 x 6.05cm
Orisons (past and future rainmaking songs and dances, thunderbirds flapping their wings, the ghosts of sandhill cranes who don’t come anymore)
Marguerite Humeau
Orisons (past and future rainmaking songs and dances, thunderbirds flapping their wings, the ghosts of sandhill cranes who don’t come anymore), 2022
147.5 x 207 x 6cm
Gallery Representation
Awards
Zurich Art Prize2017
Zurich Art Prize2017
Biennals
The Biennale of Sydney2022 - Sydney
Venice Biennial2022 - Venice
Venice Biennial2022 - Venice
The Biennale of Sydney2022 - Sydney
Belgrade Biennale2021 - Belgrade
Belgrade Biennale2021 - Belgrade
Istanbul Biennial2019 - Istanbul
Istanbul Biennial2019 - Istanbul
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