Marguerite Humeau lives and works in London. She received her MA from the Royal College of Art, London, in 2011. Solo exhibitions of her work have been held at HAM (Helsinki Art Museum), Finland (2025); ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art, Ishøj, Denmark (2025); ICA Miami, Florida (2024); Lafayette Anticipations, Paris (2021); Kunstverein Hamburg, Germany (2019); Museion, Bolzano, Italy (2019); New Museum, New York (2018); Tate Britain, London (2017); Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich, Switzerland (2017); Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin (2017); Nottingham Contemporary, UK (2016); and Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2016).
Humeau’s work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions, including those at the Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London (2024); Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (2021); the Istanbul Biennial, Turkey (2019); Centre Pompidou, Paris (2019); MAMVP, Paris (2019); the High Line, New York (2017); Château de Versailles, France (2017); Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (2017); FRAC Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France (2017); Serpentine Galleries, London (2014); and the Victoria and Albert Museum, Sculpture Gallery, London (2014).
Humeau’s work was included in the 15th Gwangju Biennale (2024), the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia curated by Cecilia Alemani, and the 23rd Biennale of Sydney (both 2022). In 2023, Humeau created the 160-acre earthwork ‘Orisons’ in San Luis Valley, Colorado—one of the largest earthworks ever produced by a solo female artist. The project was curated and produced by Black Cube Nomadic Art Museum, headquartered in Denver.
