Marguerite Humeau’s work stages the crossing of great distances in time and space, transitions between animal and mineral, and encounters between personal desires and natural forces. The work explores the possibility of communication between worlds and the means by which knowledge is generated in the absence of evidence or through the impossibility of reaching the object of investigation. Marguerite Humeau weaves factual events into speculative narratives, therefore enabling unknown, invisible, or extinct forms of life to erupt in grandiose splendour. Combining prehistory, occult biology and science fiction in a disconcerting spectacle the works resuscitate the past, conflate subterranean and subcutaneous, all the while updating the quest genre for the information age. Marguerite Humeau studied at the Royal College of Art, London, where she obtained her MA in Design 142 Interactions in 2011. Her work has been shown in various solo and group exhibitions in museums including Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Manifesta11, Zürich; TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna; the Serpentine Gallery, London; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Her work has been recognised internationally through various talks, awards and publications, such as Mousse, Blau, Metropolis M, The New York Times, Elephant Magazine, Kaleidoscope, Monopol, TAR magazine, I-D, Berlin Art Link, Artnet, Sleek Magazine, NPR, France Culture, Libération, and Le Monde.
