multimedia visual artist

About

Marcy Petit was born in Le Mans (France) in 1990.

After high school, she obtained a Master's degree in Contemporary Art Management at the University of Leeds and Paris 8 after having obtained a BA and MA in Fine Art at the University of Rennes. She currently lives and works between London (UK) and France.

 As an emerging artist, she is known for her diverse portfolio. Her multidisciplinary works comprise of videos, photographs, performances, sound recordings, installations, textile work, and more.

Her work takes a critical view of social, political and cultural issues including gender, feminism and working-class conditions. Often referencing personal memories, experiences and trauma, her work explores the varying relationships between popular culture, lived experiences, and the female condition.

Inspired by Bertrand Clavez, she also developed a practice oriented towards performance art. This medium represents an important part of her artistic work, using and staging her own body in public, collective, and solo confrontations of the representation of women’s bodies.

After a residency in Spain in 2018 and in Iceland in 2022, Marcy Petit also developed an interest in the observation and representation of territories and landscapes from an ecofeminist point of view.

 Marcy Petit has already exhibited her work internationally and is currently working on a variety of new projects.


Collective Exhibitions:

- Semi-Conscious, Islington Arts Factory, London, UK, November 2023

- Space, Places, Broadway Gallery, Hertfordshire, UK, April 2023

- Anywhere in between, The tub, Hackney, London, U.K, August 2022

-Hey Mummy !, 59 Rivoli gallery, Paris, France, June 2022 [Download the press kit]

- RIPOSTE, The Cause, London, UK, December 2021

- Let Us Eat Cake, Pineapple Black Art Gallery, Middlesbrough, UK, June 2021

- Portes ouvertes des ateliers d’artistes, Rennes, France, October 2020

- FORM.FEM., Blech Galerie, Halle (Saale), Germany, August 2020 [Download the brochure]

- The lost festivals, The Lacuna Studios, online festival, July 2020

La Femme s’expose, Cultural Centre of Andenne, Belgium, March, 2019 [Download the brochure]

Paradoxe, Les Ateliers Pandore, l’International, Paris, France, 2018

- The Wall, L’Entre Monde, Aubervilliers, France, 2017

- Aklumda, an exhibition in featuring with Natacha Lesueur, Espace M, Rennes, France, 2014

PROJECTIONS & FESTIVALS OF ART VIDEO:

- Social World Film Festival -11th Edition / New Languages category, 11 - 18 July 2021

- Festival Lift-Off Global Network (online), Pinewood Studios, London, Sessions February 2021

- Festival ECRÃ, Museum of modern art, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 20 - 30 august 2020

Wherever I go, I’m in a movie, East bristol Contemporary & BF Artist Film, Festival, Bristol, U.K, 2018 [Download the brochure]

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

Double Reflexion, Bowery Gallery, Leeds, U.K, 2017

The shadows aren’t mute, Retirement House Raymon Thomas, Rennes, France, 2013

PUBLIC PERFORMING ACTIONS:

- [F] LE MUR [M] - action performative en faveur des murs, performing action in duo with Funda Tokac, 2017

Invitations, a food happening with Romain Revers, Rennes, France, 2014

WHERE AND HOW DID YOU FIND THAT!, Fluxus Event Party (with Ben Patterson), Rennes, France, 2011

ARTISTIC RESIDENCES:

-Icelandic Textile Center Residency Program, Blönduós, Iceland, October 2022

-Zaratan Residency Program, Zaratan Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal, August 2021

- AADK Residency Program, Negra Centre, Blanca, Spain, 2019


Contact:

marcy.petit@gmail.com

Follow ME on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/marcy.tiny/