RESIDENCY
Nelly Zagury
Artist
Production Residency for the 12th edition of the Partcours
03.11.2023 - 06.12.2023
Courtesy Morel Donou & Selebe Yoon, Dakar
Nelly Zagury is invited to Selebe Yoon as part of a production residency for "Vertigineuses", a group exhibition co-curated by Jennifer Houdrouge & Clara Darrason as part of the 12th edition of Partcours.
Biography
Courtesy Nelly Zagury
Nelly Zagury (born in 1987 in Paris) is a French artist.
Born into a family with multiple Mediterranean cultures - Moroccan, French and Greek - she shares in her work an experience of femininity that transcends the exotic and orientalist imaginary. In a quest for re-enchantment, her paintings and sculptures feature mystical, powerful heroines.
Nelly Zagury studied at HEAR (Haute Ecole des Arts du Rhin) in Strasbourg and the HEAD (Haute Ecole d'art et de design) in Geneva. After working in Paris for a haute couture house and designing jewelry for brands such as Chanel and Boucheron, she moved to New York to design costumes for American artist Matthew Barney's film opera « River of Fundament ». She is the co-founder of the 3D printed jewelry brand Holy Faya (2014-2018) with the support of LVMH and artists such as Rashaad Newsome, Demi Lovato and FKA Twigs. In 2018, Zagury moved to Los Angeles where she worked with the artist Simphiwe Ndzube (Stevenson Gallery Cape Town, Nicodim gallery Los Angeles, Museo Kaluz Mexico) and developed Songs Of My Fantasy, a phantasmagorical opera in two acts in the form of a collection of poems, paintings and sculptures.
Her work were exhibited in major institutions included: MAD Museum, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France ; le Palais Royal (Ministry of Culture and Communication), Paris, France ; le Musée Historique, Strasbourg, France ; le Musée de l’oeuvre Notre-Dame, Strasbourg, France.
Solo exhibitions of Zagury’s work include : «Sisters Of The Sea », Align Gallery, Los Angeles (2019) ; «Songs Of My Fantasy», Brewery Art Complex, Los Angeles (2019) ; «Holy Faya: The Black Crook Grand Premiere», The Chimney, New York (2016); «Sunset Split», 22 rue mulllet, Paris (2013).
Her work was included in numerous group exhibitions, including: «In Her Element», Mash Gallery, Los Angeles (2023); « The Erotic Impulse In The Ever Becoming Universe », Mash Gallery, Los Angeles (2022); « Every Woman Biennal », Superchief Gallery NFT, New York (2021); « Holding Space », Big Pictures Los Angeles (2019); «I’ve always imagined that paradise would be a kind of library», Blake and Vargas, Berlin (2019); The Chimney, New York (2019); «The Crew II», Matthew Barney Studio, New York (2014); «La Peau de l'Ours» au Musée zoologique, Strasbourg, 2011.
Zagury was a resident at Selebe Yoon, Dakar, Senegal (2023); Massa Stories, Agadir, Morocco (2022); Le Wonder, Paris, France (2022).
She lives and works in Paris, France.