Magalie Darsouze
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Magalie Darsouze

France • 1982

My work is rooted in the practice of drawing as an act of remembrance.

Biography

An explorer of memory, Magalie Darsouze draws, with her lead pencil, moments of life drawn from personal or borrowed photographic sources.
In this imaginary album, historical events, everyday scenes, family portraits, moments of conviviality and reminiscences of deceased beings form a collective memory where the indelible, the ephemeral and oblivion manifest themselves through distortion, overexposure and erasure.
From these different storylines, the viewer draws on their own memories, picked from different time periods, lived or recounted, fictional or real.
By blending the universal and the intimate, Magalie Darsouze manages to reactivate the past while leaving us the freedom to question our place in relation to these projected images.

Magalie Darsouze studied visual arts at the Michel Montaigne University of Bordeaux.
His works have been disseminated in Nouvelle Aquitaine and throughout France as part of residencies, collective creations and solo exhibitions.

Recent exhibitions:

2025 "Solid'Art", Carreau du Temple, Paris
"Yes it's just a pen", Ars Longa Gallery, Aix en Provence
"Fragmented Memories", Espace Mably, Bordeaux
"MAD & Mad", Duprè & Dupré Gallery, Hôtel de la prison, Béziers
2024 “Discovery Art Fair", Discover A Talent, Nulle P.art Gallery, Frankfurt
"Lyon Art Paper", Fort de Vaise, Lyon
"Estivales de Sceaux", a contemporary art festival in Greater Paris
“Lille Art up!" Nulle P.art Gallery, Lille

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Fine Art Drawings, Mére et enfant, Magalie Darsouze

Magalie Darsouze

Fine Art Drawings . 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€1,200

Fine Art Drawings, La Colonie, Magalie Darsouze

Magalie Darsouze

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,500

Fine Art Drawings, Le repas, Magalie Darsouze

Magalie Darsouze

Fine Art Drawings . 59.4 x 84 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch

€2,000 €1,700

Fine Art Drawings, Hannah, Magalie Darsouze

Magalie Darsouze

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 130 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Fine Art Drawings, Annie et Colette, Magalie Darsouze

Magalie Darsouze

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 130 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Fine Art Drawings, La pause, Magalie Darsouze

Magalie Darsouze

Fine Art Drawings . 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€1,200

Fine Art Drawings, Saïgon 1957, Magalie Darsouze

Magalie Darsouze

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 100 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Fine Art Drawings, Jour Férié, Magalie Darsouze

Magalie Darsouze

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,500

Fine Art Drawings, La Bouée, Magalie Darsouze

Magalie Darsouze

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,500

Fine Art Drawings, Le Bus, Folegandros (Grèce), Magalie Darsouze

Magalie Darsouze

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,500

Fine Art Drawings, Rocky, Magalie Darsouze

Magalie Darsouze

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,500

Fine Art Drawings, Le Carnaval, Magalie Darsouze

Magalie Darsouze

Fine Art Drawings . 59.4 x 84 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch

€2,000

Fine Art Drawings, La Course, Magalie Darsouze

Magalie Darsouze

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 130 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

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