Delphine Dénéréaz

For the first time in Toulouse, the artist from south-east France is presenting a collection of her work using recycled textiles and the traditional medieval technique of ‘tapis de lirette’. An approach that allows recycling and reuse. The artist's technique is close to that of a craftsman, offering an ecological approach to art that will be displayed on the walls of the Grand M.

‘My artistic approach is based on the reuse of domestic textile objects destined for the scrap heap. I recycle this waste by weaving it into tapestries. (...) This method can be found in many communities around the world. I've always been interested in testimonies, both in terms of the material and the motifs, but those that have no value other than sentimental, such as good luck charms, grigris, talismans and soft toys. Carpets have always conveyed the story of the daily lives of those who weave them through their patterns. By reusing domestic objects, I'm not only taking a responsible approach, which seems essential to me today, I'm also giving value to things that seem to have none, poor materials destined for the bin, textiles from the most trivial everyday life but which carry within them the charge of our most intimate emotions.’ Delphine Dénéréaz (with or without her name?)

Delphine Dénéréaz's art questions our relationship with objects and intimacy, drawing on contemporary symbols that bear witness to a generation rooted in its own time, inspired by daily life, by a society nourished by images, and by memories of her rural adolescence. The weavings remind us of those precious moments shared during adolescence, at the skate park, at the river, during football matches with friends or during motorbike rides in the fields.

Born in 1989 in south-east France, Delphine Dénéréaz graduated from La Cambre (Brussels) in 2013 with a master's degree in textile design. She has taken part in several exhibitions in France, including Marseille, Nantes, Grenoble and Toulon. She has also taken part in numerous residencies at institutions such as the Fondation Lambert in Avignon, with Versant Sud at the Alliance Française and at the African Artist Foundation in Lagos, Nigeria. In 2023, she will be taking part in the group exhibition ‘Terrains de jeux’, part of the contemporary art trail along the GR10, Des montagnes et des artistes, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Frac. An exhibition initiated by Les Abattoirs and the Frac Nouvelle Aquitaine MÉCA. That same year, three of his works entered the Abattoirs collections. The artist recently took part in the first triennial of contemporary art in Nîmes, la contemporaine, with a site-specific installation in the public space.