Margaux Brière de la Chenelière was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. She began her studies in visual arts at the Université du Québec à Montréal before continuing her training in France at L’École d’Art (Montreuil). Her practice, both autobiographical and feminist, unfolds across a range of media (drawing, sculpture, video, and writing) and seeks to unearth narratives centered on women who came before her—historical or familial figures who have been forgotten or marginalized—whose alternative versions of memory she explores. By animating personal archives, repurposing objects, or engaging her own body, she invites viewers to confront the gaps and fractures in both personal and collective memory.
This same curiosity about human stories and multiple identities informs her work as an art educator. Through experiences in France and Quebec with individuals, community organizations, and neurodivergent groups, she has developed a practice of guidance in which art becomes a tool for connection, expression, and encounter. She brings to it the same attention to singular perspectives: each person carries a story that deserves to be seen.
Since returning to Montreal, she has been working as an art educator at MU, where she designs and leads participatory projects, supports communities, and continues to pursue her personal practice and research on questions of gender and the relationship to memory.
