Muriel Leray — Biographie — Slash Paris

Muriel Leray was born in 1987 in Hyères (France). She lives and works in Paris.
She graduated from the Sorbonne (directed by Michel Verjux) and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris (following Giuseppe Penone, Guillaume Paris and Claude Closky’s workshops). She took part in many group shows in France and abroad. In 2014, she presented her work in the exhibition cycle ”Plus Une Pièce” (Une pièce en plus, Paris) and in the exhibition ”Toujours +” (Galerie Loewy… by artists, Paris) that she also co-curated with Elsa Werth. Amongst her duo exhibitions: ”d’intérieur le lit” with John Cornu (Le 3, Paris) in 2010 and ”Reflets, coïncidence.” with Anna Tomaszewski (Escougnou-Cetraro gallery, Paris) in 2015. In 2016 she presents her solo exhibition at Galerie Escougnou-Cetraro, has exhibitions at La Vitrine, Le Plateau, FRAC Ile-de-France and at Pavillon Vendôme, Contemporary Art Center of Clichy. In 2017 she took part in group exhibitions ”Schwarzmaut” at the Galerie de la Voûte (Paris) and ”Au-delà de l’image III” at the Escougnou-Cetraro gallery.
Since 2012, she works on a project called Keep Thinking : artist-run spaces, curating and publishing.