Nelly Zagury is a multidisciplinary artist based in Paris. Trained at HEAD – Genève, Haute école d’art et de design, and a graduate of HEAR – Strasbourg, Haute école des Arts du Rhin, she works across drawing, painting, and sculpture.

Her practice explores the enduring relationship between femininity and ornament. Drawing inspiration from Ancient, Mediterranean, and Eastern cultures, she creates visual narratives where the sacred, the intimate, and the surreal converge. Motifs of ritual, dream, and mythology weave through her compositions, forming a language that is both timeless and deeply personal.

Zagury’s work has been exhibited internationally, including at Selebe Yoon (Dakar), Mash Gallery (Los Angeles), The Chimney (New York), the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Paris), and the Musée de l’Œuvre Notre-Dame (Strasbourg). In 2024, her pieces entered the Cynthia Sears Collection at BIMA (Washington), and she participated in La Force au Féminin Gala Auction at The Glasshouse, New York.

She has completed residencies at Poush, Selebe Yoon, Massa Stories, Le Wonder, and Les Roches Brunes, and in 2025 her work is supported by the Matanel Foundation. Alongside her artistic practice, she teaches jewelry art history and drawing at the Haute École de Joaillerie de Paris.

Selected group shows

2025.
· Briller fort, Grands Boulevards By Covivio, Le Cercle de l’Art, Paris
· 5 ans de la résidence Massa Stories, curated by Achraf Remok, Tesson Project Space, Paris

2024.
· Stratégies de Résistance, Poush, Aubervilliers
· Open your heart: L’écho du présent, YourArt, Paris
· La Force au féminin: Within all of us, Gala auction, Lycée Français, The Glasshouse, NYC

2023.
· Vertigineuses, curated by Jennifer Houdrouge & Clara Darrason, Selebe Yoon, Dakar
· In Her Element, Works by a collection of artists in honor of Women’s History Month, Mash Gallery, Los Angeles

2022.
· The Erotic Impulse In The Ever Becoming Universe, curated by Gary Brewer, Mash Gallery, Los Angeles

2021.
· Every Woman Biennial curated by C. Finley, Superchief Gallery NFT, NYC

2020.
· Guadalajara90210, Zona Maco, Mexico
· BigPictures Los Angeles booth, ALAC, Art Los Angeles Contemporary

2019.
· Holding Space, curated by Doug Croco, BigPictures Los Angeles
· The Chimney X Ulmer Arts, Historic William Ulmer Brewery, Brooklyn
· Every Woman Biennial, curated by C. Finley, Bendix Building, Los Angeles
· I’ve always imagined that paradise would be a kind of library, Blake and Vargas, Berlin

2014.
· The Crew II, curated by Matthew Barney and Marko Markovic, Matthew Barney Studio, NYC
· Dans la ligne de mire, scènes du bijou contemporain, curated by Frédéric Bodet, MAD Museum, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris

Solo shows

2023.
· Matrice (Vertigineuses), Selebe Yoon, Dakar, curated by Jennifer Houdrouge & Clara Darrason

2019.
· Sisters Of The Sea, Align Gallery, Los Angeles
· Songs Of My Fantasy, Brewery Art Complex, Los Angeles

2016.
· Holy Faya: The Black Crook Grand Premiere, TheChimney NYC

2013.
· Sunset Split with Camille Fischer, 22ruemuller, Paris

Grants & residencies

2025.
· The Matanel Foundation Grant, Matanel Sefarad Seminar, Sephardic studies in Barcelona
· Briller Fort, Le Cercle de l’Art, Les Roches Brunes, Collioure

2024.
· Poush, Aubervilliers

2023.
· Vertigineuses, production residency, Selebe Yoon, Dakar, Senegal

2022.
· Gaga Barakah, Massa Stories, Fishermen’s caves of Ifrane Sidi Rbat, Agadir, Morocco
· Ceramic Workshop, Le Wonder, Paris

2014.
· Moziimo Tour, Compagnie DCA - Philippe Decouflé, Saint-Denis

2012.
· Ouagadance, Sainte Thérèse de Loumbila orphanage, Ouagadoudou, Burkina Faso

Talks

2017.
· Unchain My Art #2, The Family, Paris

2016.
· Viva Technology, LVMH, Paris
· Meet the maker, Makerbot Industry, NYC

2015.
· Make A Wish by Holy Faya, Wanted Design Brooklyn
· Future Jewellery Icons, Current Obsession Magazine, Symposium, Zimmerhof