He holds a Maîtrise Arts du spectacle from the Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 (2003) and a Maîtrise Science et Technique en photographie et multimédia from the Université Paris 8 (2005). After his photography and multimedia studies, Nicolas Dhervillers became known to the public with a commission of the Centre Pompidou Metz. Inspired by cinema, theatre and painting, Nicolas Dhervillers's work opens up the photographic medium. In 2012, he takes part in the "mono" festival, an event associated with documenta 13 in Kassel. In 2014, the Geemente museum in Helmond (The Netherlands) dedicated him a solo show. Nicolas Dhervillers's work is shown regularly in art fairs and photography salons such as Paris Photo, Paris Photo Los Angeles or the first edition of Photo London, sheduled for May 2015.