Miguel Chevalier

Miguel Chevalier
Born22 April 1959
Mexico
NationalityFrench
EducationUniversité de Paris

École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs Beaux-Arts de Paris School of Visual Arts

Pratt Institute
OccupationArtist

Miguel Chevalier (born April 22, 1959, in Mexico) is a French digital and virtual artist. Since 1978, Miguel Chevalier has used computers as a means of expression in the field of the visual arts.[1][2] He has established himself internationally as one of the pioneers of virtual and digital art.[3][4]

His multidisciplinary and experimental work addresses the question of immateriality in art, as well as the logics induced by computers, such as hybridization, generativity, interactivity, networking.[5] He develops different themes in his work, such as the relationship between nature and artifice, the observation of flux and networks organizing our contemporary societies, the imaginary of architecture and virtual cities, the transposition of patterns from Islamic art into the digital world. The images he offers perpetually question our relationship to the world.[6]

His works are most often presented in the form of digital installations projected at a large scale. He creates in-situ works that revisit the history and architecture of places through digital art, giving them a new interpretation. He also creates sculptures using 3D printing or laser cutting techniques, which materialize his virtual universes.[7]

Miguel Chevalier has been featured in numerous exhibitions in museums, art centers and galleries all over the world.[5] He also carries out projects in public and architectural spaces.[5]

  1. ^ "Entretiens avec Patrick Imbard" (PDF).
  2. ^ Bertrand-Dorléac, Laurence (1999). "L'image puissance infinie" (PDF).
  3. ^ Jérôme, Neutres (2018). "In the Flesh of the Image" (PDF).
  4. ^ Elisabeth Couturier : « Aujourd’hui cet artiste novateur se voit sollicité par les plus grands musées et fondations à travers le monde pour créer des projections-installations spectaculaires, gigantesques et lumineuses, qui immergent le spectateur dans un bain illimité de motifs et de couleurs mouvantes. Il apparaît comme le chef de file d’une nouvelle esthétique qui s’ancre dans le langage des mathématiques contemporaines autant que dans l’histoire de l’art et marque un nouveau chapitre de la saga des formes. » about Miguel Chevalier (source: artcomoedia.fr)
  5. ^ a b c "CV Miguel Chevalier".
  6. ^ Mossessian, Claude (2015-10-07). "Miguel CHEVALIER "The imaginary of the virtual worlds 2012–2015"". Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  7. ^ "Miguel Chevalier : "Souvent les gens n'imaginent pas que pour que nos rêves se réalisent, il faut être aussi un artiste entrepreneur…"". Artistikrezo (in French). 2020-12-21. Retrieved 2021-03-09.