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Miguel Chevalier

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Miguel Chevalier (born 1959) is a French digital artist known internationally as one of the pioneers of digital and virtual art. Chevalier’s work is complex and multidisciplinary. His sources lie in the history of art and his work explores recurrent themes such as nature and artifice, flows and networks, virtual cities and ornate designs.[1] Since 1978, Chevalier has focussed exclusively on the use of computer technology as an artistic means of expression, and has been exploring the question of the hybrid and generative image.

Biography

Chevalier was born in Mexico in 1959, where he lived during his childhood whilst his father, an academic, was writing his thesis on Latin-American history. During this time, Chevalier came into contact with many influential people from creative intellectual circles in Mexico, including artists such as [David Alfaro Siqueiros], [Luis Buñuel] and [Luis Barragán] as well as many others. Chevalier's experiences during this time contributed greatly to his intellectual and artistic awakening.[2]

In 1980, Chevalier graduated from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris before going on to study at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Université de Paris Saint Charles and Université de Paris La Sorbonne, where he received a diploma in fine art and archaeology. After graduating in 1983, he was awarded the Lavoisier scholarship by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and studied at the Pratt Institute, New York.[3]

In 1994, he served as artist in residence at the Kujoyama Villa, Kyoto, Japan.[4]

A monograph of his works from 1985 to 2000 has been published in France by Flammarion, and features essays and interviews by Pierre Restany, Laurence Bertrand Dorléac and Patrick Imbard. The monograph is accompanied by a CD-Rom made with Christine Buci-Glucksmann of his video and virtual reality installations.

Chevalier currently lives and works in Paris.

Solo Shows (Selection)

  • 2019 Orbites 2019, Beaugrenelle Paris, Atrium Magnetic, (FRA)
  • 2019 Digitale Supernova, Notre-Dame Cathedral of Rodez, (FRA)
  • 2019 Pixels Noir Lumière, Musée Soulages, Rodez, (FRA)
  • 2019 Machine Vision, Lélia Mordoch Gallery , Paris (FRA)
  • 2018 D'un rêve à l'autre, Domain of Trévarez, Saint-Goazec (FRA)
  • 2018 Power Pixels 2018, Graf Notaires Gallery, Paris (FRA)
  • 2018 Magic Carpets Bangkok, Bangkok Illumination at ICONSIAM, Bangkok (THA)
  • 2018 Digital Icônes, Saint-Nicolas Chapel, Grand festival, Verdun (FRA)
  • 2018 Digital Abysses, Submarine Base, Bordeaux (FRA)
  • 2018 Ubiquity 1, The Mayor Gallery, London (UK)
  • 2018 Ubiquity 2, Wilmotte Gallery, London (UK)
  • 2017 Flower Power, Festival Aarhus, Bispetorv, Aarhus (DNK)
  • 2017 In-Out/Paradis Artificiels, Domain of Chaumont-sur-Loire, (F)
  • 2016 Power Pixels, Galerie Lélia Mordoch, Paris (FRA)
  • 2016 Voûtes Célestes, Nuit Blanche, Saint-Eustache Church, Paris (FRA)
  • 2016 Onde Pixel - Lo sguardo di... Miguel Chevalier, UniCredit Pavilion, Milan (ITA)
  • 2016 Magic Carpets, IF: Milton Keynes International Festival 2016, Middleton Hall; centre:mk, Milton Keynes (UK)
  • 2015 Voxels Light, Saint-Eustache Church, Paris (FRA)
  • 2015 Complex Meshes, Festival Lumière, Cathedral of Durham, Durham (UK)
  • 2015 Dear World... Yours, Cambridge, King's College Chapel, Cambridge (UK)
  • 2015 Méta-Territoires, Fernand Léger Gallery, Ivry-sur-Seine (FRA)
  • 2015 Vortex, Lélia Mordoch Gallery, Paris (FRA)
  • 2015 Paradis Artificiels, Departmental domain of la Roche Jagu, Ploëzal (FRA)
  • 2015 Cooperation with different Instituts français in Morocco: Derb Lâalouj in Essaouira; Dar Benjelloun in Tétouan; garden of the Institut français in Agadir; Dar Batha in Fès (MAR)
  • 2014 Digital Paradise, Galerie Puerta Roja, Hong Kong (CN)
  • 2014 Magic Carpets, Festival Internazionale di Andria Castel dei Mondi, Castel del Monte, Andria (ITA)
  • 2014 Paradis Artificiels, Modern Art Museum, Céret (FRA)
  • 2013 El Origen del mundo, Filux, Festival Internacional de las Luces México, Palacio de Bellas Artes, México (MEX)
  • 2013 Power Pixels, Centre des Arts, Enghien-les-Bains (FRA)
  • 2013 Fractal Flowers, Castle of the Ciry of Carcassonne (FRA)
  • 2013 Power Pixels, Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh (USA)
  • 2012 Power Pixels, Festival a-part, Carrières de Lumières, Baux-de-Provence (FRA)
  • 2012 Nuage Fractal, Castle of Dravert, La Guiche (FRA)
  • 2011 Pixels Snow, Forum des Halles, Paris (FRA)
  • 2010 Terra Incognita, MIS (Image and Sound Museum), Sao Paulo (BRE)
  • 2009 Fractal Flowers 2009, Underground Station Galeria, Brasilia (BRE)
  • 2007 Sur-Natures, building LCL on the Champs-Élysées, Paris (FRA)
  • 2006 Arabesques numériques, Palais Ksar Char Bagh, Marrakech (MAR)
  • 2005 Sur-Natures in vitro, Centre Pompidou, Paris (FRA)
  • 2004 Ultra-Nature, Underground Central Station, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo (NOR)
  • 1996 Oro Negro, Museo de arte Alvar y Carmen T. de Carrillo Gil, Mexico-City (MEX)
  • 1992 Performances, Winter Olympic Games and Summer Olympic Games, Albertville (FRA) and Barcelone (SPN)
  • 1987 Baroque & Classique, Granit Centre d'art contemporain, Belfort (FRA)

Group Shows (selection)

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Miguel Chevalier". Louise Alexander Gallery.
  2. ^ "Interview with Patrick Imbard".
  3. ^ "Biography - Artsper". Artsper.
  4. ^ "Biography - digital arti". digital arti.

References

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