MIGUEL CHEVALIER French, b. 1959
... references from the history of art and reformulating them using computer tools, his works investigate and explore recurrent themes such as nature and artifice, flows and networks, virtual cities and ornate designs.
(b. 1959 Mexico City, Mexico) Miguel Chevalier wide-ranging and artistic vision has been shaped by a broad education and extensive travel. In 1980, he graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, and went on to study at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. After graduating, Chevalier was awarded the Lavoisier Scholarship and went on to study at the Pratt Institute, New York. In 1994, he became an artist in residence at the Kujoyama Villa, Kyoto, Japan.
Since 1978, Chevalier has focused exclusively on computers as an artistic means of expression. He quickly secured a spot on the international scene as a pioneer of virtual and digital art. Chevalier continues to be a trailblazer and has proven himself to be one of the most significant artists on the contemporary scene.
Miguel Chevalier's œuvre is experimental and multidisciplinary. Taking references from the history of art and reformulating them using computer tools, his works investigate and explore recurrent themes such as nature and artifice, flows and networks, virtual cities and ornate designs. His images are a rich source of insights into oneself and our relationship with the world.
Since the 1980s, Miguel Chevalier began tackling the question of the hybrid, generative and interactive image. He has created many projects variously incorporating generative and interactive virtual reality installations projected on large scale, shown on Leds screen or LCD screen, sculptures created with a 3D printer or with laser cut, holographic imagery and other forms. Miguel Chevalier has produced exhibitions and installations for museums, art centres, galleries and public spaces around the world. He has been awarded a number of architecturally- based commissions.
Miguel Chevalier lives and works in Paris, France.
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MIGUEL CHEVALIER
INTERVIEW WITH STUDIO INTERNATIONAL April 16, 2018‘I feel that I live in what’s happening today’ Ahead of two simultaneous solo shows in London, pioneering computer artist Miguel Chevalier invited Studio International...Read more -
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THE GRAND PALAIS, PARIS April 6, 2018This exhibition will be an opportunity to experience works of art produced with the help of sophisticated robotics. As part of Artistes & Robots Miguel...Read more -
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LUMIERE LONDON 2018 January 16, 2018Discover Miguel Chevalier ’s latest work, Origin of the World Bubble 2018, suspended high above Oxford Circus , which becomes pedestrianised during Lumiere London 2018....Read more -
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INSTALLATION AT THE FORUM DES HALLES, PARIS May 25, 2017The Forum des Halles in Paris presents Miguel Chevalier‘s latest perennial artwork ‘Pixels wave light 2017’. CLICK HERE FOR MORERead more