Miguel Chevalier

One of the pioneers of virtual artMiguel Chevalier, born in Mexico in 1959, is a French artist and pioneer of digital and virtual art. Trained at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts and the École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, he has been developing a revolutionary oeuvre on the edges of immateriality since 1978. Miguel Chevalier's work takes a variety of forms: monumental-scale digital installa tions, 3D printing and laser-cut sculptures, robot drawings and virtual reality models. Using software designed by computer experts, this visionary artist creates generative and interactive installations that invite visitors to explore the space in a sensory way: in Magic Carpets and Extra-Natural the patterns and colours change as visitors walk around. Nature is a recurring theme in Miguel Chevalier's work, whose latest creation, Meta-Natura AI, projects onto the walls of Dongdaemun Design Plaza - one of Seoul's landmark buildings - flowers created by a generative AI, which proliferate and die. But this creative enthusiasm does not overlook the risks of technology, especially the dangers of urbanisation and the duality of flows and networks that fuel both infinite connections and insidious isolation. Miguel Chevalier's oeuvre is experimental and multidisciplinary. Taking references from the history of art and reformulating them using computer tools, his works inves tigate 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 ourselves and our relationship with the world.