Eric Michel

Eric was born in Aix-en-Provence, south of France, in 1962.
He started to learn music and painting at the age of nine through Martenot artistic education method.He initially focused his activities on music, starting with classic then shifting to rock and underground, before moving back to visual arts toward the end of the 80s. After advanced studies in mathematics and economy, Eric started a carrier in international finance, while pursuing his artistic activities.Eric has made numerous exhibitions in Tokyo where he was living until 2002 as president of an American financial firm.In December 2003 His work was presented at Senza Frontiere international biennale art exhibition in Kawasaki, and since then, is regularly shown at galleries and contemporary art fairs in Paris, London, Geneva, New York and Miami.

In November 2007 his video work "Swimming Fluo" was presented at Shanghai Museum for Contemporary Art (MOCA), as well as most contemporary art museum around China, at the occasion of "Sport in Art" exhibition sponsored by Beijing 2008 Olympic Committee.

In 2009, Eric created two multimedia installations successively for Yves Klein Archives in Paris, and for the Museum of Modern Art and Contemporary Art (MAMAC) in Nice.
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Solo exhibitions:

2013 :
“Passeur de Lumière”, Couvent de La Tourette, Eveux

2012 :
“Aura”, Hôtel-Dieu, Brie-Comte-Robert
Ilan Engel Gallery, Paris

2011 :
“Fluo Blue”, installation permanente, MAMAC, Nice
“Quid sit lumen”, Collégiale Saint-Lazare, Avallon
“Fluorescence(s)”, Ilan Engel Gallery, Paris
“Les Moulins de Lumière”, Grands Moulins de Pantin

2010 :
Marina Abramovic Institute (MAI West), San Francisco
Galerie Véronique Smagghe, Paris

2009 :
Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain (MAMAC), Nice
“Lumière et Immatériel”, Archives Yves Klein, Paris

2008 :
Galerie Véronique Smagghe, Paris
Librairie Mazarine, Vanessa Suchar, Paris
“SPQR Fluo”, Galleria Augusto Consorti, Rome
“La Playa Fluo”, Immersiva Remix, Rome
“Fluorescence”, Musée d’Histoire et d’Art, Villeneuve-Loubet

2007 :
“Biblioteca Fluorescente”, Université de la Sapienza, Rome

2006 :
“Cabaret” , Vanessa Suchar, Paris
“Nuit Fluo”, Nuit Blanche 2006, Paris

2005 :
“Hommage à Yves Klein”, Galerie MB, Paris

2004 :
Librairie-Galerie Racine, Paris

2003 :
Galerie Mamia Bretesché, Paris

2001 :
Pink Cow Art Gallery, Tokyo
“Vivre La Vie” Art Lounge, Tokyo
Design Festa Gallery, Tokyo


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