»DIGITAL BY NATURE«

Taking nature as his starting point, Miguel Chevalier explores the possibilities of the computer as a means of creative expression. He repeatedly makes use of the latest technologies, which he contrasts with analog cultural assets, thus establishing connections between his works and art and cultural history. His largest solo exhibition in Europe to date features sculptures and drawings produced with the aid of 3D printing and robotics, video works, and large-scale installations. In the latter, algorithms continuously create new images that are interactively shaped by the audience through body movements. DIGITAL BY NATURE. The Art of Miguel Chevalier will be on display at the Kunsthalle München from September 12, 2025, to March 1, 2026.

Miguel Chevalier was born in Mexico City in 1959 and has lived in Paris since 1985. Shortly before that, in the early 1980s, he had learned computer drawing as part of a scholarship at the Pratt Institute in New York and switched to digital art. In his view, the new technology offered the possibility of fundamentally innovative artistic approaches. His work focuses on hybrid, generative, and interactive images. One of his best-known works is Méta-Cités (2013), one of several artworks dealing with urban development. Inspired by megacities, the project illustrates generic and imaginary urban growth.