Currently based in Paris
B. 1992 in Brussels.
Spanish / Italian.
Currently based in Paris and Tourcoing, FR.
studio_miceli@yahoo.com
FR
La pratique de Miguel Miceli s’articule autour de la mutation du paysage, à la croisée du sublime technologique, de l’occulte et de l’écologie. Marqué par une enfance passée entre un site archéologique en Sicile et la jeune capitale de l’Europe, la cohabitation avec les ruines et le transnationalisme l’ont mené à explorer un monde où différentes temporalités se superposent dans un paysage témoignant du façonnage humain.
Tissant des liens entre traditions ancestrales et défis contemporains, il détourne le regard anthropocentrique à travers des narrations spéculatives et des installations évolutives. Il travaille souvent à la lisière des territoires, d’où il extrait des éléments porteurs de mémoires personnelles et collectives qui deviennent souvenirs.
À travers sa pratique, il questionne des dualismes coloniaux entre nature et culture, sujet et objet, rêve et réalité, en mettant l’accent sur des êtres non-humains et des éléments inanimés.
ENG
Miguel Miceli's practice revolves around the mutation of landscape, at the crossroads of the technological sublime, the occult and ecology. Marked by a childhood spent between an archaeological site in Sicily and the young capital of Europe, cohabitating with ruins and transnationalism led him to explore a world where different temporalities overlap in a landscape testifying of human activities.
Weaving links between ancestral traditions and contemporary challenges, he diverts the anthropocentric gaze through speculative narratives and evolving installations. He often works at the edge of territories, from where he extracts elements carrying personal and collective memories which become memories.
Through his practice, he questions colonial dualisms between nature and culture, subject and object, dream and reality, with an emphasis on non-human beings and inanimate elements.
Education
2024-2026 Promotion Martha Graham Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Plastiques - Tourcoing, FR
2014 - 2016 MFA Media - Slade School of Fine Art - UCL London, UK
2011 - 2014 BA Graphic Design - ERG (école de recherche graphique) Brussels.
Residencies
Carrefour Numérique, Cité des Sciences et de l’industrie Paris, FR - 2021
Le Sample, 2021
Festival A Dobradiça - Insituto Terra e Memoria, Maçao Portugal - 2021
Pent’Art Expression - Penta di Casinca - 2019/2021
Soukmachines - le Préavie 2020
Singapore Research Residency - 2017
Isib - School of Engineering, Brussels, BE - 2013
Spanish / Italian.
Currently based in Paris and Tourcoing, FR.
studio_miceli@yahoo.com
FR
La pratique de Miguel Miceli s’articule autour de la mutation du paysage, à la croisée du sublime technologique, de l’occulte et de l’écologie. Marqué par une enfance passée entre un site archéologique en Sicile et la jeune capitale de l’Europe, la cohabitation avec les ruines et le transnationalisme l’ont mené à explorer un monde où différentes temporalités se superposent dans un paysage témoignant du façonnage humain.
Tissant des liens entre traditions ancestrales et défis contemporains, il détourne le regard anthropocentrique à travers des narrations spéculatives et des installations évolutives. Il travaille souvent à la lisière des territoires, d’où il extrait des éléments porteurs de mémoires personnelles et collectives qui deviennent souvenirs.
À travers sa pratique, il questionne des dualismes coloniaux entre nature et culture, sujet et objet, rêve et réalité, en mettant l’accent sur des êtres non-humains et des éléments inanimés.
ENG
Miguel Miceli's practice revolves around the mutation of landscape, at the crossroads of the technological sublime, the occult and ecology. Marked by a childhood spent between an archaeological site in Sicily and the young capital of Europe, cohabitating with ruins and transnationalism led him to explore a world where different temporalities overlap in a landscape testifying of human activities.
Weaving links between ancestral traditions and contemporary challenges, he diverts the anthropocentric gaze through speculative narratives and evolving installations. He often works at the edge of territories, from where he extracts elements carrying personal and collective memories which become memories.
Through his practice, he questions colonial dualisms between nature and culture, subject and object, dream and reality, with an emphasis on non-human beings and inanimate elements.
Education
2024-2026 Promotion Martha Graham Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Plastiques - Tourcoing, FR
2014 - 2016 MFA Media - Slade School of Fine Art - UCL London, UK
2011 - 2014 BA Graphic Design - ERG (école de recherche graphique) Brussels.
Residencies
Carrefour Numérique, Cité des Sciences et de l’industrie Paris, FR - 2021
Le Sample, 2021
Festival A Dobradiça - Insituto Terra e Memoria, Maçao Portugal - 2021
Pent’Art Expression - Penta di Casinca - 2019/2021
Soukmachines - le Préavie 2020
Singapore Research Residency - 2017
Isib - School of Engineering, Brussels, BE - 2013
Exhibitions and Events
2023
Selvatica Festival - Goethe Institut Paris, FR
Le départ des Papillons, Le Préavie, Pré-Saint-Gervais, FR
2022
En découdre, Les Sheds, Pantin, FR, sept 2022 - C. Marion Zilio
Prix Juvenars, IESA, Paris
Hystérie de l’étérnité, le Gallo, Boulogne, FR - Curated by Andy Rankin
- 196°C - Le Préavie, Paris, FR - Curated by Marion Zilio
2021
Cryptobiose, Penta di Casinca, Corsica, FR - Curated by Alys Demeure
Quand Soudain, tour Boucry, Paris FR - Curated by Antoine Proux
In the room, women come and go talking about Michelangelo, 19 rue de cotte - Paris, FR - Curated by Damien Guggenheim
MANA ISLAND - Le Préavie, FR, curated by Miguel Miceli
Archéologie du 3e millénaire - CAC Parc Saint Léger, FR.
2020
Face à la mer - CAC Passerelle Brest, France - curated by Loïc Le Gall
2019
Un Verre de Montre; deux cristaux - Penta-Di-Casinca, Corse, France - curated by Alys Demeure
12 KNIVES - Bonnevalle, FR - Invitation by Loïc Le Gall
2018
European Passport - invitation by David Blackmore, MOCA, London, UK
Pari(s) Olympique, 53 Boulevard de Sebastopol, Paris, FR.
2017
Day Rattle, La Moulinette rue Lepic, Paris, FR - curated by Mateo R. Imbernon
2016
White Crypt, St Mark’s church, London, UK - curated by Anais Lerendu
a cave with a view, Chalton Gallery, London UK - curated by William Davie and Anais Lerendu
Hot Tub, The Workhouse, London, UK
Homer Reimagined, Woburn Research Center, London, UK
Slade School of Art MA/MFA/PHD Degree Show, London, UK
Future Relics, Chelsea Waterside Art Space, London, UK - curated by Emily Lazerwitz
2015
burning with pleasure, Curious Duke Gallery, London, UK / curated by Archipelago projects, Magali Avezou
Slade School of Art Interim Show, London, UK
Circular Stream, London, UK - curated by Lea Collet
a dinner party you’re not invited to, W1T 6BA London, UK - curated by Leni Dotan
Prizes and awards
- Shortlisted - The Lovell Art Prize 2016
- Nomination - Aspen Online Art Award 2016
- Finaliste - Prix Juvenars IESA
2023
Selvatica Festival - Goethe Institut Paris, FR
Le départ des Papillons, Le Préavie, Pré-Saint-Gervais, FR
2022
En découdre, Les Sheds, Pantin, FR, sept 2022 - C. Marion Zilio
Prix Juvenars, IESA, Paris
Hystérie de l’étérnité, le Gallo, Boulogne, FR - Curated by Andy Rankin
- 196°C - Le Préavie, Paris, FR - Curated by Marion Zilio
2021
Cryptobiose, Penta di Casinca, Corsica, FR - Curated by Alys Demeure
Quand Soudain, tour Boucry, Paris FR - Curated by Antoine Proux
In the room, women come and go talking about Michelangelo, 19 rue de cotte - Paris, FR - Curated by Damien Guggenheim
MANA ISLAND - Le Préavie, FR, curated by Miguel Miceli
Archéologie du 3e millénaire - CAC Parc Saint Léger, FR.
2020
Face à la mer - CAC Passerelle Brest, France - curated by Loïc Le Gall
2019
Un Verre de Montre; deux cristaux - Penta-Di-Casinca, Corse, France - curated by Alys Demeure
12 KNIVES - Bonnevalle, FR - Invitation by Loïc Le Gall
2018
European Passport - invitation by David Blackmore, MOCA, London, UK
Pari(s) Olympique, 53 Boulevard de Sebastopol, Paris, FR.
2017
Day Rattle, La Moulinette rue Lepic, Paris, FR - curated by Mateo R. Imbernon
2016
White Crypt, St Mark’s church, London, UK - curated by Anais Lerendu
a cave with a view, Chalton Gallery, London UK - curated by William Davie and Anais Lerendu
Hot Tub, The Workhouse, London, UK
Homer Reimagined, Woburn Research Center, London, UK
Slade School of Art MA/MFA/PHD Degree Show, London, UK
Future Relics, Chelsea Waterside Art Space, London, UK - curated by Emily Lazerwitz
2015
burning with pleasure, Curious Duke Gallery, London, UK / curated by Archipelago projects, Magali Avezou
Slade School of Art Interim Show, London, UK
Circular Stream, London, UK - curated by Lea Collet
a dinner party you’re not invited to, W1T 6BA London, UK - curated by Leni Dotan
Prizes and awards
- Shortlisted - The Lovell Art Prize 2016
- Nomination - Aspen Online Art Award 2016
- Finaliste - Prix Juvenars IESA