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Works<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Biography<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Born in 1981 in La Ciotat. Lives and works in Marseille.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After graduating in visual communications and graphic arts in Marseilles in 2003, Michael Viviani moved to Paris for two years. In 2005, installed in London, he met Cyril Moumen, born in Marseille too, artist, curator and founder of the nomadic gallery Nosco, with whom he collaborated on various artistic projects for a few years. A film buff and music enthusiast, he set out to find old film and music posters from the streets to create his first collages, inspired by Jacques Villegl\u00e9, who in the late 1940s appropriated posters torn up by anonymous people.<\/p>\n

His practice, that of laceration especially, gradually took shape, and he sublimated it by combining it with phrases, song lyrics or slogans. Navigating between the present and the past, his now-painted works are a perfect illusion, reproducing the life of a street billboard with its interplay of overlapping and abundance. In this way, he succeeds in fusing this urban art form with a new narrative.<\/p>\n

More recently, Michael Viviani has diversified into new media such as sculpture and furniture. At the gallery, he presents his resin audio cassettes. A nod to technology, they conceal a QR code, giving access to a playlist via a smartphone.<\/p>\n

Solo exhibitions: <\/strong><\/p>\n

2023
\nThe show must go on<\/em> \u2013 La Chaudronnerie \u2013 La Ciotat – FR<\/p>\n

2014
\nBack in town<\/em> – Manufacture 284c – Marseille – FR<\/p>\n

2013
\nWhen the music is over<\/em> – Manufacture 284c – Marseille – FR
\nClass\u00e9 X<\/em> – Gallery Seize – Marseille – FR<\/p>\n

2012
\n18th November – GGGallery – London – GB
\n63 Bluxome Gallery – San Francisco – USA<\/p>\n

2009
\nL\u2019Oustau Calendal – Cassis – FR<\/p>\n

2008
\nLa Chapelle des P\u00e9nitents Bleus – La Ciotat – FR<\/p>\n

Group show (selection):<\/strong><\/p>\n

2025
\nGalerie Artima – Paris – FR
\nGalerie Artima – Honfleur – FR<\/p>\n

2024
\nGalerie Artima – Paris – FR
\nAffordable Art Fair Brussels – Galerie Artima – B<\/p>\n

2022
\nSIAC – Marseille – FR<\/p>\n

2019
\nGemlucart<\/em> – Monaco<\/p>\n

2017
\nObjects of Desire <\/em>– the APART summer show – London – GB<\/p>\n

2016
\nWinter Exhibition<\/em> – The APART 2016 \/ Online – GB<\/p>\n

2015
\n15 Years APART: Celebrating Apart\u2019s 15th Birthday – London – GB<\/p>\n

2014
\nThe London Winter Show – Ap-Art Gallery – London – GB<\/p>\n

2013
\nManufacture 284c – Marseille – FR
\nThe London Winter Show<\/em> – Ap-Art Gallery – London – GB
\nGalerie Next – Toulouse – FR
\nThe Apart Summer Exhibition – London – GB<\/p>\n

2012
\nThe Apart Winter Exhibition – London – GB
\nThe Apartment – London – GB
\nLawnfest Charity Event – Kent – GB
\nCirculo de Bellas Artes – Tenerife – ES<\/p>\n

2011
\n63 Bluxome Gallery – San Francisco – USA
\nLawnfest 2 Charity Event – Kent – GB
\nThe Apart London Summer Show – London – GB
\nJana Gallery – Paris – FR
\nThe Affordable Art Fair – Brussels – B<\/p>\n

2010
\nLawnfest 2 Charity Event – Kent – GB
\nApart Gallery celebrates 10 Years – London – GB
\nFrench Kiss – Hong Kong – CHN
\nShow at The Cobden Club – London – GB<\/p>\n

2009
\nThe Good The Bad and The Ugly – London – GB
\nLawnfest 2 Charity Event – Kent – GB<\/p>\n

Education: <\/strong><\/p>\n

2003 : Diploma in visual communication and graphic arts – Ecole Axe Sud – Marseille<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":62,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14560","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nMichael VIVIANI - Biography - Galerie Artima<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"MICHAEL VIVIANI - Artist from Marseille born in 1981 - Passionate about music and cinema - Torn posters - Collages - Painting - Sculpture\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/galerie-artima.com\/en\/michael-viviani-biography\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Michael VIVIANI - 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