Michel Bouvet (born 1955 in Tunis) is a French designer and poster artist. He is professor of visual culture at ESAG Penninghen (Paris).
Biography Bouvet studied and graduated at École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSB-A).
His design influences include Fernand Léger, Raymond Savignac, André François and Roman Cieslewicz.
His posters are very often the result of a mixture of techniques (photography, collage, sculpture, painting), which gives them a highly poetic graphic dimension.
He has won many national and international design awards in Poland, Finland, Japan, China, Czech Republic
Since 2002, he designs the corporate identity for the Rencontres d'Arles.
He has been the curator of several international graphic design exhibitions.
He is a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI).AGI Members
Honors and awards Lenica Prize, 18th International Poster Biennial in Warsaw, 2002 Alphonse Mucha Prize, 22nd Brno International Graphic Design Festival, 2006Brno Biennale Association Grand Prix for Cultural Poster Design, International Poster Biennial in Mexico, 2014 Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France, 2023
Exhibitions 1991: Long Live the Poster, Lalit Kala Akademi, National Academy of Art, New Delhi 1994: Third International Biennial of Poster in Mexico 1995: 38th DDD Gallery Exhibition (Japan)DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion 2001: The 2nd International Poster Exhibition, Ningbo (China) 2005: Michel Bouvet Plakaty Posters, National Museum in Poznan, curated by Irena Przymus (Poland)Cf. René Wanner 2008: Arrivage, affiches récentes de Michel Bouvet, Centre Culturel Français, Phnom Penh (Cambodia) 2009: 16th Biennial Colorado International Invitational Poster ExhibitionToday at Colorado State 2010: Carteles de Michel Bouvet, Sala de exposiciones Riviera del Mar Salinas & Alliance Française, Quito (Ecuador) 2011: Manzana Uno, Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)Gallery Views 2012: The Typo in All its Forms, Gobelins School of the Image (Paris)
Curator 2006: 9 Women in Graphic Design,Yuko Araki - Landsat Grafico (Japan), Joanna Gorska - Homework (Poland), Marta Granados (Colombia), April Greiman (California), Natalia Iguiñiz Boggio (Peru), Leila A. Musfy (Libanon), Clotilde Olyff (Belgium), Kveta Pacovska (Czech Republic), Lizá Ramalho - R2 design (Portugal) Échirolles European Graphic Center (France) 2008-2009: We Love Books: A World Tour, Graphic Art Month in Échirolles 21 November 2008–31 January 2009 ProgramCf. Andrew Howard Comments Échirolles European Graphic Center (France) with Philippe Di Folco, deputy curator
Conference and jury 2005: CAFA Central Academy of Fine Arts (Beijing), China 2007: Taiwan International Poster Design AwardDexigner 2008: Chicago International Poster Biennial Jury ExhibitionCf. Icograda June 2008 News 2009: The 9th International Poster Triennial in Toyama, Museum of Modern Art (Japan) 2010: Agidies International Design Week,Agldeas Program Melbourne (Australia) 2010: Positive Posters International Annual Exhibition (Melbourne)
See also List of graphic designers Graphic design
References Michel Bouvet (Vision of Design) by Jianping He, Page One () East-Coast West-Coast : The Graphic Designers in United States () Michel Bouvet by Gillian O'Meara & Alain Le Quernec ()
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External links A Conversation with Michel Bouvet: La Lettre de la photographie Michel Bouvet's Official Website