Thomas Charvériat
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Thomas Charvériat is an artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...

, curator
Curator
A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...

 and art director
Artistic director
An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company, that handles the organization's artistic direction. He or she is generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the organization is generally a non-profit organization...

.

Life

Thomas Charvériat was born in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 and attended the School of Visual Arts
School of Visual Arts
The School of Visual Arts , is a proprietary art school located in Manhattan, New York City, and is widely considered to be one of the leading art schools in the United States. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and...

 in New York, receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts
In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...

 in photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...

 in 1998, and pursued graduate coursework at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

, receiving a Master of Fine Arts
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...

 in sculpture in 2000. His teachers at Columbia University included Jon Kessler
Jon Kessler
Jon Kessler is an American artist. He began college at SUNY Purchase from 1974—78 but left after two years to travel in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. He returned to Purchase in 1978 and graduated in 1980 with honors. Following graduation, Kessler took up a studio in Brooklyn, New York where...

 and Ronald Jones
Ronald Jones (Interdisciplinarian)
Ronald Jones an artist, critic and educator who gained prominence in New York City during the mid-1980s...

.

Later, he moved to Barcelona where he obtained a Master in Digital Arts with honors from the Audiovisual Institute (Pompeu Fabra university). Currently, Thomas Charvériat lives and works in Shanghai.

Career as Artist

As an artist, Thomas is known for his work utilizing LED
LEd
LEd is a TeX/LaTeX editing software working under Microsoft Windows. It is a freeware product....

, video
Video
Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...

, GSM modules, SMS
SMS
SMS is a form of text messaging communication on phones and mobile phones. The terms SMS or sms may also refer to:- Computer hardware :...

, light sensors, sound and humor that interact with the spectator, and putting together everyday objects to generate interactive and entertaining works. A review in Eurasia One writes that "Style and wit are combined to create a playful, visual, auditory and kinesthetic experience." He has exhibited in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 and Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

 among other cities.

Notable Works

The Return Policy Project
Return Policy Project
The Return Policy Project was a year-long exploration into consumer dependency on electronic products, by French artist Thomas Charvériat in 2000.The project exemplified Charvériat’s use of present-day technology into his art...

 was a year-long exploration into the consumer
Consumer
Consumer is a broad label for any individuals or households that use goods generated within the economy. The concept of a consumer occurs in different contexts, so that the usage and significance of the term may vary.-Economics and marketing:...

’s dependency on electronic
Electronics
Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...

 products in 2000. The name came from the method of using return policies
Returning
In retail, returning is the process of a customer taking previously purchased merchandise back to the retailer, and in turn, receiving a cash refund, exchange for another item , or a store credit...

 to put the products back into circulation once the electronics had been altered. The idea was to affect a person's life by affecting the objects which the particular life was based or built around. The project is reminiscent of the work by the Barbie Liberation Organization
Barbie Liberation Organization
The Barbie Liberation Organization or BLO, sponsored by RTMark, are a group of artists and activists involved in culture jamming. They gained notoriety in 1993 by switching the voice boxes on talking G.I. Joes and Barbie dolls...

, a group of artists that purchased talking Barbie
Barbie
Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy-company Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration....

 dolls, opened them, altered them, and returned them to stores to be bought by an unsuspecting shopper, in order to play with the relationship between consumer and product.

Career as Curator

Charvériat is the founder of Liu Dao
Liu Dao
Liu Dao Liu Dao Liu Dao (a Pinyin phrase meaning "island number 6" - , is an international multidisciplinary art collective based in Shanghai, China. Liu Dao was founded in 2006 by island6 Arts Center under the direction of French curator Thomas Charvériat. Liu Dao is an electronic art group...

, an internationally recognized art collective including artists and engineers whose collaboration is dedicated to the development of a technological platform for the future benefit of the artist community. The philosophy of the collectives is to create originality from the benefit of dialogue and collaboration among young artists, thereby rising above work that is solely commercial or overly derivative. Through communication between the curator, art director and artists of Liu Dao, an exhibition subject is chosen and developed as inspiration for each artwork in a Liu Dao exhibition.

His curator
Curator
A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...

ial aim is to promote the use of technology and interactivity
Interactive art
Interactive art is a form of installation-based art that involves the spectator in a way that allows the art to achieve its purpose. Some installations achieve this by letting the observer or visitor "walk" in, on, and around them; Some others ask the artist to become part of the artwork.Works of...

 in art.
Charvériat is the director of island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

 in Shanghai and Montcada5 in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

, two not-for-profit ventures dedicated to promoting emerging artists. Since 2004, his organizations have supported 250 artists and helped in the creation and realization of 1400 projects through a growing technical consultancy laboratory and a unique and intensive art production residency program. Charvériat also encourages young artists to work together as a way of developing non-egocentric identities that help them stand out from the enormous number of artists in the world in order to break though competition barriers in the art profession.

Selected Exhibitions (as artist)

Year Title Venue Location
2010 "Libido, Mortido" island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

Shanghai, China
2010 "Fakirs" island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

Shanghai, China
2009 "Placebo" island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

Shanghai, China
2009 "30 Degrees" island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

 and Studio Rouge
Shanghai, China
2009 "Synesthesia" island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

Shanghai, China
2009 "Individual: New Art from Beyond Beijing" Red Gate Gallery Beijing, China
2009 "LEDs animés" Galerie Twenty-One http://www.galerietwentyone.com/ Paris, France
2009 "Art Paris" (art fair) represented by Galerie Loft Grand Palais http://www.grandpalais.fr Paris, France
2009 "The Artist Died Yesterday" island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

 
Shanghai, China
2008 "Automata" island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

 and ifa gallery
Ifa gallery
ifa gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Shanghai, China. The name ifa comes from Chinese 艺 and 法 , meaning methods of art, with the name in English taking a similar pronunciation: ....

Shanghai, China
2008 "Urban Lust" island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

 and ifa gallery
Ifa gallery
ifa gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Shanghai, China. The name ifa comes from Chinese 艺 and 法 , meaning methods of art, with the name in English taking a similar pronunciation: ....

Shanghai, China
2008 "Quadrare il Cerchio" Allegra Ravizza Art Project http://www.allegraravizza.com Milan, Italy
2008 "Clouds of Crowds" island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

 
Shanghai, China
2008 "Roma Contemporary Art" (art fair) represented by Mana.art Palazzo dei Congressi Roma, Italy
2008 "PlugIT" Blue Lotus Gallery http://www.bluelotus-gallery.com Fotan, Hong-Kong
2008 "Made in Shanghai" island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

 
Shanghai, China
2008 "Made in China" island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

 
Shanghai, China
2008 "Chinese Mingong, Thoughts on Contemporary China" ifa gallery
Ifa gallery
ifa gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Shanghai, China. The name ifa comes from Chinese 艺 and 法 , meaning methods of art, with the name in English taking a similar pronunciation: ....

 
Shanghai, China
2007 “Fernelmont Contemporary Art” (Festival) Château de Fernelmont http://www.chateaudefernelmont.be Château de Fernelmont, Belgium
2007 "Eurasia One" island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

 
Shanghai, China
2007 "Nuit Blanche" (first Asian edition) Shanghai Exhibition Center  Shanghai, China
2007 “Remote/Control” curated by Wenny Teo and Ella Liao Museum of Contemporary Art http://www.mocashanghai.org Shanghai, China
2007 "Bits, Bytes and Pixels" ifa gallery
Ifa gallery
ifa gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Shanghai, China. The name ifa comes from Chinese 艺 and 法 , meaning methods of art, with the name in English taking a similar pronunciation: ....

 
Shanghai, China
2006 "Forward/Backward and Reloading" island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

 
Shanghai, China
2006 "Invisible Layers, Electric Cities” island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

 
Shanghai, China
2006 "Transhallucinogenetic” Ciudadela de Pamplona, sala del Polvorín Pamplona, Spain
2005 "Art Futura”http://www.artfutura.org/ Mercat de les Flors, http://www.mercatflors.org Barcelona, Spain
2005 "Real Time” Ram Foundation Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...

, The Netherlands

Selected Exhibitions (as curator)

Year Title Venue Location
2010 "Absolute 0:00" http://www.island6.org/AbsoluteZero_info.html co-curated by Pete Bradt island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

Shanghai, China
2010 "Psychic Apparatus" http://www.island6.org/PsychicApparatus_info.html island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

Shanghai, China
2010 "Libido, Mortido" http://www.island6.org/LibidoMortido_info.html co-curated by Zane Mellupe island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

 
Shanghai, China
2010 "Fakirs" http://www.island6.org/Fakirs_info.html co-curated by Zane Mellupe island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

 
Shanghai, China
2009 "Placebo" http://www.island6.org/Placebo_info.html co-curated by Zane Mellupe island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

 
Shanghai, China
2009 "Synesthesia" http://www.island6.org/Synesthesia_info.html island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

 
Shanghai, China
2008 "Clouds of Crowds" http://www.island6.org/CloudsOfCrowds_info.html island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

 
Shanghai, China
2008 "PlugIT" http://www.island6.org/PlugItHK_info.html Blue Lotus Gallery http://www.bluelotus-gallery.com Fotan, Hong-Kong
2007 "Bits, Bytes and Pixels" http://www.island6.org/BitsBytesAndPixels_info.html ifa gallery
Ifa gallery
ifa gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Shanghai, China. The name ifa comes from Chinese 艺 and 法 , meaning methods of art, with the name in English taking a similar pronunciation: ....

 
Shanghai, China
2006 "Getting Along" http://www.island6.org/GettingAlong_info.html co-curated by David Estes island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

 
Shanghai, China
2006 "Forward/Backward and Reloading" http://www.island6.org/FBR_info.html island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

 
Shanghai, China

Selected Exhibitions (as art director)

Year Title Venue Location
2009 "The Artist Died Yesterday" http://www.island6.org/TheArtistDiedYesterday_info.html island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

 
Shanghai, China
2008 "Automata" http://www.island6.org/Automata_info.html island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

 
Shanghai, China
2008 "Urban Lust" http://www.island6.org/UrbanLust_info.html island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

 
Shanghai, China
2008 "Made in China" http://www.island6.org/MadeInChina_info.html island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

 
Shanghai, China
2007 "Stop/over Cities" http://www.island6.org/StopoverCities_info.html island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

 
Shanghai, China
2006 "Invisible Layers, Electric Cities” http://www.island6.org/invisible_layers_info.html island6 Arts Center
Island6
is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

 
Shanghai, China

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See also

  • island6
    Island6
    is a not-for-profit, artist-run space in Shanghai, P.R.C. founded in 2006 by French curator/artist Thomas Charvériat.island6's mission is to provide a forum for contemporary artists whose works explore social, aesthetic,...

    , art space founded by Charvériat.
  • Liu Dao
    Liu Dao
    Liu Dao Liu Dao Liu Dao (a Pinyin phrase meaning "island number 6" - , is an international multidisciplinary art collective based in Shanghai, China. Liu Dao was founded in 2006 by island6 Arts Center under the direction of French curator Thomas Charvériat. Liu Dao is an electronic art group...

    , a Shanghai-based art collective founded by Charvériat and Mellupe.
  • interactive art
    Interactive art
    Interactive art is a form of installation-based art that involves the spectator in a way that allows the art to achieve its purpose. Some installations achieve this by letting the observer or visitor "walk" in, on, and around them; Some others ask the artist to become part of the artwork.Works of...

  • video art
    Video art
    Video art is a type of art which relies on moving pictures and comprises video and/or audio data. . Video art came into existence during the 1960s and 1970s, is still widely practiced and has given rise to the widespread use of video installations...

  • Electronic art
    Electronic art
    Electronic art is a form of art that makes use of electronic media or, more broadly, refers to technology and/or electronic media. It is related to information art, new media art, video art, digital art, interactive art, internet art, and electronic music...

  • Digital art
    Digital art
    Digital art is a general term for a range of artistic works and practices that use digital technology as an essential part of the creative and/or presentation process...

  • New media art
    New media art
    New media art is a genre that encompasses artworks created with new media technologies, including digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, Internet art, interactive art, computer robotics, and art as biotechnology...

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