Xavier Michel

After obtaining an engineering degree in 2013, he continued his training at the Pavillon Bosio in Monaco and then at the Villa Arson in Nice, where he earned his DNSEP in 2017. He took part in the creation of the IVECONNU collective in Noisy-le-Sec and later joined the collective workshop Cyberrance in Romainville. In recent years, he has been developing a performance-based practice in which he manipulates sculptural tools within absurd and poetic stagings. This practice draws from object theater, circus, dance, and music, and gives rise to a polysemic and sensitive language. In 2019, he participated in the residency Le Pavillon directed by Ange Leccia, and then exhibited in various group projects such as In (En)Acting Roles (SB34, Brussels), Histoire d’un ciel en creux (Brasserie Atlas, Brussels), and collaborated with Konstantinos Kyriakopoulos for the exhibition Felicità Milieu des choses at Poush Manifesto. In 2023, the art center Le Shed in Maromme invited him for his first solo exhibition titled Performance en permanence. He is currently in residence at Hangar: Centre de producció i recerca d'arts visuals in Barcelona.