Thomas Charvériat

Artist and curator born in Paris (1974), who lives and works in Shanghai.
After attending the School of Visual Arts in New York and receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography in 1998, he pursued graduate coursework at Columbia University receiving a Master of Fine Arts in sculpture in 2000. Later, he moved to Barcelona where he obtained a Master in Digital Arts with honors from the Audiovisual Institute (Pompeu Fabra University).
He specializes in curating exhibitions that promote the use of interactivity in art.
As an artist, Thomas creates animatronics installations with GPS, SMS, video, sound, electronic data and humor that interact with the viewer. Simplicity and elegance are combined to create a multi-sensorial experience of surprise and playfulness.
The artist currently exhibits on a regular basis in international new media art shows, such as Art Futura and Observatori. Thomas Charvériat has collaborated with various art institutions such as Museo de las Ciencias Prìncipe Felipe in Valencia (Spain), Museo Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso in Amarante (Portugal), Museo Maritimo de Barcelona and Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai (MOCA).
He has work in private and public collections throughout Europe, North America and Asia.
His work has earned him many grants, honors, awards and one citation for excellence, and he has received funding from the Mondriaan Foundation, the Rotterdam Foundation subsidy for the Arts and the Audiovisual institute in Barcelona.
Thomas Charvériat is the director and founder of Montcada5 in Barcelona and island6 Arts Center in Shanghai, two non-profit projects dedicated to the support of emerging artists. Since 2004, his organizations have helped 250 artists through a growing technical consultancy laborarory and a unique residency program focused on art production. island6 has supported and produced more than 1400 creative projects organizing 39 exhibitions in situ and abroad. In addition, Thomas Charvériat also directs island6Lab (Liu Dao 六岛), a research group including young talents, engineers and volunteers dedicated to the development of a technological platform for the future benefit of the artist community.