1959
Miguel Chevalier was born in Mexico City, where his French father was director of the Institut Français for Latin America, a French cultural and educational centre.
Self-Portrait – Miguel Chevalier
1968–1976
Lives in Madrid, where his father is the director of the Casa de Velázquez, a centre for artists and scholars.
1978–1983
Studying fine art, archaeology and design at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts and the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris.
1982
Creates his first video installation Sweet Dream.
Sweet Dream – Miguel Chevalier
1982–1983
At night, he gains access to the powerful computers at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique, which he uses to create his first entirely digital works.
1983–1984
During his time at the Pratt Institute and the School of Visual Arts in New York City, he began working with computers equipped with drawing software for the first time.
1985
Buys his first personal computer, an Amiga 1000.
1988
Creates Performance, his first monumental installation, projected onto the façade of the Panthéon in Paris. For him, exhibiting art in public spaces becomes a central part of his body of work.
1993–1994
In Kyoto, he is developing works exploring the connection between nature and the man-made, inspired by Japan’s visual culture.
1996
Creates his first interactive works, The Big Glass/Liquid Nature and Digital Thinking.
Liquid Nature – Miguel Chevalier
1997
Begins working with the software developer Claude Micheli (1957).
2000
He set up his studio, La Fabrika, in Ivry-sur-Seine, near Paris.
2004
Develops his first digital herbarium, which is normally a collection of dried and pressed plants. This forms the basis for his first interactive virtual garden.
Greenhouse Effect – Miguel Chevalier
2005
He is collaborating with Nicolas Gaudelet (1981), a specialist in IT solutions, who is assisting him in the creation of his artworks.
2007
Begins a collaboration with the software developer Cyrille Henry (1977).
2008
Creates his first 3D-printed sculptures.
2013
For the FILUX festival, an installation is on display on the façade of the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City.
2018
Presents his installation Origin of the World Bubble as part of the Lumière Festival at Oxford Circus in London.
Origin of the World – Miguel Chevalier
2022
Is appointed Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) by the French government.
2023
Using artificial intelligence in the workplace for the first time Meta-Nature AI, which is being presented for the first time in Seoul.
Meta-Nature AI – Miguel Chevalier
2025–2026